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> The guy working overtime hours for bullshit pay would rather the government pay for neither and give a few dollars of his taxes back.

The problem is the person’s employer is allowed to pay too low a wage. That should be the focus rather than the government for wasting their taxes.

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If you raise the minimum wage then prices inflate equally. This happens literally every time some bonehead passes a law requiring it. It’s almost like printing more money never solves the problem.

The problem is and always has been that the government is greedy and takes income tax, a tax that disproportionately affects the lower economic rungs, for no reason other than to line their own pockets. Alongside the black box that is the federal reserve, that is.

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