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Title: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: mystery-ak on February 10, 2020, 08:30:42 pm
Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
by Tim Pearce
 | February 10, 2020 03:09 PM



Billionaire activist and 2020 Democrat Tom Steyer pledged to push for a $22 minimum wage if he wins the White House in November.

Steyer made the pledge while campaigning in Winnsboro, South Carolina, on Sunday. His minimum wage standard is the highest so far of the Democratic presidential primary field.

The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 for the past decade. Washington, D.C., and 29 states have set higher standards, however.

Steyer’s wage floor is set much higher than what most politicians and activists are currently calling for. Former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have all released plans calling for a $15 minimum wage.

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Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: GtHawk on February 10, 2020, 10:46:16 pm
Thomas Fahr Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, liberal activist, and fundraiser.

OH, that explains it, just another liberal idiot with no experience running a business with blue collar workers or a understanding of cause and effect.
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: libertybele on February 10, 2020, 10:59:37 pm
Seems like Warren needs to up the ante a little bit. /s
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 11, 2020, 12:07:30 am
I wonder what he pays his people? Does he have any who work at minimum wage level jobs?
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: mountaineer on February 11, 2020, 12:08:58 am
Vote for me. I promise you $100 per hour, and you don't even have to work.
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 11, 2020, 12:11:53 am
Vote for me. I promise you $100 per hour, and you don't even have to work.
I always wondered what it would be like to have a Government Job. (Yes, I know, some DO work.)
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: sneakypete on February 11, 2020, 12:13:25 am
Would someone please splain to me how this fool became a Billionaire?
Title: Re: Tom Steyer promises $22 minimum wage if elected president
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 11, 2020, 12:14:17 am
Would someone please splain to me how this fool became a Billionaire?
By exploiting people, silly.  :silly: