Why $15 an hour minimum wage SUCKS

[Spongebob]

Don't worry.

The geniuses next "solution" will be for everyone to pencil in an extra zero on all currency.

We'll all be rich.


Repeat as needed.

I truly don't comprehend your cynicism.  The economic professionals employed by Obama during the worst downturn in a century handled the disaster with a high degree of savvy.  Despite some truly challenging times, the economy slowly recovered and steadily grew with no lasting side effects.  Meanwhile, in the first decade of this century, during the W Bush administration, we experienced a relatively mild recession and emerged into a jobless recovery, where Wall Street recovered well but wages remained stagnant and job growth was sluggish.  And that was following one of the longest, most impressive eras of growth in our history.  I'm not saying W wasn't up to the task, but this sort of thing certainly doesn't establish Republican economic policy as objectively superior.  The numbers just do not support your biased ideology.

Understand this if nothing else.  Basic economic laws are simple, but the global economy is anything but simple; it's complex as hell.  So the job of guiding the country forward without damaging what we already have is a task I wouldn't wish upon anyone, but its something we have to do and we don't want to trust in the kind of people that worship a guy like Trump.  Those people are just nuts.  We need level headed people who take this stuff seriously.

I do remember similar arguments about the minimum wage every time it has been increased.  The economy has never collapsed due to such changes.  Somehow, history should inform us of something here.