usernamesAreTricky to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe California Job-Killer That Wasn’t | The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept risingwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkThe California Job-Killer That Wasn’t | The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept risingwww.theatlantic.comusernamesAreTricky to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareoakey66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up85·1 month agoOh so trickle down doesn’t work but paying employees does?? Wow. Who woulda thunk it.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-21 month agoSo 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.
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe 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. /s
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.
/s