tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7348624736115976006..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t Minimum Wage $22 an Hour?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61593692017656523352013-03-24T13:34:46.219-04:002013-03-24T13:34:46.219-04:00Excellent observation, Hawg. Excellent observation, Hawg. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69941332127803548102013-03-24T02:05:29.912-04:002013-03-24T02:05:29.912-04:00Look at how she tries to convince herself that wha...Look at how she tries to convince herself that what she's saying is true as she talks.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579799109070553474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6287116546007413342013-03-19T11:34:53.516-04:002013-03-19T11:34:53.516-04:00My nephew can't get a full-time job because if...My nephew can't get a full-time job because if he works 40-hours, he must get health insurance from his employer. If the cost of health insurance is added to a higher minimum wage, the job outlook for high school graduates is quite bleak. He is planning to work two 20-hour jobs, and to forego health insurance. This is Senator Warren's utopia.Christopher T. Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096275297545797428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41665216289415170912013-03-19T10:57:55.577-04:002013-03-19T10:57:55.577-04:00The government has taken it.The government has taken it.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966134109944688441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25453620526976807632013-03-19T09:25:43.244-04:002013-03-19T09:25:43.244-04:0050 years ago, the minimum wage was 4 silver quarte...50 years ago, the minimum wage was 4 silver quarters per hour. Today, those same quarters are worth $20.72. We don't have a minimum wage problem, we have a money problem.Junkyard_hawg1985https://www.blogger.com/profile/18114117558513498514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45879295379854617412013-03-19T08:44:19.490-04:002013-03-19T08:44:19.490-04:00The democrats don't want people to know that t...The democrats don't want people to know that their wages have been flat because of healthcare costs. Employers are paying more for healthcare and less in wages. It isn't that complicated.Michaeljc70https://www.blogger.com/profile/11864081563757058331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45207764974714337702013-03-18T18:27:10.614-04:002013-03-18T18:27:10.614-04:00She doesnt see the fed as a problem. To her it'...She doesnt see the fed as a problem. To her it's just greedy capitalist hoarding all the money from us slave laborers, and she needs to help us!<br /><br />She asked 'why has production increased but wages have not?' that would only be a legitimate question if the money supply hadnt increased so much. As products become less scarse they should become less expensive, only if he money Daniel Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452187515473424173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77766187403591219702013-03-18T18:05:12.945-04:002013-03-18T18:05:12.945-04:00Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t Minimum Wage $22 an Ho...Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t Minimum Wage $22 an Hour? <br /><br />Answer: Because you are simply not worth that much...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29318295722851127872013-03-18T17:54:18.114-04:002013-03-18T17:54:18.114-04:00The major problem she ignores is why prices have n...The major problem she ignores is why prices have not fallen but risen. Generally speaking, if productivity rises, prices should come down as products become less scarse, therefor wages would actually have risen in terms of buying power...<br /><br />She completely misses this basic fact of economics.Daniel Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452187515473424173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23270894028756516042013-03-18T15:38:05.443-04:002013-03-18T15:38:05.443-04:00The level of ignorance is only exceeded by her arr...The level of ignorance is only exceeded by her arrogance. As if she would know what the proper price of labor is for millions of people in thousands of different disciplines in areas with completely different costs of living.<br /><br />We're being led by power-mad sociopaths. They're destroying this country from within. It's the decline of Rome 2.0.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156269157955500129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17102960004151545482013-03-18T14:45:21.329-04:002013-03-18T14:45:21.329-04:00She also completely ignores the FED as the primary...She also completely ignores the FED as the primary cause of our labor and capital problems.The Man with No Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189215384837551029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58437207927274905452013-03-18T14:16:58.996-04:002013-03-18T14:16:58.996-04:00Is that Yoda? Changed his name and went into acade...Is that Yoda? Changed his name and went into academia. Teaching he is. Wrong he is.Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.com