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Re:Economic Reality by crdoconnor on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @08:09PM (#12040398)
>No. For every increase in the minimum wage, some incremental amount of jobs get pushed overseas.

^^^ What gets threatened by lobbyists fighting minimum wage increases.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b9602ba0-3c91-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140... (Push for higher wages squeezes US corporate profits)

^^^ What actually happens in reality

>That's probably true. It probably hurts the middle class, though. Hurting the middle class to help the bottom isn't really the trade-off we want

^^^ What politicians say when Bernie Sanders proposes raising taxes on people earning over 200k / year.

There isn't much of a middle class left in America these days. The people who would be helped are in the majority.

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