Oh so trickle down doesn’t work but paying employees does?? Wow. Who woulda thunk it.
So all we had to do to stimulate the economy was to give money to people that would spend it?
Instead of padding C-suite bonuses?
This is amazing. I hope the word gets out.
The problem is it’s too complex a concept to communicate to the masses. “Giving people money to spend helps stimulate spending” is basically rocket science.
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Can you imagine if this nightmare scenario played out nationwide?
Yes, Federal Minimum Wage raised to $20 an hour. No exceptions for training, farm work, under 18. Then go for Medicare for All. Level the playing field for all the States and companies.
Let’s also try the aberrant idea of giving food stamps and basic cash aid to everyone who has it, but in perpetuity. Later just expand it to everyone no matter what.
No job? You get it. Job? You get it. You don’t get it only if you opt out. And you can always opt back in.
That would be horrendous for people, ugh!
How dare you make people’s lives better? Brown and poor people might benefit too!
The horrors of working class people being paid a slightly less unlivable wage would be unimaginable
Another sad case of progressives winning in policy but failing in messaging.
The right ONLY focuses on messaging (what’s the last real policy win for them?) which makes them incredibly difficult to keep up with.
It’s not just about failing at messaging.
The problem is that the capitalists, through their for profit media and bribed government official bully pulpit, simply drown out rational economic discussion in favor of “WE MUST STOP TAXING JOB CREATORS, REGULATION HINDERS GROWTH, FAST FOOD JOBS ARE FOR TEENAGERS TO BUY LOLIPOPS THEY DON’T NEED LIVING WAGES” etc.
I don’t think there’s a solution to this short of revolution, they control the signal, kill most truthful messages like trickle down was a self-serving lie by them to rob the nation blind, and if something happens like Luigi and they can’t directly kill the signal, they start creating divisive messaging about it to scatter and create anymous between those listening. I’m seeing a lot from mainstream media trying to divide Luigi supporters as somehow a racial issue on the grounds the public is “falling into the white savior complex trap” Divide and conquer. Stoke every culture war but the one that informs all others: the class war. Profit.
You can have the most profound messaging possible with truth on your side, but unfortunately, the ones with the most volume win. It’s why strength of argument has nothing to do with effecting policy in our dystopic nation of greed worship, as the last 50 years demonstrate.
The only issue I have with this article is saying employment drops during fall and winter. That was when we had our highest employment at a pizza place because more people ordered delivery. Now in the prime parts of California, winter is barely a thing so I get it. But I’m posting this from beneath multiple layers so our gas bill isn’t outrageous. I fucking hate the cold and have poor circulation. If I’m not in bed or in the shower, my toes are numb for about 4 months a year.
