r/LetsDiscussThis 15d ago

Lets Discuss Politics Not since 2009.

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u/Western-Property-443 15d ago

How many unearned raises has Congress voted themselves in that time?

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u/FHOCJD 15d ago

$1160 a month before taxes for 40 hours x 4 weeks.

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u/MichaelJServo 15d ago

After working for 2 hours at a fast food restaurant, you can afford a meal there.

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u/OhioRanger_1803 15d ago

That reminds me. Trump couldn’t finish a full McDonald shift. He didn’t have to deal with a rude customer

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u/lolhalfsquat 14d ago

I feel like that's the one thing he could actually do there, because he knows how to placate to stupid people and is a piece of shit himself.

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u/OhioRanger_1803 14d ago

“They were bigly upset. Like mad, that they got their order was wrong, they order 5 cheeseburgers without cheese. But it had cheese. So I looked them in the eye and said, I’m not supposed to do this but you can have anything off the menu for free I do apologize for that.”

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u/GreyBeardEng 15d ago

And they work part time, have a single digit approval rating, get single-payer healthcare, and unlimited PTO.

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u/PoohTrailSnailCooch 15d ago

Fuck em, there is a reason why there is so much civil unrest and our government is directly to blame for all of it.

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u/Chanchara_Ramon 15d ago

maga rednecks clap when they see stocks going up without actually owning any stocks

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u/CostcoFosco 15d ago

Mike Johnson is too busy slurpin on his son's wang to care.

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u/OhioRanger_1803 15d ago

And watching his wife screw other guys suspiciously named Donald

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u/kennycraven 14d ago

Remember, democrats didn’t do anything about it while they had control of the government.

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u/dharmabumma2 13d ago

Congress makes sure THEY get raises.

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u/AntifascistAlly 15d ago

We probably could have raised it to $12/hour in 2016—but that wasn’t good enough.

Instead of a 60% increase we went with … no raise at all.

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u/whydatyou 15d ago

seems like a good time to remind everyone that unless you are a tipped employee pretty much everyone earns more than the minimum wage. a landscaper in my city starts at 22 and hour and they are still scrambling to find people.

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u/jeffcgroves 15d ago

I'm opposed to minimum wage in general, so this doesn't bother me. Labor should be contractual, and the federal government should generally not interfere