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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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Can start by paying them more
Refusing to work in order to force a wage increase is a smart tactic, I’ve never had a problem with it
It’s just now Dems, of all people for some reason, try to fall back on BUT MUH CAPITALISM REQUIRES BORDERLINE SLAVE LABOR FOR [x] INDUSTRY TO NOT FAIL
Sort of like how they go BUT MUH PRIVATE COMPANY when a private company does something they like
But no, let’s instead of paying American citizens more let’s have millions of people stream across an invisible line undocumented, with unknown medical issues or criminal histories, and unknown intentions and possessions, and hope that a decent chunk of them will streal those jobs for $3/hour because MUH CAPITALISM
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So, would you support an increase in the Federal minimum wage?
Are you also implying that if immigration was somehow under control, that employers would see the light on their own and start raising wages to compete with other employers?
Maybe the Republicans raise the Federal minimum wage someday when there's enough widespread poverty that people are camping out on the golf courses, but I have precisely zero faith in the idea that employers will raise wages in the right conditions. The only reason I've personally seen wages go up towards the bottom of the spectrum is due to the pandemic.
Around here, those higher wages that were being offered during the pandemic have already sunken down to nearly their pre-pandemic levels. The McDonald's down the street has a sign up that says it is hiring at $11/hour, they're still understaffed as hell. As they should be at that pay rate.