Quote from: franky1 on Today at 12:24:20 AM

Quote from: squatz1 on February 25, 2021, 10:39:33 PM

Hawley min wage proposal - https://www.axios.com/hawley-minimum-wage-tax-credits-2087ac1e-a007-4095-b2b8-c0aa6d202dc2.html - probably going to make a thread about this.

hawley plan
1. anyone working for a billion dollar revenue company to get $15min wage from corporation
2. those working for 'cheaper' companies will be subsidised by a Universal Basic Income funded by government

biden plan
1. raise minimum wage to $15 for anyone working in the US. .. by 2025

bidens plan seems empty as its not a campaign promise for this presidency but a promise for the next presidency.
hawleys plan is to get things started sooner. but at the cost of losing the trust of the anti-gov supporters(trumpettes) that hate paying taxes/having taxes to support people
im guessing he is trying to appease the socialist democrats onto his side while pushing out the trumpette folk that supported trump ideals(bait and switch)

Pretty sure the idea of the plan is to become an ‘anti big business republican’ and to lean on the populist Trump like ways to gain power within the party.

Big businesses aren’t popular at all, while small businesses are VERY POPULAR.

Bidens plan isn’t going to happen now either as the budget reconciliation parliamentary thing has killed it in the Senate. Saves Dem leadership though, highly doubt they wanted that vote to happen — as Manchin could’ve flipped and would’ve had good reason to.

I like Hawleys plan in broad strokes, though I do not like it too much as it does get a bit too complicated and would be hard for regular people to understand how much money they’re making.