Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (CNN) - Donald Trump said Tuesday he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are "too high." Asked to clarify his position at a press conference on Wednesday morning in Doral, Florida, Trump said once again that the federal minimum wage should be raised to "at least $10" but that "states should really call the shots." "As an example, I live in New York. It's very expensive in New York. You can't buy a hot dog for the money you're talking about," Trump said. "You go to other states and it's not expensive at all. Now what it does is it puts New York at a disadvantage if the minimum wage is, companies move out and things -- you know, bad things happen. At the same time, people have to be taken care of. But what I'm really going to do with minimum wage, it has to go up." Bernie Sanders assailed Trump on Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, telling delegates that the GOP nominee "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25," which is the current federal minimum wage. At the press conference on Wednesday, Trump said Sanders "lied." "Bernie Sanders said in his speech the other day that Donald Trump wants the minimum wage to go below $7," Trump said. "I said, 'Where did he come up with that one?'" Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/donald-trump-minimum-wage/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,446 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 He also supported trans* rights before going back on that. He said he supported gay rights before telling voters he'd appoint judges to the SCOTUS to undo the decision in 2015.Then he said his Muslim ban was just a suggestion before doubling down on it and exploiting 49 people's deaths for his hateful and illegal idea, but not before patting himself on the back. I don't trust a single thing he says. People say Hillary flip flops? He's a pancake in a wind tunnel. Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Trump 3,508 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 so everything else will go up and the people that already make more than $10 an hour will be downgraded, and feel a reduce in spending ability Ma ma pa pa pa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,890 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Yes dad!!!! I love that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKANK 14,288 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 21 minutes ago, PartySick said: He's a pancake in a wind tunnel. Lovely imagery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JevyDuty 2,961 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 So he supports a starvation wage? Oh ok... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelx 1,309 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Minimum wage needs to be atleast 15 an hr. That is considered a living wage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 13 minutes ago, Larry Hill said: So he supports a starvation wage? Oh ok... "Starvation" 4 minutes ago, One Armed Man said: Minimum wage needs to be atleast 15 an hr. That is considered a living wage No country has a minimum wage that high! You will claim Australia and Luxembourg, which have the highest minimum wages, are both around $15 US, but measured by the purchasing power those wages give, Australia's wage is equivalent to $11.14 US, and Luxembourg's to $11.43 US. Measured by purchasing power, the highest wage in the world is Monaco's, at $12.55 US. You're saying $10 US is not enough? Again, measured by purchasing power, the following countries have minimum wages around $10 US, +/- $0.50: Germany = $10.43 Belgium = $10.31 The Netherlands = $9.81 New Zealand = $9.76 And those countries rank #5, 6, 7 and 8 on the list of highest minimum wages in the world measured by purchasing power. $10, "starvation", lmao. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo 4,410 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 38 minutes ago, Yaxley said: so everything else will go up and the people that already make more than $10 an hour will be downgraded, and feel a reduce in spending ability It actually doesn't work like that. Prices only go up a little, if at all. People on minimum wage gain spending power when it goes up, improving their lives directly, and increasing economic activity in general, so everyone gains. http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/03/10/study-sees-positive-impact-of-raising-new-yorks-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/ https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/mythbuster http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/04/18/early-analysis-of-seattles-15-wage-law-effect-on-prices-minimal-one-year-after-implementation/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Trump said once again that the federal minimum wage should be raised to "at least $10" but that "states should really call the shots." These contradict each other. A better title would be: "Trump contradicts himself on minimum wage." Explanation: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/07/27/3802419/donald-trump-changing-minimum-wage/ In an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, Trump took three different positions on the issue in less than 30 seconds. When O’Reilly said to Trump, “There has to be a federal minimum wage. What would you set the federal minimum wage at?” Trump’s immediate response was, “There doesn’t have to be,” suggesting that he believes there doesn’t have to be a federal minimum wage at all. But with his very next breath Trump went on to say, “I would leave it and raise it somewhat. You need to help people, and I know it’s not very Republican to say.” That would indicate that he believes that the wage needs to be raised because wages are too low. And yet when Bill O’Reilly asked specifically what Trump thought of a $10 federal minimum wage, Trump responded, “I would say ten. I would say ten… But the thing is we’ll let the states do it.” If a minimum wage increase is left up to the states, however, that doesn’t require any action from the federal government. And that’s exactly what’s been happening since the minimum wage was last raised by Congress nine years ago: Republicans have blocked attempts to increase the federal floor, while a majority of states have increased wages on their own. But that still leaves 21 states with the $7.25 minimum, meaning residents making the minimum wage have experienced no increase. O’Reilly himself tried to pin down Trump’s position on the minimum wage toward the end of their exchange, to no avail. “So we have you on the record as $10 minimum wage federally and states can do whatever they want?” he said. “No,” Trump replied. “You have me on the record as saying the states are going to raise it higher than that.” Trump’s contradictions continued on Wednesday morning. In a press conference, he said, “The minimum wage has to go up… At least $10. But it has to go up… Federal.” Yet in the very next moment he said, “But I think that states should really call the shots.” Those two ideas are at odds: if the states are left to their own devices, that won’t mean a federal increase, and some states will very likely choose not to increase their wages. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I think we need to focus on making corporations raise their wages for workers. A national min wage is tricky when you also include small businesses. Trump isn't wrong about making states figure this out. It's just not a simple answer. I of course want the min wage to be increased, but it's not as simple as small may think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderLevi2 5,849 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 55 minutes ago, Yaxley said: so everything else will go up and the people that already make more than $10 an hour will be downgraded, and feel a reduce in spending ability That's not how it works Currently listening to Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelx 1,309 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Goosey said: "Starvation" No country has a minimum wage that high! You will claim Australia and Luxembourg, which have the highest minimum wages, are both around $15 US, but measured by the purchasing power those wages give, Australia's wage is equivalent to $11.14 US, and Luxembourg's to $11.43 US. Measured by purchasing power, the highest wage in the world is Monaco's, at $12.55 US. You're saying $10 US is not enough? Again, measured by purchasing power, the following countries have minimum wages around $10 US, +/- $0.50: Germany = $10.43 Belgium = $10.31 The Netherlands = $9.81 New Zealand = $9.76 And those countries rank #5, 6, 7 and 8 on the list of highest minimum wages in the world measured by purchasing power. $10, "starvation", lmao. ???! I work two jobs and it's still barely enough, both are 10$ hr jobs. And that's just from personal experience. 10$ won't pay these bills statistics and numbers mean nothing in the real life world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 5 minutes ago, One Armed Man said: ???! I work two jobs and it's still barely enough, both are 10$ hr jobs. And that's just from personal experience. 10$ won't pay these bills statistics and numbers mean nothing in the real life world And? It's not any different in most every other country. Some people in this thread are acting like Trump is a villain out of a workhouse in Oliver Twist because he proposed increasing the wage to $10, bringing the US into line with other first-world countries. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelx 1,309 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 4 minutes ago, Goosey said: And? It's not any different in most every other country. Some people in this thread are acting like Trump is a villain out of a workhouse in Oliver Twist because he proposed increasing the wage to $10, bringing the US into line with other first-world countries. I will say it is a start, but literally 10 isn't enough. Like honestly it just isn't enough money for people to survive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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