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Originally Posted by rubecube
Uh no, we're talking about what Biden promised and what Americans as a whole want if you go by polling. $15/h minimum wage is insanely popular with voters across both parties and independents. As are $2000 stimulus cheques, both of which were promised by this administration.
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Overly simplistic solutions that magically give everyone free money are popular. Congress should vet these ideas and make sure they are in a way that aren't going to cause more problems than they solve.
$2000 to everyone and $15 min wage across the board work well as campaign messages, but that doesn't mean they are the right solution to the right problems. If they are going to hurt as many people as they help, it should be stopped.
We've been through these a million times. I'm for both a substantial raise in min wage, and substantial money to help people hurt by COVID. It needs to be done the right way though in a way that helps the most people and hurts the least amount. Good implementation of ideas that work well is more important than blindly implementing flawed slogans.