tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7763145768259562213..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls for $20-an-Hour Minimum WageRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65772026396643374702019-07-23T16:20:09.598-04:002019-07-23T16:20:09.598-04:00Now that they are getting $15 in some places it...Now that they are getting $15 in some places it's time to push for $20. When they get $20 then $25, and so on. That's how they figure what to demand, something higher than the last demand. <br /><br />Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57776122812163833872019-07-23T09:12:34.698-04:002019-07-23T09:12:34.698-04:00Curiously, Tlaib is not arguing that milk sellers ...Curiously, Tlaib is not arguing that milk sellers and egg collectors are gouging people with higher prices but that the problem is people not making enough money to buy higher-priced milk and eggs. The point is that the woman is not that dense; her goal is to impose a $20-hour minimum wage because it sounds nice, not because it makes sense. If she really wanted to see a world where egges and milkOldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10613502099942163102019-07-23T07:55:14.418-04:002019-07-23T07:55:14.418-04:00Absolutely no intellectual curiosity about what ha...Absolutely no intellectual curiosity about what has caused the prices of groceries to go up. This is of a piece with Krugman's observation in 2009 that we don't need to spend valuable time figuring what caused the recession, the government just has to take action to get us out of it. (Did I just liken Krugman with Tlaib?)The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.com