"You think it'd be very American to protect American workers," says Grassley, who always votes against minimum wage increases. #CIRmarkup
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Replying to @aurabogado
@aurabogado Minimum wage increases can *harm* workers, by reducing jobs (among other ways). If not, why not just make minimum wage $200/hr?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mtpollack
@mtpollack You might want to think about inflation, and the fact that US workers are not guaranteed sick pay, vacation pay, health insurance2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @aurabogado
@aurabogado What does any of that have to do with the effect of raising minimum wage? Bottom line: as the cost goes up, hiring goes down.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mtpollack
@mtpollack What does inflation have to do with raising the minimum wage? Really?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @aurabogado
@aurabogado If raising it reduces hiring, which it will, then yes, "really". What good is a higher-paying job that nobody's offering you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@mtpollack Do you mean like the above minimum wage jobs that Costco offers, because they know that a higher wage increases productivity?
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