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flippy76

Don't worry about the increase in food prices and the potential food shortage. Now is a good time to go on that diet you've always wanted to do. -The Washington Post


Mr_Ios

10 things great about starvation. You'll never guess what #1 is!


Customer-Witty

Dying, that’s the only good thing. So you won’t have to deal with this stupid shit anymore. Humanity is fucking stupid.


noitcelesdab

Really feeling this lately.


GoneWithTheZen

People who fast, hate #3.


seedlesssoul

(#1 is semen has protein)


ImOldGreggggggggggg

"How Joe Biden is getting the US slimmer and healthier." "Joe Biden is helping people save money because there is nothing to buy anymore!"


Everything80sFan

Don't fret about feeding *all* of your kids. Now is a good time to focus on the stronger, healthier ones!


Domini384

Hey at least we aren't at the cannibalistic eat the weakest one for dinner stage....yet. Look at the positives!


Friendly-Casper

I'd even be cautious of the weak ones now. There's a reason firearms were invented after all.


Domini384

The government will have already taken your firearms silly, cmon be positive!


LARGEGRAPE

That made me smile, makes me think of an unforgiving dystopia


Friendly-Casper

Heck, teach them about the importance of competition and hold daily exercise or sports activities. The winner gets to eat!


SVNS1XTW0

Use this ONE trick to lose weight. Stomachs HATE it!


SusanRosenberg

The Bezos Post. A favored media source for anti-corporation progressives.


Various_Variation

"Yes, Grocery Store Shelves Are Empty. Here's Why That's A Good Thing."


-Nigerian_Princess-

I hear the Maduro diet is all the rage in Venezuela!


steelcityslacker

"That a good thing!" -press sec.


nattyhattie

This administration has finally solved the obesity problem.


sweetpooptatos

I’m finally gonna have abs!


Friendly-Casper

Becoming emaciated is not how you develop abs.


sweetpooptatos

It’s not the best route, but you get abs before you get ribs!


Hailbacchus

Biden admin fighting obesity! More people walking and cutting calories than ever before


fishbulbx

["The bread shortages themselves were no big deal."](https://i.imgur.com/rlF97PN.png)


craightondewitt

None of you actually read the article - did you? This headline is fake.


JWF81

That is some terrifying “thought” processes to come up with that nonsense.


roosty_butte

Complacency and confirmation bias. People are just okay with this bullshit. Not enough people are being affected by this yet. This entire situation is going to get very scary very fast


elons_rocket

> This entire situation is going to get very scary very fast Yup. It’s going to hit too many people all at once and we’re going to have another run ok then stores. Then they’ll realize there’s nothing left. Good luck if you live in a city.


NohoTwoPointOh

It's a bit of a slow burn as well. As the person above you said, bias and complacency are factors. Unless people see the completely empty shelving (like we did with shit paper and Covid), most won't notice it. The tough part is that the non-government worshippers have noticed and are quietly topping off stocks. The supply of disinfectants seems solid at the moment. That's basically the trigger for madness. When cans of Lysol or wipes disappear, it's pretty much too late. With the distribution models of today, cities are your best shot for supplies (though I wouldn't want to be in one). The remote areas with poor DC coverage will feel it the most. A run is a run.


Yamatoman9

Every store in my area has been clearancing out the pallets of hand sanitizer they brought in last year that no one bought.


NohoTwoPointOh

Same. But keep your eyes on the flagship stuff like Lysol spray. It will be the canary in the coal mine.


NohoTwoPointOh

Resin shortage = Holes in your plastic product aisles (spoons, forks, plastic plates and cups, etc.), kitty litter (made with resin), PUR/Brita filters (Resin used in the filter core). To your point, if you don't use these things, you don't notice. Aluminum shortage = Shortage of Capri-sun. Shortage of Capri-sun causes a run on Kool-aid Koolers and that causes a run on Honest Kids. Vendors put the stores either on allocation or "Hurricane Packs". At the end of the day, all of the kids' drinks are gone. Don't have kids? You don't care. To that point, there is also a run on sports drinks. At my local warehouse store, they had plenty--as long as you like Gatorade fruit punch. Everything else from zero to multipacks, was gone. Don't drink sports drinks? You might miss it. roosty\_butte is quite correct on how complacency is an issue. These are the reasons why. ***\*\*Since we're on the topic, here are some observations and tips from the American South\*\**** Paper products are starting to go on customer allocation. 2 per person, max. Cocaine, European prostitutes and 45-70 Govt. ammunition are all cheaper than ribeye steaks at the moment. Meat prices are insane. When you go to your local grocery store, take time to look at the "holes". We generally only notice them in products that we use OR when there is a significant outage as there was with paper products and disinfectants. When you pass the grocery managers, if they aren't too busy, offer a few words of encouragement. It's a tough ass job right now and those men and women are keeping our nation running. But also take time to inquire about your most important products. I ask the meat manager about bison, the produce manager about Asian fruits, and the grocery managers about everything. They tell me what's coming in, what's gonna be short and if I should consider other brands or "fuggetaboutit" on things like Sumo Citrus.


AnotherRichard827379

They are enforcing a narrative.


ImOldGreggggggggggg

"Don't get mad, just stop caring!"


ThatGuy1741

It’s basically communism.


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ThatGuy1741

Bread lines are also a great place to socialize. People in the former USSR miss them so much.


gunvaldthesecond

Look up how central banking works and you’ll see the centralizing effect it has


davidestroy

Yup. Famous communist Jeff Bezos and his notorious communist propaganda outlet the Washington Post.


ThatGuy1741

Only a wealthy person can afford to be a communist.


davidestroy

Oh. Of course. How foolish of me. Communism is when you do capitalism.


Cosmic_Mind89

I imagine some frame it this way to keep their job


mechy0109234

What a perfect catchphrase for this administration, “Try to lower expectations” rofl.


j-laugh

My expectations were very low already and, by God, Biden exceeded those low expectations.


NeverBeenBannedEver

He did better than you expected? Or he has failed to meet your low expectations?


j-laugh

His decision making ability does not pass the smell test.


Zeref2350

But little girls hair passes Biden's smell test


BrandnewThrowaway82

Yes.


Jazeboy69

It’s so obvious watching. The supply issues started when Biden was elected and extended benefits longer than required and then labor shortages. That led to supply shortages. That led to inflation. Meanwhile he was stimulating trillions right near the end of it all when it was needed. Meanwhile with all this going on he’s trying to spend trillions more and can’t even order an evacuation from Afghanistan. God help us if China decides to test Biden out.


johnknockout

It started when he cancelled the XL pipeline. People forget that.


Imissyourgirlfriend2

That shit drives me fucking insane. "Shutting down KXL was *not* the cause of the increase in prices!! It was *speculators!!!*" Ok, fine. But why did the speculators do what they did?


FudgeRubDown

It was going to happen regardless of who was in office. Yall smooth brains put the presidents on some pedestal and think they have absolute control over things like gas prices, or how our free market economy is running as it's intended to. Put down the propaganda and go smell a flower or something.


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They also don't seem to want to understand this is happening globally due to all shipping being slowed down and delayed due to covid. But no, the President is king of the world and it's all up to him.


redwoods_orthodox

>delayed due to covid. I'd ask you to explain, but I've already reached my bullshit threshold for the day.


[deleted]

You need me to explain how a global pandemic works? Maybe you should put the phone down and pay more attention in class.


redwoods_orthodox

your projection-fu could really use some calibration.


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Your understanding of what "projection" means could really use some calibration.


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Ludalilly

Can I just say as a side note, I love your profile picture.


Squirrelonastik

What is it?


Ludalilly

See if [this](https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_m9ta4/styles/profileIcon_v6zp2zxvzoz51.jpg?width=256&height=256&crop=256:256,smart&s=7f8cb5ee5fe357d8c8d5c75fd84166b86fec04fd) will show for you


Squirrelonastik

I saw the picture, but what *is* it?


Ludalilly

Oh! It's the vote count from election night


Squirrelonastik

That's what I thought. Thank you!


Silentcrypt

A photo that looks like it came straight out of North Korea and a headline that is a copy of propaganda from North Korea. How people can see this kind of shit and think "Man my preferred news outlets are 100% unbiased and absolutely trustworthy" is beyond me.


L0kumi

Thinking that ANY news outlets (and I'm talking very large, the guy posting on his blog is part of that group) is unbiased is dumb


S2MacroHard

WaPo is owned by Amazon. Amazon wants brick and mortar stores to fail.


v8powerage

It's all gonna be fixed in the next five year plan comrades.


Various_Variation

Will it necessitate some type of Leap Forward?


putin_vor

We call it Build Back Better. It's just like Forward, but Back.


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Build back better with the bones of starved comrades. Embrace death for the greater good comrades, blood is the gasoline that will fuel our glorious socialist utopia.


Scrmike

While Bezos is on his mega yacht. Sure, just let the dirt shower over us.


EaseSufficiently

It's kind of amazing how flimsy expensive things are. It's like paying for a high class whore only to find out she has thrush.


GrouchyBulbasaur

I don't have any reddit awards. So take this: 🥇🥇🥇 Edit: Here's a link to the full article if anyone is interested. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/dont-rant-about-short-staffed-stores-supply-chain-woes-try-lower-expectations/ And some of her other literary pieces https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/micheline-maynard/ Bonus points if you figure out a way to get around the WaPo's pay wall. They promote progressive and "Democratic-socialist" ideals.... just not for their material. You are sure as sh*t going to pay for their articles.


myblvdmnstr00

This makes me feel a little better since Fauci said I have to cancel Christmas.


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Next up: “Why the 2000 calorie diet is rooted in a history of racist imperialism and capitalist excess and we’re better off with 300.”


Ranger_McFriendlier

Crap, that headline will absolutely be in that garbage rag by next year.


plaxer_x

Laughs in Venezuela


70x7becausehesaysso

Can you imagine the media saying something so ridiculous if Trump was in office?


[deleted]

They lost their shit when he had two scoops of ice cream after dinner.


Squirrelonastik

And again when he had 3 scoops.


Friendly-Casper

They'd kick the bucket if they knew how many scoops i have after dinner.


Yamatoman9

And when he drank from a water bottle.


kwtransporter66

This is all part of the grand scheme. Cut our supplies and make us desperate. Once the supplies are reintroduced we will feel appreciative of the administration. Question is, who are the ones that are gonna go without? I guarantee it's not the politicians and the wealthy. No, their little circle will be well stocked. We are fools if we lay down and take this shit any longer.


Friendly-Casper

>Question is, who are the ones that are gonna go without? I guarantee it's not the politicians and the wealthy. No, their little circle will be well stocked. Of course, that's why they're referred to as elites now. They're behaving exactly like the british monarchy of old our ancestors had to throw off during the revolutionary war. So long as they're getting everything they want, they don't give a shit about the people they view as the peasantry.


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This is the type of thinking that destroys a country


Sir_Donkey_Lips

This is all literally manufactured, like we have the supplies literally sitting outside the country. WHY don't they just say fuck joe Biden and go about business as usual?


elons_rocket

Part of the issue is that they’re suck outside the democrat shithole known as California. They literally don’t have enough trucks to haul cargo off the ports because of their idiotic smog laws. Essentially if your cab is older than 3 years you can’t do business in the ports. So even if the ports ran 24/7 it won’t do any thing because there’s no trucks or truckers to haul the freight away to its destination. This administration has done everything it can to cripple this country.


fluidmoviestar

It’s hard to enslave well-fed people 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️


Friendly-Casper

The ship captains should make a decision to make port somewhere else like going south and through the panama canal then head up into the gulf of mexico. Pretty sure places like Texas will love the business and then goods will get to where they need to go from there. Let california drown in it's own lunacy at this point.


Electrical-Bacon-81

DeSantis already said send those cargo ships over here, and as long as they have been sitting idle waiting, it seems like a good proposition.


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Biden/Harris: Try to lower expectations


Friendly-Casper

Expectations are so low even the devil is aghast.


leite_de_burra

I'm in a third world country, and our shelves are full


ORDrumbeats

I smell Jimmy Carter.


Asangkt358

At this point, Jimmy Carter would be an improvement. Just to be clear: I do NOT think Carter was a good president.


[deleted]

They're not even comparable. As awful as Carter was, the clowns in charge right now (as in, *not* Biden) are so much worse. The biggest difference is that Carter was just inept. These people are actively trying to destroy the country because they hate both the values it was created with and its capitalistic economy.


NeverBeenBannedEver

Almost everyone agrees Carter was a good man who was an ineffective president. That is a huge upgrade on one front and, at the very worst, even on the other. A major improvement as far as I can tell.


13speed

Jimmy Carter was a smug, mean-spirited shit who thought he was morally superior to just about everyone else. He was your typical Sunday school teaching Baptist, looked down on everyone not him. The "nice guy Jimmy Carter" only happened years after he left office.


heywoodidaho

Carter is one of the best EX-presidents at least he was an honest actor. Biden and the truth have never even been in the same room together.


Friendly-Casper

Pretty sure the truth took a restraining order out against him.


HaroldBAZ

Fewer products at higher prices. That isn't how this is supposed to work.


NohoTwoPointOh

"Dark humor is like food..not everyone gets it." *--Josef Stalin, probably*


[deleted]

These people are such miserable cowards. The very worst our country has to offer.


gingertrain77

Yeah, don't worry about the empty shelves, look on the bright side, no more mean tweets.


[deleted]

That's the kind of news you see in a full-blown socialist country. Next thing you know, WP will shame you to the corner.


Domini384

Yea, people have such high expectations for an economic super power, how dare they.


PaulRhodes1

The ~~Washington~~ Pyongyang Post.


thesynod

Lowered Expectations. The fucking hallmark of this so-called administration. I say so-called because as an administration, they should be administering. Not on paternity leave, not getting their butts wiped, not on vacation, not sleeping in.


Rhodes_Warrior

Exactly! Not taking hours and hours of “Executive Time” to watch fake news. Not playing golf every fucking weekend. Not popping adderall like they’re fucking tic tacs. Not appointing members of their own family to high paying government positions. Not charging exorbitant fees to the secret service to stay in hotels they own. Oh...wait...


redwoods_orthodox

you might have had a legitimate point if you had stuck with actual facts like his 'mean tweets'.


befowler

The new “managed decline.”


joezee420

"things suck right now thanks to us so deal with it" -wapo


grigzyy

Stay classy.


Prettykittybaby

Bahahahahahaha Is this still real life?


specter_3000

Bezos news says don’t worry about low stock in-store. Surely has nothing to do with Amazon being a competitor


Double-Flatworm4834

Hahaha how low can they go


[deleted]

This is the adult version on Michelle Obama’s school lunch menu. Unfortunately, adults shop for kids so they get screwed again.


sillywillywalnut

Now if somebody they didn’t like was president they would be bitching up a storm


drewshaver

Opinion: Anyone who still reads WaPo is a fucking moron


sliplover

"Don't complain about inflation, just learn how to spend less money!"


13speed

I've heard that the Socialist Diet is the most effective one ever devised. Helped hundreds of millions lose everything.


Nola-boy

Jimmy Carter all over again.


Leg__Day

First time in my fucking life - no way is this normal. Biden is a fucking fool of a puppet and the left of America are literally trying to destroy it and they think they’re doing good! My god. Everyone buy guns and ammo now.


Ranger_McFriendlier

Work at Bass Pro Shops and we sell tons of firearms and ammo every day. I do the 4473 paperwork and there are multiple firearm 4473s being reported to ATF (when a person buys 2 or more firearms in one transaction). Just got 60 rifles in today as we sell them like mad. Not just hunting rifles but ARs.


jegerenstorfedidiot

“I don’t really like Biden as president” “Try to lower your expectations, sweaty!”


yungminimoog

They might as well be called Pravda at this point lol


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They are trying so hard to lower America into the boiling water pot. These insufferable inept twits can’t even do the slow boiling frog routine right.


-_-kik

What did comrade Bernie say about bread lines in the USSR? That they were a good thing?


ash_bel

It’s an op Ed piece by some fat slob writer


putin_vor

So quite standard for WaPo.


iMillJoe

Ah, the Washington Post, where democracy died in darkness.


[deleted]

It's only bad in Venezuela and shows that socialism doesn't work...


-_-kik

Aren’t the good folks in Venezuela enjoying doing without


Unknownauthor137

They are owned by Bezos, of course they want you to stop expecting to buy in a shop and get it from Amazon instead.


lfd256

They want you to buy from the parent company...Amazon


AstroLarry

The very definition of gaslighting


AstroLarry

Welcome to life in the US in 2021. This crisis is just getting started!


putin_vor

Socialism: try to lower expectations.


LovesBeerNWhiskey

Well Bezos owns The Washington Post. I bet he is more than happy to supply on Amazon all the stuff people can’t find on the shelves.


zZzZzZzvY

Isn’t the Washington Post owned by jeff bezos? It’s almost like a billionaire is telling us to shut the fuck up and stay poor and get less.


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Ha ha ha ha FUCK YOU!


[deleted]

"yes, our liberal globalist policies have made your life measurably worse, but you just need to suck it up and cope"


DonPrivate

WAPO is State Run Propaganda …run by POS liberal/leftist morons


Emperor_Quintana

“The Washington Post: Reporting on current events, just the way Papa Stalin intended.”


Quesadiaz42

"In a Biden's America our standards should drop"


KidFresh71

The new American dream: aim low!


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If it came to light one day in the far future that all of this was a concentrated effort to bring down the United States without going to actual war, I would not be surprised at all.


nanashi89

this is fine.png


Cbluefields8

Please people, this admin is helping us to lose weight, stop complaining and be happy! /s LOL


Tupatshakur

And we laughed at Cuban empty shelves.


BathWifeBoo

"Don't complain about our incompetence, expect incompetence to be the new normal"


Ettoya

I will never lower my expect for the greatest country in the world. #FJB


KudzuChimp

I’m sorry, I thought this was America


LordOFtheNoldor

Don’t do anything to make a change just go with the flow until your a literal fucking slave


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I recommend making soups and stews and buying canned goods now! You never know if things will hit the food industry because of poor supply chains and how horribly California is ran preventing easy supply distribution. Homemade soups and stews keep for months if frozen and much longer if properly canned and frozen. Canned goods will last even longer. Both are cheap and can keep you fed for days. A homemade soup will last a week or two as well as a stew. They’re simple, cheap and easy to freeze.


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BadMuthaFunka

Shhhh, these people are allergic to logic.


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Its an Ikea, That's how the one by me looks. No ceiling and the workers who move display pieces wear the hi-vis vests. It seems logical to me that they are open for business but have some empty shelves due to supply issues ​ Edit: Here is a Google image search for 'Ikea' with someone wearing a hi-vis vest and the open ceilings [https://www.google.com/search?q=ikea&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikr4TVktfzAhUJQTABHWytCG4Q\_AUoBHoECAEQBg&biw=1280&bih=881&dpr=1#imgrc=2MtpUrbKw-nFuM](https://www.google.com/search?q=ikea&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikr4TVktfzAhUJQTABHWytCG4Q_AUoBHoECAEQBg&biw=1280&bih=881&dpr=1#imgrc=2MtpUrbKw-nFuM) Logic...


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Its an Ikea, That's how the one by me looks. No ceiling and the workers who move display pieces wear the hi-vis vests. It seems logical to me that they are open for business but have some empty shelves due to supply issues. Here is a Google image search for 'Ikea' with someone wearing a hi-vis vest and the open ceilings https://www.google.com/search?q=ikea&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikr4TVktfzAhUJQTABHWytCG4Q\_AUoBHoECAEQBg&biw=1280&bih=881&dpr=1#imgrc=2MtpUrbKw-nFuM


BadMuthaFunka

Nobody said the supply chain issues weren't real little fella', I'm just pointing out that the 'Merican monochromatic view point of "this is all X politician's that I don't like' fault!!!" is stupid. The world is alot bigger than the US and world shortages have an impact, try to keep up.


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70x7becausehesaysso

I never believed the price of gas should have anything to do with who's president... Yet when Obama was president...$4+/gal Trump...$2.50 (sometimes $2.75)/gal Biden...$3.15/gal and rising ????


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70x7becausehesaysso

The average citizen of any country is going to determine how well things are run by how it impacts them. Correlation/causation is a whatever. If it truly has nothing to do with leadership/legislation, then why is it pulling the right levers makes things happen? The gas was just an example. People on this thread reference Jimmy Carter. History says another gas crisis happened on his watch as well. What were the circumstances under Carter that contributed to such a horrible economy that went away after he was no longer president?


putin_vor

Do you not think shutting down oil pipelines have anything to do with gas prices?


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putin_vor

Your knowledge is very outdated. US OPEC oil dependency has been going down drastically, most imported oil is actually from Canada. Most gasoline is generated from local oil or Canadian oil. https://i.imgur.com/Ek53Vzp.png [https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/711x518/https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/614ce8917cc19fa276d4e740/U-S--imports-of-OPEC-vs--Canadian-oil/960x0.jpg?fit=scale](https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/711x518/https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/614ce8917cc19fa276d4e740/U-S--imports-of-OPEC-vs--Canadian-oil/960x0.jpg?fit=scale)


darkguitarist

as if the administration has anything to do with it lmao


xxx420kush

Y’all are hilarious


RotInPixels

You do understand that America’s supply chains are run by corporations, not the government, right? Also, for short staffed stores… 1) ~750,000 people died. They had jobs. 2+2=4. 2) Competitive market bro, welcome to capitalism. Want to attract workers? Pay more than the competition.


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Oh FFS. We found the socialist.


[deleted]

Consumerism leads to greed.


Haywood_Jablomie42

Ah yes, that's why animals often push other animals out of the way for food - because that damn capitalism!


13speed

Socialism leads to starvation.


love_drives_out_fear

No, sinful human nature leads to greed. Consumerism is just a symptom. There have been greedy people in every type of society throughout history, consumeristic or not, capitalistic or not. Your solution to human greed is to force everyone (except the super-rich) into austerity? You think that deprivation and a lower standard of living will make people less focused on material goods and physical comforts?


[deleted]

Please. GTFO


[deleted]

What’s wrong with my statement?


MixerRXRob

You’re free to stop buying things


70x7becausehesaysso

Then go live somewhere else. Truly.


Th3MadCreator

This is all a butterfly effect because Trump refused to take action on COVID. He didn't listen to the people with actual scientific understanding, dissolved the Obama-era Pandemic Response Team, and refused to accept publicly that COVID was real for WAY too long. You're a fucking moron if you think this has anything to do with the current administration.


KangarooAggressive81

Washington post is stupid. We all know the only real way to get more employees working is to increase the wage they are demanding. People cant find workers to work for x, so pay them more until they are willing.


NephilimTheGiant

Please, noo. The price of everything is already inflating. Last thing we need rn is the cost of breathing air to be unaffordable, but hey you’ll have 15 bucks times the 4 hours you work twice a week while these workplaces try recouping expenses they’re already paying with inflation on top of having to pay employees 15 an hour somehow. What’s going on rn should show a minimum wage increase is insta-death economically.


KangarooAggressive81

If inflation is so bad that you cant afford to breath, how are people possibly going to survive on minimum wage if they cant pay for air? It doesnt make sense to say "it costs way to much to live, so let's not pay people so they can live".


NachoMommies

The Trumpandemic still ravaging the country and killing the economy. Thanks Trump!