The argument against raising the minimum wage from no less than the great Socialist.
After taking fire for paying some members of his salaried unionized campaign staff the equivalent of the market rate of $13 an hour, Bernie Sanders had to announce “he will cut staffers’ hours so that they can effectively be paid a $15-an-hour minimum.”
Thanks Bernie.
An argument that workers can be paid the same salary for less work is an argument against raising the minimum wage? Some logic there.
Only if you misquote the facts. Which you did.
I was repeating your own post back to you. If there is a misquotation of the facts here, its yours.
But this is actually a rare case in which you haven't, since you are using a direct quote. And the meaning here is clear; the workers are getting paid the same overall salary for working fewer hours.
If you have facts that you would like to quote that show the worker's salary being reduced, quote them. If you have facts that you would like to quote that show that workers are actually being fired, quote them. You haven't. So as it stands, your post is illogical. Getting paid the same for less work is not an argument against raising the minimum wage.
Sanders' workers may have wanted an overall raise, but the fact is there is real value to having more time off, particularly for campaign staff working 20-30 hour weeks who probably have another paying gig.
And just so it is clear, its worth repeating; while this may be an own-goal on optics, in practical terms the parallel between Sanders' campaign workers and the larger economy is next to zero. And there are piles of studies that show that what you and kiidcarter8 want so badly to be true is not in cases where minimum wage increases are phased in over time.
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