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GulfCoast66

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16. So we raise minimum wage to a decent amount. Or not do decent.

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #14)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 10:09 PM

Oct 2019

Say $15 an hour. Service workers in France don’t necessarily earn more than that. Although many do. But...

No healthcare costs, no having to save for college and subsidized housing if needed. Their kids get very well fed at school as party of just, well, going to school. And I could go on.

It not only what we pay people but what we force them to pay.

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EU vows to hit back over US tariffs as businesses count cost [View all] groundloop Oct 2019 OP

trump is such a fool. doesn't he see that these trade wars will have huge implications on the US iluvtennis Oct 2019 #1

Well, maybe these American filthy rich capitalist can start investing in this country Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #2

I would amend the tax code to discourage offshoring manufacturing. DBoon Oct 2019 #4

That's a very good start. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #5

You can't manufacture French Wine in the US maxsolomon Oct 2019 #9

So true but that does not make for good economic policy on its own. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #11

The OP and the Tariffs are about trade. maxsolomon Oct 2019 #15

Respectfully disagree. This is what tariffs look like. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #10

First using German is an unfair comparison because they have codetermination laws Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #12

This is what is so difficult about trying to communicate on line. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #13

Yeah I agree with you Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #14

So we raise minimum wage to a decent amount. Or not do decent. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #16

These trade wars make so little sense for America and it's allies The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #3

Tariffs should be last resort after full fledged Firestorm49 Oct 2019 #6

These follow a WTO ruling that following 15 years of litigation and years of negotiation before that Igel Oct 2019 #8

I just saw a story on local St Louis news about new tariffs on EU... jcgoldie Oct 2019 #7

No one wins a trade war. BlueIdaho Oct 2019 #17