Bernie: Federal jobs for EVERYONE starting at $15 an hour.

Started by Cryptic Bert, April 24, 2018, 06:10:36 PM

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Cryptic Bert

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to announce a federal jobs proposal that would guarantee a job with at least a $15-per-hour wage and health benefits to every adult American "who wants or needs one," The Washington Post reports.

The senator is still in the early stages of crafting the plan, according to the Post, which would provide a job or required training for any American.

Sanders's office has yet to release the details of the plan's funding, but previous large-scale projects proposed by the Vermont progressive have involved ending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.

The Vermont senator joins two other possible 2020 contenders, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who have also expressed support for similar proposals in recent weeks.

"The goal is to eliminate working poverty and involuntary unemployment altogether," Darrick Hamilton, an economist at The New School, told the Post.

"This is an opportunity for something transformative, beyond the tinkering we've been doing for the last 40 years, where all the productivity gains have gone to the elite of society."

Critics of federal jobs proposals say that government intervention to raise wages could lead to private businesses cutting costs in other areas, including hiring fewer employees. Sanders is a longtime advocate of "Fight for 15," the national movement aimed at raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The proposal would have trouble gaining enough Democratic support to get real traction and conservatives have long said a jobs promise is unsustainable and unaffordable, citing costs, the effects on the private sector and the possibility of inflation.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/384554-sanders-to-announce-proposal-to-guarantee-jobs-to-all-americans

Now I sit back and await Harris', Booker's and Gillibrand's counter proposal. $20 an hour and a free Cadillac!

Walter Josh

* Bernie is a 76 year old Brooklyn born Jew boy and
soul mate of Lev Bernstein (known as Leon Trotsky).
* Vermont has 3 EC votes, the lowest in the USA and
is infinitely less important than Botswana.
When Sanders announces the eradication of Original Sin; I'll tune in.

Cryptic Bert

Quote from: Walter Josh on April 24, 2018, 06:52:02 PM
* Bernie is a 76 year old Brooklyn born Jew boy and
soul mate of Lev Bernstein (known as Leon Trotsky).
* Vermont has 3 EC votes, the lowest in the USA and
is infinitely less important than Botswana.
When Sanders announces the eradication of Original Sin; I'll tune in.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think I peed a little.

Billy's bayonet

What kind of Chump would work for 15 an hour when the Govt gives them bennies amounting to twice that for doing nothing?
Evil operates best when under a disguise

WHEN A CRIME GOES UNPUNISHED THE WORLD IS UNBALANCED

WHEN A WRONG IS UNAVENGED THE HEAVENS LOOK DOWN ON US IN SHAME

IMPEACH BIDEN

Cryptic Bert

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on April 24, 2018, 07:42:57 PM
What kind of Chump would work for 15 an hour when the Govt gives them bennies amounting to twice that for doing nothing?

Damn...

T Hunt

Quote from: Walter Josh on April 24, 2018, 06:52:02 PM
* Bernie is a 76 year old Brooklyn born Jew boy and
soul mate of Lev Bernstein (known as Leon Trotsky).
* Vermont has 3 EC votes, the lowest in the USA and
is infinitely less important than Botswana.
When Sanders announces the eradication of Original Sin; I'll tune in.

:lol: :lol: :lol: the left will do anything to get votes
"Let's Go Brandon, I agree!"  -Biden

supsalemgr

Quote from: The Boo Man... on April 24, 2018, 06:10:36 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to announce a federal jobs proposal that would guarantee a job with at least a $15-per-hour wage and health benefits to every adult American "who wants or needs one," The Washington Post reports.

The senator is still in the early stages of crafting the plan, according to the Post, which would provide a job or required training for any American.

Sanders's office has yet to release the details of the plan's funding, but previous large-scale projects proposed by the Vermont progressive have involved ending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.

The Vermont senator joins two other possible 2020 contenders, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who have also expressed support for similar proposals in recent weeks.

"The goal is to eliminate working poverty and involuntary unemployment altogether," Darrick Hamilton, an economist at The New School, told the Post.

"This is an opportunity for something transformative, beyond the tinkering we've been doing for the last 40 years, where all the productivity gains have gone to the elite of society."

Critics of federal jobs proposals say that government intervention to raise wages could lead to private businesses cutting costs in other areas, including hiring fewer employees. Sanders is a longtime advocate of "Fight for 15," the national movement aimed at raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The proposal would have trouble gaining enough Democratic support to get real traction and conservatives have long said a jobs promise is unsustainable and unaffordable, citing costs, the effects on the private sector and the possibility of inflation.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/384554-sanders-to-announce-proposal-to-guarantee-jobs-to-all-americans

Now I sit back and await Harris', Booker's and Gillibrand's counter proposal. $20 an hour and a free Cadillac!

Should not the MSM ask Bernie some pretty basic questions about this scheme? The first would be, "What would these folks be doing?"
"If you can't run with the big dawgs, stay on the porch!"

Solar

"The senator is still in the early stages of crafting the plan"

The guy has been a commie his entire life, and only just now decides to craft a Marxist plan? The entire world is full of failed Marxist plans, I'm certain he could find one to copy somewhere.
Oh wait, according to losers like bern, Communism isn't a failure, it just has yet to succeed because of failed leaders. And somehow Bern is different? :rolleyes:
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Walter Josh

Quote from: Walter Josh on April 24, 2018, 06:52:02 PM
* Bernie is a 76 year old Brooklyn born Jew boy and
soul mate of Lev Bernstein (known as Leon Trotsky).
* Vermont has 3 EC votes, the lowest in the USA and
is infinitely less important than Botswana.
When Sanders announces the eradication of Original Sin; I'll tune in.
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Shud be Bronstein not Bernstein. My apologies.

Possum


Sick Of Silence

With all these lawyers with cameras on the street i'm shocked we have so much crime in the world.

There is constitutional law and there is law and order. This challenge to law and order is always the start to loosing our constitutional rights.

Frauditors are a waste of life.

nikuluss

Finland:  We tried it and failed.  And we have a whole lot more experience with socialism than Komrade Sanders.

Cryptic Bert

It will be interesting to see how the "pandering trinity" react to this. Booker, Gillibrand and Warren". How will they out-socialist the socialist when the socialists plan is completely unsustainable without raising everyone's taxes drastically.

taxed

#PureBlood #TrumpWon

Cryptic Bert

Quote from: taxed on April 25, 2018, 07:31:57 PM
Bernie is such an economic genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJBjjP8WSbc

He is such a f**king child. The guy is beyond early bird special age and he still does not know that the only rich people in countries with bread lines are the government.