Biden Thread

[ReluctantSamurai]

Biden isn't a king and the bully pulpit has limitations as we clearly see.

This isn't about being a king, it's about sending a message to Manchin. If he wants to flex his newfound gravitas to block legislation that the majority of US citizens want, and that was a major campaign promise made by Democrats, then he will be called out every single time. You keep saying Biden should wait for some nebulous transportation bill that Manchin has a strong interest in to attach a minimum wage amendment. Who's to say that any such bill comes along (and likely too late to benefit Americans in immediate need or Democratic power), and who's to say if it comes to a parliamentary issue again, that Manchin won't vote the same way?

I'll make you a friendly .org wager: Sometime in the next two years (presuming the Dems don't get some watered down version of their own), the Republicans come up with their own minimum wage bill that gets passed, therefore putting a nail in the coffin of Democratic control of both houses of Congress. I've already referenced one by Josh Hawley....JOSH HAWLEY for gods sake! The wager: a $50 contribution to the ORG.

Though overall views are mixed.

So depending on the accuracy of that:

As the above graphic depicts, the vast majority of small business owners support the $15 minimum wage increase, with only 17 percent opposing it. Yet 15.4 percent are unsure if they endorse the policy or not, which might be directly attributed to some owners not even being aware of the new policy.

[...]it's notable that 67.6 percent of small business owners are supportive of a change that will cost them several extra dollars an hour.

A combined 41.8 percent of small business owners indicated that the $15 minimum wage hike will either be "great" or make things "slightly better" for their small business. In comparison, only 27.4 percent of poll participants believed the policy change will make things either "slightly worse" or "very bad" for their operation.

In terms of those who​ think the impact will be negative, we proposed a follow-up question that asked them if they think their small business will survive.



These results were not as encouraging. Despite 38.69 percent of respondents thinking their small business will survive, 18.25 percent believe it will not, and 43.07 percent lack the confidence to make a decision either way.

Meh...business owners deciding on whether to grant a wage increase is never a good thing, IMHO.

Better to look at what's happened in places that have already raised minimum wages, some significantly:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/happened-p...194711258.html

The dire consequences the naysayers to wage increases, haven't been borne out by the facts....