He sees the two as one in the same.

Yet another impeachable offense.

It seems the “Russification” campaign wasn’t limited just to Ukraine. In fact, I’d say it failed spectacularly there, yet seems to be doing quite well here.

Since when does a government shutdown mean the House of Representatives can’t hold a regular legislative session? It’s preposterous.

“With power comes great responsibility” has simply become, “With power comes… power.”

Honorable nations do not operate in this way. We don't get to summarily execute people on the high seas because we think they are carrying drugs. If we can track them to blow them up, we can track them for interception by a US Coast Guard vessel. This should never be tolerated or normalized.

DHS needs to be dissolved entirely. It was a department that was ripe for future abuse when it was created… and my, oh my has it been abused.

Make ICE -> INS again and return the useful agencies back to their old departments, this time making sure they play nice with each other, unlike pre 9/11.

Example: 45 min of labor flipping burgers at McDs = 1 Big Mac Meal. It doesn't matter what you're paid, the meal cost will just increase accordingly. But, if you're promoted to Asst Mgr, your buying power DOES increase, as your labor is "worth" more. It now takes 30 minutes to buy that same meal.

No, it doesn't. Buying power increases because of a higher *market* wage, not minimum wage. Meaning, if you provide labor that the market deems to be worth more, your buying power will increase. If you don't, buying power remains the same, no matter the "wage".

You’re conflating an economic law with questionable business practices. They are unrelated.

Only 13 states use the fed min wage. It’s largely ignored except by people trying to make political points.

Min wage in my very red state is double the fed rate. Guess what? Buying power hasn’t changed.

Another nasty side effect of raising min wage is wage compression. This disproportionately harms low income people by limiting upward mobility and reducing real buying power even when no longer at minimum wage.

Ok, I’ll amend: always. I left room for caveats like external (temporary) market conditions. Want a $50 min wage? How about $1,000? Your buying power will remain the same.

I’m not saying lower income earners aren’t getting the raw deal in many ways. But raising minimum wage won’t fix it.

The fundamental fallacy with minimum wage is the complete disregard of basic economics. 1 hour of labor will almost always equal the same amount of earned buying power. You can increase the $ all you want, actual buying power will just decrease accordingly. This is not a political statement.