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surfered

(4,144 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:17 PM 18 hrs ago

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 18 hrs ago OP
Minimum wage: the lowest wage your employer is required to pay you to work. nt in2herbs 18 hrs ago #1
And you're okay with that? tenderfoot 18 hrs ago #3
Hell no. nt in2herbs 18 hrs ago #4
👍 tenderfoot 18 hrs ago #5
I don't know anyone who pays that low DeepWinter 18 hrs ago #2
Plenty here in East-Central Indiana do. Happy Hoosier 18 hrs ago #6
$20/hr minimum wage for burger flippers here WarGamer 17 hrs ago #13
That will irritate Eloon! He wanted that to be the maximum for the 10 government employees left after DOGE. Wonder Why 18 hrs ago #7
The next four years are going to be horror show tenderfoot 18 hrs ago #8
I hope all those dumb fuck Trump voters suffer. Botany 17 hrs ago #9
This is soooo republicon BoRaGard 17 hrs ago #10
Subhuman predators need prey. moondust 17 hrs ago #11
"Let them eat cake." - Scott Bessent, probably sakabatou 17 hrs ago #12
For trumpers ..... " Let them eat feces " Trueblue1968 16 hrs ago #16
And in the next breath he'll carp about homelessness. Vinca 17 hrs ago #14
Well....at least he didn't Bettie 17 hrs ago #15

DeepWinter

(694 posts)
2. I don't know anyone who pays that low
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:23 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(8,616 posts)
6. Plenty here in East-Central Indiana do.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:31 PM
18 hrs ago

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

WarGamer

(15,932 posts)
13. $20/hr minimum wage for burger flippers here
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:19 PM
17 hrs ago

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

(4,819 posts)
7. That will irritate Eloon! He wanted that to be the maximum for the 10 government employees left after DOGE.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:37 PM
18 hrs ago

tenderfoot

(8,958 posts)
8. The next four years are going to be horror show
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:39 PM
18 hrs ago

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

Botany

(72,816 posts)
9. I hope all those dumb fuck Trump voters suffer.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:52 PM
17 hrs ago

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.

moondust

(20,592 posts)
11. Subhuman predators need prey.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:02 PM
17 hrs ago

Eloon Skum is the "boss" of how many companies? Doesn't that suggest that the job of "boss" is not too demanding or deserving?

Bettie

(17,497 posts)
15. Well....at least he didn't
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:39 PM
17 hrs ago

say it should be lower?

But, they are probably planning on doing away with any sort of min wage anyway.

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