Raising the minimum wage is a super-sized nothingburger to the “Fox & Friends” hosts.
While tearing into the House’s recently passed bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and criticizing Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for supporting a $20 minimum wage, co-host Brian Kilmeade ranted about how raising the minimum wage would “destroy small businesses” by encouraging people to make low-paying jobs into a career.
And yo Brian there was a time when working during the summer at a fulltime job, or working one part time job while in college helped a lot in paying for school. But numbskull what you fail to take into account is that wages haven’t kept up with costs,and that not everyone who works at McDonald’s is part time.
I’m not in favor of gated communities and/or HOAs, but I could see a reality show with nothing but former and current Fox hosts, living in their own community with cameras rolling, and it would get real, real fast.
When they convince me that corporate executive and board members compensation is determined by a true free market, then we can talk. Until then they should STFU.
Last time she was in a McDonald’s was when she blew the high school quarterback in the bathroom, so I’m guessing no, she doesn’t know they don’t get tips. She sure did tho.
And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath She said, "Your Pa’s runned off and I’m real sick, And the baby’s gonna starve to death."
She handed me a heart-shaped locket that said, “To thine own self be true.” And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across The toe of my high-heeled shoe It sounded like somebody else that was talkin’ Askin’, “Mama, what do I do?” She said, "Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy, And they’ll be nice to you."
Honest question. Why does TPM waste it’s time and resources breathlessly reporting on everything Fox news says? Why is this newsworthy? When is anything that comes from Fox “News” newsworthy? We all know what they’re about and what they stand for. I didn’t even have to read the article to know the what they think.
When I was a high school sophomore, they still taught economics. We looked at the Comecon countries, Marxist theory, Adam Smith, mercantilism, along with introductions to the modern classics like Keynes and Coase and basic policy measures like inflation, exchange rates, consumer and producers prices, and the various sectors of an economy. By the 2000s, this curriculum had been repurposed to “financial literacy” like what is a credit card, mortgage, bank statement, etc. Indeed, today many high-school graduates just think economics is something to do with money and you gotta get a lot of money. When the US says headline (U3) unemployment is 4%, that’s supposed to be great news, but the US dependency ratio is also rising as in most advanced economies and China, meaning the labor pool is shrinking. Bangladesh also has a 4% unemployment rate, but better labor pool characteristics. In 1979, I asked Ray Marshall, Carter’s labor secretary, about underemployment. He said, “We don’t even go there,” meaning it was a policy issue that never made it onto the political radar. Given that half of Americans have roughly zero or negative net worth, you would think this would be a top issue. But talk to most people and it’s just about getting a lot of money.
