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surfered

(5,913 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:17 PM Jan 16

Trump's billionaire Treasury Secretary nominee says the minimum wage should remain at $7.25 per hour

https://www.rawstory.com/scott-bessent-minimum-wage/

OP - So, the official policy of the incoming Trump Administration is work should not be rewarded with a living wage, AKA “F**k the poor.”

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Trump's billionaire Treasury Secretary nominee says the minimum wage should remain at $7.25 per hour (Original Post) surfered Jan 16 OP

Minimum wage: the lowest wage your employer is required to pay you to work. nt in2herbs Jan 16 #1

And you're okay with that? tenderfoot Jan 16 #3

Hell no. nt in2herbs Jan 16 #4

👍 tenderfoot Jan 16 #5

I don't know anyone who pays that low DeepWinter Jan 16 #2

Plenty here in East-Central Indiana do. Happy Hoosier Jan 16 #6

$20/hr minimum wage for burger flippers here WarGamer Jan 16 #13

That will irritate Eloon! He wanted that to be the maximum for the 10 government employees left after DOGE. Wonder Why Jan 16 #7

The next four years are going to be horror show tenderfoot Jan 16 #8

I hope all those dumb fuck Trump voters suffer. Botany Jan 16 #9

This is soooo republicon BoRaGard Jan 16 #10

Subhuman predators need prey. moondust Jan 16 #11

"Let them eat cake." - Scott Bessent, probably sakabatou Jan 16 #12

For trumpers ..... " Let them eat feces " Trueblue1968 Jan 16 #16

And in the next breath he'll carp about homelessness. Vinca Jan 16 #14

Well....at least he didn't Bettie Jan 16 #15

in2herbs

(3,639 posts)

1. Minimum wage: the lowest wage your employer is required to pay you to work. nt

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:20 PM

Jan 16

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)

3. And you're okay with that?

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:23 PM

Jan 16

eom

in2herbs

(3,639 posts)

4. Hell no. nt

Reply to tenderfoot (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:30 PM

Jan 16

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)

5. 👍

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:31 PM

Jan 16

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DeepWinter

(931 posts)

2. I don't know anyone who pays that low

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:23 PM

Jan 16

My 16 year old daughter got an after school job at McDonalds at $17.25 Hr. And we're in nowhere flyover country.

Happy Hoosier

(8,855 posts)

6. Plenty here in East-Central Indiana do.

Reply to DeepWinter (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:31 PM

Jan 16

It's rough for the folks who are trying to live on that.

WarGamer

(16,756 posts)

13. $20/hr minimum wage for burger flippers here

Reply to DeepWinter (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 04:19 PM

Jan 16

Instead of a typical McDonalds having 12-15 employees on the clock at once...

They literally run nowadays with 4-6 employees.

"Unintended Consequences"

Wonder Why

(5,331 posts)

7. That will irritate Eloon! He wanted that to be the maximum for the 10 government employees left after DOGE.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:37 PM

Jan 16

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)

8. The next four years are going to be horror show

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:39 PM

Jan 16

Billionaires who couldn't careless about the most vulnerable and a compliant media. We are so fucked.

Botany

(73,722 posts)

9. I hope all those dumb fuck Trump voters suffer.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:52 PM

Jan 16

Joe Biden & Kamala Harris administration put together the #1 economy in the world with record
unemployment too. But a dirty media, the GOP, Musk, and Russia kept telling the mouth breathers
that we were in a recession and eggs cost too much.