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memestoanend@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

bOth sIDeS aRe ThE SaME!!1!

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bOth sIDeS aRe ThE SaME!!1!

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    Raise the minimum wage to $25/hr, tie it to inflation…

    I fully believe this would cause runaway inflation as wages only went up and up as the majority of americans have more money and thus prices can be raised. This cycle would constantly repeat as raised prices cause a raise in wage until the american dollar is worthless and we’re all making millions or billions of dollars a year which adjusted to inflation… is like today’s $15/hr. Interest rates for loans would skyrocket to an unfathomable percentage as double digit inflation remains y/y.

    The billionaires would quickly turn into trillionaires and quadrillionaires as their investments rise in price proportional to inflation.

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      I fully believe this would cause runaway inflation

      https://fortune.com/2023/05/30/inflation-worker-pay-not-a-major-cause-fed-study/

      https://archive.riksbank.se/Upload/WorkingPapers/WP_159.pdf (PDF Warning)

      https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/does-increasing-minimum-wage-lead-higher-prices

      https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/10rjsvn/eli5_how_does_raising_wages_worsen_inflation/

      Please don’t believe BS.

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      Inflation is happening anyway… Prices keep going up and up regardless of whether pay increases enough for people to afford them

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        So basically the idea is to just make everyone make the same amount of money unless they are very rich, in which case they are going to have their total compensation pegged to 300x+++ of minimum (or some other absurd number.)

        It’s all bullshit man. Crazy minimum wage hikes are never going to become law in the united states.

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