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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
I as a taxpayer don't like subsidizing WalMart and McDonalds' labor costs. And make no mistake, that's exactly what we're doing when two of the biggest firms in the world, in the richest country in the world, won't pay their employees enough to keep them off of Medicaid and welfare.
Raise the minimum wage to a living wage and people will have more to spend. If people have more to spend, the economy does better. If the economy does better, more jobs are created.
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Shop elsewhere. BTW, your idea is simplistic. Just give them more money. They will piss it away on goods. The economy will grow. Same thing the Fed does. Print more money. Give it away. The economy will grow.