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September 05, 2022 10:32 PM UTC
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Hey John. Not suprising you don’t remember Melissa’s Story, it was in October of 2016. Progress Now Colorado trumpted how many clicks they got form the story. You would think something so successful they would want to take another run at it.
Here is the link for you and others who want to cheer and support Melissa. Or just type Melissa’s story in the search window.
https://www.coloradopols.com//?s=melissa
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So you agree that minimum wage, should be a living wage is beating a dead progressive economic idea.
Or, maybe I think that your obsession with "Melissa" and 2016 is beating a dead horse.
I didn't see anything to back up your assertion that more money has made no difference in her life. As someone who a looooong time ago worked for minimum wage, those extra cents/hour were gigantic.
I'm sure if it had been a great success that Progress Now would be promoting it for clicks.
With record inflation, if you are working for minimum wage not only have you not kept up, you are way behind.
It's not complicated.
It looks like Pfruit forgot to drink his prune juice this morning.
Actually PP makes two good points. First, we progressives suck at talking up our successes instead looking for the next thing to approve. He's right that Progress Now should talk this up.
And he's right that with inflation we need another increase in the minimum wage. Better yet, index it to inflation. And the tag line for the ads on it we can take from his comment – Increase Minimum Wage – it's not that complicated.
which minimum wage do you want to talk about, Mr. Pear?
Inflation calculator I checked said “$1 in 2016 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1.23 today, an increase of $0.23 over 6 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.57% per year between 2016 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 23.44%.”
Federal contractor minimum wage $10.15 per hour beginning January 1, 2016. Federal contractor minimum wage wage went to $15 for federal contract employees beginning January 30, 2022, If my math is correct, that would be a 47.78% increase. Seems like a pretty clear advantage.
Colorado state minimum wage. 2016 — $8.31 2022 — $12.56 That’s a 51.13% increase. Seems like a clear advantage.
Denver — I’m not certain that Denver had a minimum wage different from the state in 2016 — I can’t see that it did. Denver’s citywide minimum wage is $15.87/hr. on January 1, 2022. That would be a 90.9% increase.
You are correct John, minimum wage earners are doing so well that we should repeal the earned income tax credit.
Weren’t you recently advocating for a Haitian Visa program so you could hire some “economically efficient” truck drivers? Or was that one of the other MAGA contributors?
Funny how Seditionist Prune is so anti-immigrant, because they're taking American jobs, but wants to hire immigrants because he could pay them a slave's wage.
Kind of like how it's funny that Seditionist Prune also bitches about taxes as being the government stealing peoples' labor, when he wants to devalue other peoples' labor by not wanting them to get a living wage.
No, minimum wage earners are doing BETTER, not well.
Earned income tax credit may or may not be the best way of providing additional cash. I dunno — maybe it would be better to have a "child stipend" or some other economic assistance pattern.
The advance child income tax credits really, really helped people afford daycare, food, healthcare, basic living expenses. Instead of taking on a second or third job, they could actually spend more time with their own children.
I’m sure that Pear, CHB, and “conservative/ moderate” Dems on here hated it, but it really helped pull a lot of families out of poverty.
It will cause pain for kwtree when she learns that the whole idea of an earned income tax credit originated in the Nixon administration. Imagine that.
Why on earth would that cause me pain? Whatever administration began the EIC, they were a good idea.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan convinced Nixon of the political advantages of "tory reform" a la Disraeli.
if it had kept on that path and shunned watergate, Nixon might have rank with the great presidents.
“pain” Being the anti-Republican progressive that you are.
Jared Polis for President? That is something I would work my ass off for.
Jared Polis or any other democrat……..you will work your ass off. We all will be Melissa.
I know you're carrying a torch for Melissa. But she doesn't love you!!!! Get over it!!! Move on!!!
Where do I sign up?
From Morning Consult:
Yep.
It is lovely when you find some article that confirms your biases.
AP reports that Tina Peters' challenge to the recount was denied by a judge.
and tomorrow, she gets to show up to plead
Just published this evening:
And the documents were at Mar-a-Lardo even when The Screaming Yam was in New York, according to the above-referenced story.
Next we'll hear the documents were used as placemats at the omelet station at MarAYamo.