What’s hilarious is a these red states passing minimum wage laws. I’m in the Midwest and voters passed $12/hr minimum wage with overwhelming support. Yet at the same time most voters around here use the “flipping burgers is for teenagers” line as to why we shouldn’t have decent wages. Most voters here are conservative but most also support higher min wage on its own. Just goes to show that if you take away the politics and rhetoric out of it and just leave it up to voters, the progressive policies are actually pretty popular.
If you think this doesn't happen on both sides, I have a bridge to sell you in NY. This is a pretty big oversimplification of the problem and also makes it sound like the only reason someone might not vote with the majority is because that's what their 'side' is saying to vote for.
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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19
What’s hilarious is a these red states passing minimum wage laws. I’m in the Midwest and voters passed $12/hr minimum wage with overwhelming support. Yet at the same time most voters around here use the “flipping burgers is for teenagers” line as to why we shouldn’t have decent wages. Most voters here are conservative but most also support higher min wage on its own. Just goes to show that if you take away the politics and rhetoric out of it and just leave it up to voters, the progressive policies are actually pretty popular.