Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
baseballcrank's profile
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Verified account
@baseballcrank

Tweets

Dan McLaughlinVerified account

@baseballcrank

Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

New York
nationalreview.com/author/dan-mcl…
Joined May 2009

Tweets

  • © 2021 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @billscher and

      to **any** minimum wage increase at all.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @billscher @LPDonovan

      I think you have to start with the recognition - which is really beyond dispute - that a *national* minimum wage is an awful idea in policy terms. Of course, you can make deals to turn awful policy into law, but you need to get something in return.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank @billscher @LPDonovan

      Just realizing reading this again what a strange phrase it is that it is “beyond dispute” what a bad idea a national minimum wage is. Do you realize that people with much deeper understanding of the literature than you have conpletely dispute that? That just your New Deal hate,

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @billscher @LPDonovan

      What, precisely, do you consider the basis for a *uniform national* minimum wage? And consider that we, characteristically, allow states & localities to depart from it (many do), but only in one direction. Which is an admission of the utter impracticality of the concept.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank @billscher @LPDonovan

      Right, wages are sticky, we don't do the Andrew Mellon thing anymore. But you ought to ask @arindube your questions on the details. The "uniform" part is that we don't let five Southern states exercise their state's right to impoverish both white and non white working poor

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

      because they don't have their own minimum wage, but just follow federal law. So we boost that federal minimum wage--we create higher floors because otherwise states like that, still racially segmenting their workforces, will screw lots of people, including lots of GOP voters.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @billscher and

      We're talking here about 1.9% of the workforce, only half of whom are full-time workers & only half of whom are over 25. Your argument boils down to mistrust of a handful of state governments.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @baseballcrank @billscher and

      That "only half" is millions of workers and, indeed--part of the point, wages go up throughout the wage scale--why do you think (besides solidarity) union support a min wage increase? Unionized workers don't need it!

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

      Moroever, you argument is kind of classically incoherent--if you're right that this involves a trivial number of workers, most of whom are not in their prime wage earning years--then why the vehement opposition? Why care so much? Why make your stand here?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

      I guess this is the part of the engagement where you don't really have an answer, so you go on to talk about history. You'd have a coherent argument here--it's either important or it isn't. If it is, it should be done. If it's not, you shouldn't so intensely oppose it. Pick one.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 16
      Replying to @yeselson @billscher and

      The burden is always on the person agitating to change federal law to show its great national importance.

      8:59 PM - 16 Feb 2021
      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        1. New conversation
        2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
          Replying to @baseballcrank @billscher and

          Raising the national wage floor—which, as they said will impact the entire wage scale, not just those receiving the minimum wage—is an incredibly easy argument to make in policy grounds! There is enormous wage inequality in the US—and cons like you presumably prefer boosting it

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 16
          Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

          from the bottom than redistributing from the top.or maybe you just don’t want to do anything on either end. Or unions either. Or really even tight labor markets via full economy. None of those, right? And no health care or child care. And you wonder why Ryanism isn’t popular.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 17
          Replying to @baseballcrank @billscher and

          On one hand, you think this is so very important that advocates must bear a heavy burden. Otoh, you think it impacts hardly anybody/has barely any public policy impact at all. That is a perfect exemplar of Hirschman’s Rhetoric of Reaction combing the futility thesis and the

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson Feb 17
          Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

          jeopardy thesis. That is not coherent. And I’ll make it easy for you: yes it’s important, it’s not trivial. So you should abandon the futility thesis which has no empirical support for it in this instance. The smart GOP politics here remain, as I said, beyond your ken.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Show replies

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2021 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info