This is really all that I say when I talk to chud friends about COVID - that the US system itself is unable to handle any challenge that can't be solved by bombing shit. These are people who think the US constitution is literally perfect. I explain how it's an anchor that will eventually lead to the collapse of the US. Because throughout history, the one thing that collapses societies is an inability to rise to new challenges.
They usually just respond by saying COVID is way overblown by the media and the Dems...
Might be worth noting that $15/hr wage is already getting phased in across numerous large-pop states into 2023. The current federal proposal won't have any impact on those areas, as it lags behind the state curve.
Arizona already has a $12/hr minimum right now (with Flagstaff and Phoenix doing $15). Even fucking Arkansas bumped their wage to the Manchin-approved $11/hr this year.
Meanwhile, prevailing cost-of-living in the US averages around $16/hr. Simple supply/demand forces wages up to the $15/hr level in many parts of the country, as you cannot afford to cover the price to live where you work without it. Corners of North Dakota were paying $20-25/hr for service sector work due to the incredibly low supply of human beings to do labor in a corner of the country that was O&G rich and infrastructure poor.
Manchin's plan appears to be to set the wage rate so low that no business actually notices the increase. And Democrats are going to cave to his demand, because they think he'd rather spike the entire stimulus than rubber-stamp what will amount to nominal prevailing wage rates in his own state in the next five years.
If only we could get people to understand that a bicameral legislature was a cool idea in the 18th century that ultimately has been shown to be a bad design for actual governance, and that the Senate ought to be abolished and the House of Representatives to be expanded by gutting the apportionment act. But no, I'd wager that 40% of Americans think that the constitution was divinely inspired and therefore immoral to change.
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This is really all that I say when I talk to chud friends about COVID - that the US system itself is unable to handle any challenge that can't be solved by bombing shit. These are people who think the US constitution is literally perfect. I explain how it's an anchor that will eventually lead to the collapse of the US. Because throughout history, the one thing that collapses societies is an inability to rise to new challenges.
They usually just respond by saying COVID is way overblown by the media and the Dems...
Literally already did this once before
The fight for $15 began in 2012. $15 in 2012 is over $17 today, so just by time passing, we've lost ground in the negotiation.
Might be worth noting that $15/hr wage is already getting phased in across numerous large-pop states into 2023. The current federal proposal won't have any impact on those areas, as it lags behind the state curve.
Arizona already has a $12/hr minimum right now (with Flagstaff and Phoenix doing $15). Even fucking Arkansas bumped their wage to the Manchin-approved $11/hr this year.
Meanwhile, prevailing cost-of-living in the US averages around $16/hr. Simple supply/demand forces wages up to the $15/hr level in many parts of the country, as you cannot afford to cover the price to live where you work without it. Corners of North Dakota were paying $20-25/hr for service sector work due to the incredibly low supply of human beings to do labor in a corner of the country that was O&G rich and infrastructure poor.
Manchin's plan appears to be to set the wage rate so low that no business actually notices the increase. And Democrats are going to cave to his demand, because they think he'd rather spike the entire stimulus than rubber-stamp what will amount to nominal prevailing wage rates in his own state in the next five years.
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Are you also from Texas? Fuck Greg Abbott.
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If only we could get people to understand that a bicameral legislature was a cool idea in the 18th century that ultimately has been shown to be a bad design for actual governance, and that the Senate ought to be abolished and the House of Representatives to be expanded by gutting the apportionment act. But no, I'd wager that 40% of Americans think that the constitution was divinely inspired and therefore immoral to change.
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