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Bernie Sanders is out of his mind


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2017 Jun 14, 6:03pm   4,805 views  16 comments

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From a Facebook posting of his:

"Some people say that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a crazy, radical idea. You know what’s really crazy? The fact that there is not a single state where someone can work 40 hours a week at the minimum wage and be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment. Not one. In some places, like Seattle, workers would have to clock over 70 or 80 hours to afford it. That’s what’s radical. Paying workers a living wage is just the reasonable thing to do in a decent society."

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1   Ceffer   2017 Jun 14, 6:05pm  

Maybe not, but you would be one helluva aristocratic street person.

2   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2017 Jun 14, 6:13pm  

The comments to it were over the top stupid. One described fast food work as back breaking and soul crushing. Bullshit. I worked fast food. Nothing difficult about it. I worked mornings and had no problem hitting the beach in the afternoon, going out with friends at night, and doing it all over again at 5am. Of course I was a college student on summer break...who the job was intended for. Must suck to be an adult without an education doing that. But I'm sure a joint or ten helps them forget.

Want backbreaking work? I worked manual labor too. No fun drinking a few brews when you get home, just so the pain in your back numbs enough to go to sleep, hoping you can actually get out of bed in the morning so you can get a full week of pay. Of course unless your lying drywall, those jobs pay a heck of a lot better than minimum wage. There's a reason why.

And you want the worst? I know a lot of pat.net people work in tech jobs and like me must have experienced the worst stress possible...stuff that even exceeds the physical pain that manual laborers experience. The type of shit where you're worried about not only yourself, but for all the people that work for you. Where if you don't hit benchmarks or if the customer pulls their contract...you and your staff hit the unemployment rolls. Exhausting beyond belief, the stuff that cuts lives short . The reason I applied to work in a government job.

I know a lot of you love Bernie. I think he's a true believer. He's also a massive windbag.

3   RWSGFY   2017 Jun 14, 6:28pm  

Fucking moron.

4   joeyjojojunior   2017 Jun 14, 6:51pm  

To me it just boils down to whether you think the Federal Government should subsidize private corporations by allowing them to hire full time workers at a wage that requires employees to collect welfare to survive.

If you think it's the governments job to give money to Walmart, McDonalds, Burger King, etc then by all means keep minimum wage at these levels, That's how the 1% owner class continues to get richer while the 99% working class continues to suffer.

5   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2017 Jun 14, 7:15pm  

joeyjojojunior says

To me it just boils down to whether you think the Federal Government should subsidize private corporations by allowing them to hire full time workers at a wage that requires employees to collect welfare to survive.

If you think it's the governments job to give money to Walmart, McDonalds, Burger King, etc then by all means keep minimum wage at these levels, That's how the 1% owner class continues to get richer while the 99% working class continues to suffer.

A single person making min wage qualifies for govt subsidies nowhere. So there goes that.

7   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2017 Jun 14, 9:41pm  

joeyjojojunior says

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-12-17/the-minimum-wage-and-mcdonald-s-welfare

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/14/report-taxpayers-subsidize-153-8-billion-wages-annually.html

http://www.alligator.org/opinion/columns/article_ab7c5c00-4114-11e3-b191-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-relies-on-taxpayers-to-subsidize-low-wages-2013-6

I was dumb enough to bother browsing your articles. Nothing in them counters my statement that single individuals on full time min wage jobs do not qualify for any sort of welfare.

I'd wager good money that most of the people receiving welfare, food stamps, etc and making min wage do not work 40 hours a week.

9   bob2356   2017 Jul 27, 10:17am  

Fucking White Male says

A single person making min wage qualifies for govt subsidies nowhere. So there goes that.

Current maximum income for snap for a single person is 1287 per month. Assuming you don't work overtime and take normal holidays then yes you do qualify. Seems your time might be better spent looking up what the actual qualifications are rather than browsing online articles.

10   zzyzzx   2017 Jul 27, 11:03am  

If laws were forced to be named after their effect, then the minimum wage law would be called the robot subsidy act.

11   mmmarvel   2017 Jul 27, 12:53pm  

Fucking White Male says

You know what’s really crazy? The fact that there is not a single state where someone can work 40 hours a week at the minimum wage and be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment.

No, you know what's really crazy? Is that ANYONE should expect/try to live on a minimum wage job. If that's what your making, step up your game. Get some skills, do something besides play video games and smoke bongs in your off time, move on up. I've had several jobs where I started at minimum wage, but my work showed the boss I was better then that, i was moved up. If I wasn't moved up (usually in the first month) I found a better job where I was appreciated elsewhere. Minimum wage is just that, it's minimum. It's not (never was intended) to be a 'living wage' - up your game. Bust your hump, find a better position or a better job. If you don't want to be making minimum wage, then don't accept/settle for a job that pays minimum wage. No one is holding a gun to your head and telling you to take it. Quit whining.

12   mmmarvel   2017 Jul 27, 1:00pm  

The weekly take-home pay for a 40-hour-a-week minimum-wage employee, after Social Security and Medicare taxes. That adds up to $13,926.38 per year, or just over $1,150 per month.

And here in Houston, I find this:
$645 / 1br - 550ft2 - Comfort&Luxury Apartment with Amenities (6101 Antoine Dr) the amenities included water, sewer and trash paid. That leaves them with electricity,food and transportation

So I call BS on the posting. And remember, we don't charge income tax in Texas so they are bring home all of that $1150.

13   Blurtman   2017 Jul 27, 2:50pm  

Fuck you all! The revolution is coming.

14   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2017 Jul 27, 5:58pm  

What's the min wage in Texas?

There's cheaper parts of Texas with ample jobs paying well over $10 an hour($20k a year gross).

15   HEY YOU   2017 Jul 27, 8:38pm  

No/poor paying jobs,no consumers.
That'll be great for the economy.
How about investments?
Trying to maintain progress with no revenue is the MAGA plan?

In the late 70s & 80's I was paying my construction employees $12.00-$15.00/hr.
We were all happy & few ever quit.

16   HEY YOU   2017 Jul 27, 8:41pm  

CBOEtrader says

obsolete and a nuisance.

Wait just a Damn minute! Leave Patnetters out of this!

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