It seems like it would be far more efficient to just raise the minimum wage. But I guess that doesn't have a clever acronym.
That makes sense, but seems like most of the political pressure to raise minimum wage is focused at the federal level.
Does the issue of raising minimum wage get traction in state- or local-level politics, and just not get widely reported (aside from Seattle and a few other cities)?
So yes state level changes get a lot of attention, but there's also lots of people impacted by the federal level.
McDonalds on the other hand, already has kiosks installed everywhere and simply has to decide orders can't be taken at the till anymore. There goes 50% of customer facing staff. And here comes more of the population relying on government subsidies.
Basic income is still a more viable alternative, but I have low hopes of this being taken seriously for another 10-20 years.
I'm guessing this bill is made so that it appeals to Trump, too, who's been attacking Bezos lately. Fingers crossed it passes. Amazon has benefited from low taxes, which has catapulted it into a monopoly in several markets. Monopolies are bad for consumers, competition, and employees.
The low taxes is part of the reasons why it's been able to invest more in the company, subsidize Kindle ebooks for years (Apple has called it a price dumping tactic), it enabled it to offer free shipping with a relatively low subscription, and of course cheaper products in general compared to offline retailers.
No, it's not; Sanders was the first major national politician to jump on the grassroots Fight for $15 movement, but he didn't start it. (Heck, Black Lives Matter was involved before Sanders, but they didn't start it, either.)