tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8465209132496691129..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Barbara Lee Wants A $26 Minimum WageRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34980429434886654922014-05-06T14:13:38.673-04:002014-05-06T14:13:38.673-04:00I don't see that she's made that claim, bu...I don't see that she's made that claim, but I do see that one of her sons runs a large "insurance benefits" company, so maybe she's glomming on to his company as some time of credibility building exercise. <br /><br />Most people running a business is a relatively free market(I know, sad how many disclaimers I have to make now) would immediately recognize her bullshit for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66001385963361127422014-05-06T14:10:25.995-04:002014-05-06T14:10:25.995-04:00"How could it be possible to get cause and ef..."How could it be possible to get cause and effect so backwards?"<br /><br />My belief is that she has ZERO business experience at higher executive levels or ownership level, or she would inherently understand her claim as having no basis in reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-471374164731786352014-05-06T13:06:43.877-04:002014-05-06T13:06:43.877-04:00Every time I see these characters, I keep thinking...Every time I see these characters, I keep thinking that they must be putting me on. How could it be possible to get cause and effect so backwards?<br /><br />So apparently in Lee's world, an employer is not willing to pay one worker more than another <b>because</b> that worker is more productive. Rather, in her mind, the less productive worker would magically becomes more productive <b>if</bQuaero Querohttp://mises.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80023721936596361382014-05-06T08:50:47.200-04:002014-05-06T08:50:47.200-04:00You hit it on the head though - the doctor's p...You hit it on the head though - the doctor's pay will go up as well. <br /><br />It won't be instantaneous, of course, but with all these fast food workers with so much extra cash, it won't take long for it to begin to distribute into the same types of income gaps that currently exist.<br /><br />So, as everyone here knows, the end result is general inflation. Woo hoo. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23992734855140196562014-05-06T01:43:35.055-04:002014-05-06T01:43:35.055-04:00Can anyone find what 300 employee business Barbara...Can anyone find what 300 employee business Barbara Lee said she owned? I can't find any info on her former company.Reddart338https://www.blogger.com/profile/02746915168075306990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11453819896714731702014-05-05T21:52:35.711-04:002014-05-05T21:52:35.711-04:00"“No, Newt, trust me, believe you me,” Lee re..."“No, Newt, trust me, believe you me,” Lee replied,"<br /><br />Yes, she knows. How? Her feeeeelings told her so. I sometimes think socialists and statists period are born with some type of mental defect. Hell, come on! $26 an hour minimum wage? Please!Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28490040045330715242014-05-05T21:11:28.803-04:002014-05-05T21:11:28.803-04:00So some guy who wasted his life partying and gets ...So some guy who wasted his life partying and gets a job should make the same as a guy who slaved away through years of studying and school to become a doctor? The insanity of this minimum wage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13458363118652221652014-05-05T18:45:52.853-04:002014-05-05T18:45:52.853-04:00“No, Newt, trust me, believe you me,” Lee replied,...<i>“No, Newt, trust me, believe you me,” Lee replied,</i><br /><br />Yes, Newt - trust her. It's not a matter of having the facts or the economic knowledge. It's just a matter of trusting a politician's <i>word</i>.<br /><br /><i> “you’d have a more productive workforce,</i><br /><br />Of course, because you would end up hiring only those people whose production is worth $26.00 and OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61780612460406159362014-05-05T18:27:20.900-04:002014-05-05T18:27:20.900-04:00Pray that this happens. It's the only hope of ...Pray that this happens. It's the only hope of ending support for the minimum wage. The turmoil would be short-lived (because intolerable) and the idea of minimum wage as free lunch would never again be taken seriously.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985763976152286027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66404579347412039142014-05-05T18:07:11.657-04:002014-05-05T18:07:11.657-04:00Ah, yes. Another complete idiot who thinks that si...Ah, yes. Another complete idiot who thinks that simply issuing a command like a Soviet commissar will magically make everything better. Heh.....shit. Some people are a just complete waste of flesh. You can only be so stupid but they have exceeded the limits here somehow.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81806020748761949282014-05-05T16:47:47.381-04:002014-05-05T16:47:47.381-04:00She's right, I would have a more productive wo...She's right, I would have a more productive work force if they raised the the minimum wage to $26/hour, because I'd fire half my workers and replace them with automation and make those left help institute and run said automation. Anyone that didn't tow the line would get dumped as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26117643177340595602014-05-05T16:41:33.159-04:002014-05-05T16:41:33.159-04:00Rent (and Mortgage Payments) Are Too Damn High For...Rent (and Mortgage Payments) Are Too Damn High For Many Americans (Stagnant Incomes, Rising Prices)<br /><br />Remember Jimmy McMillan in the New York Gubernatorial debate uttering his famous “Rent is too damned high“?<br /><br />Perhaps he was correct. Given the stagnation of wages since 2007 both rents and mortgage payments may be too damn high for some Americans.<br /><br />http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-559365277721024552014-05-05T15:55:18.436-04:002014-05-05T15:55:18.436-04:00These people are mental midgets. A few chapters of...These people are mental midgets. A few chapters of Hazlitt would literally blow their feeble little minds. California will get exactly what it deserves, and Lee, head of the People's Republic of San Francisco, is only fast tracking that course. How bankrupt in economic common sense do you have to be to get elected in CA? Apparently pretty darn bankrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52543795786400924682014-05-05T15:53:44.323-04:002014-05-05T15:53:44.323-04:00I watched the entire clip. I was more shocked with...I watched the entire clip. I was more shocked with the intro which was about as unprofessional and creepy as you can get. I was waiting for an official seal of the government to be displayed like they use to do in Communist China to let you know the news was approved by the state. I will say one thing for Lee, she is consistent with her ignorance. Newt probably could have said $50/hr and she Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89461761272512689602014-05-05T15:39:58.310-04:002014-05-05T15:39:58.310-04:00Come on, Barbara! Why stop at $26? Go whole hog ...Come on, Barbara! Why stop at $26? Go whole hog and really get this economy going. How about $260/hour? I see green shoots!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156269157955500129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7796575218601938772014-05-05T15:17:46.442-04:002014-05-05T15:17:46.442-04:00This is one way of keeping 190th Street in Torranc...This is one way of keeping 190th Street in Torrance permanently underdeveloped once Toyota leaves...Rchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341572926126324140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63008928115558065982014-05-05T15:07:13.113-04:002014-05-05T15:07:13.113-04:00Go for it!! Why stop at $26/hour? Why not go for...Go for it!! Why stop at $26/hour? Why not go for say $500/hour then everyone with a full-time job could be a millionaire!!! They'd live better and it would be more tax revenue for the guberment. What a buffoon!<br /><br />And shock of shocks, her district is Oakland!!!Miguel D'Anconiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650695642051943261noreply@blogger.com