Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
I read about an interesting idea that would be able to go through the 50+1 vote approach that appears to be the only thing your Federal Government can really achieve these days and this was basically tweaking the tax system to incentivise companies to increase the minimum wage or else end up paying more in taxes - definitely a more complex approach but I guess you have to work with what you've got.
This is my thinking as well. Might even be able to get Manchin on board as well. Another path forward may be having the minimum wage adjusted to cost of living, not a flat number like $15. But to be honest, Id rather the minimum wage thing be temporarily dropped if it means passing the damn Covid relief bill. Federal unemployment increases expire in a couple weeks and the process has taken long enough. There are two other opportunities to get reconciliation bills through this year and one of the others can be used to work on a minimum wage increase, such as an infrastructure bill. Who knows.

If voters are happy with what Republicans do (and the debacle in Texas is a key example of that) then well fair enough I guess - if you would rather have occasional brownouts than an integrated power grid, pay thousands for spot electricity prices and no mechanism to get companies to invest in the infrastructure than risk "socialism" then that is a choice - one that makes no sense to me but the voters have clearly seen what happens and in the next election will be making a decision.

Bold of you to assume Texan voters will remember this when 2022 and 2024 come around.