Comments on: Another bogus argument against raising the minimum wage: The “Ford myth”

By: Bryan McManus

Bryan McManus — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:50:00 +0000

I like to occasionally have a sandwich from Subway. About a week ago, the price of my sandwich went up. When I asked about it, the manager spoke of having to pay the “high-schoolers” more when California’s minimum wage goes up in January.

I’m so damned tired of that BS talking point. Business owners love capitalism except when it comes to the majority of their customer base having more capital. Any retail business owner should know that people having more disposable income will benefit their business. I find it hard to believe their profit margin is that thin.

By: JoeD

JoeD — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:00:00 +0000

“very little in the way of benefits for workers has been accomplished without a government mandate. Unfettered capitalism—the preferred system of the super-rich—has a dismal record when it comes to looking out for the good of the worker. Waiting around for corporations to make moves designed to better the lives of their workers is a losing strategy.”

Holy shit, talk about living in an echo chamber. Not only are you economically ignorant, but you’re an imbecile when it comes to history as well. Do you even take the time to look things up? To look at statistics, rather than read left-wing propaganda books and flights of fancy from the economically illiterate?