Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has served up another economic hot take in support of increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour that again sparked a few reactions like this:
She needs to return her diploma
— Ed Chambers (@danesmith127) March 1, 2021
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez argued in favor of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, claiming it’s being kept “artificially low”:
.@AOC: “Any person who thinks a $15 minimum wage is the crazy socialist agenda is living in a dystopian capitalist nightmare”
“When we keep the min wage artificially low, it's at a huge cost to our govt … they're essentially enormous subsidies to" Walmart pic.twitter.com/uhMAZblTKC
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 1, 2021
“Dystopian capitalist nightmare”? We’ll get to that in a second, but first the head shaking continued:
So you all know what a degree from Boston University is worth. https://t.co/yi6oCkUHoS
— Stacey (@ScotsFyre) March 1, 2021
The billionaire capitalists AOC seems to think she’s trying to stick it to might not be the people who will be harmed in the least by a big increase in the minimum wage:
Does she really not see that companies like Walmart are the only ones that could absorb the wage hike? https://t.co/idjO8zcM1H
— Lief Albaugh (@LiefAlbaugh) March 1, 2021
It’s always the impact on walmart or McDonalds. Not the the impact on the small buisness owner. They don’t matter to progressives
— Mailman ??? (@_Mailman_) March 1, 2021
The minimum wage isn't artificially low. If the supply of workers didn't overwhelm the demand wages would ORGANICALLY go up to attract the best talent. Major corporations want min wages raised to kill off the remainder of small businesses.
She doesn't understand how this works. https://t.co/Z5MzUfcQN1
— Keyzer Soze (@Come_On_Ground) March 1, 2021
Her definition of the word “artificially” is exactly the opposite of “artificially”.
Also, the WalMarts of the world will be the only businesses that will be able to absorb those wages. https://t.co/gGt72VC5EP
— Cʜɪᴢᴀᴅ ⚜️? (@AUChizad) March 1, 2021
Progressives like AOC often have ideas that will hit the people they claim to be trying to protect extra hard.
https://twitter.com/CommishNew/status/1366372381028212739
The government actually keeps it ARTIFICIALLY HIGH. ? https://t.co/JA3lg28Y4b
— Randall Hunsaker (@HunsakerRandall) March 1, 2021
“Artificially low”…the minimum wage is literally an artificial number. https://t.co/7qcBCcvuQQ
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) March 1, 2021
“My body my choice”*
*unless your choice is taking a job that pays $7.50 an hour https://t.co/zL8vR4hRNH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 1, 2021
Unreal.
