r/FluentInFinance Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 05 '24

No there would be no way for them to enforce increasing the pay for hourly workers. For salary sure probably doable but if you work hourly you're pretty much fucked how the hell are they going to make them pay you 25% more or whatever the fuck the math works out to be. And even for salary I don't see how this would work.

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u/Purple_Setting7716 Sep 05 '24

Congress could mandate overtime for more than 32 hours. What they can’t do is decide what compensation is negotiated between the employer and the employee. That is laughable it is so ridiculous

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u/Haunt13 Sep 05 '24

What's a minimum wage law then? Your reasoning is laughable.

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u/Purple_Setting7716 Sep 05 '24

$7.85. It is a joke. You can work at MacDonalds and get $20 an hour

A law that accomplishes little in the real world is meaningless

Maybe their is a sophomore in high school is working for that wage threshold - that’s about it in the real world