Squad member Rashida Tlaib says minimum wage should be $20 an hour...

Rashida Tlaib. The Hill. 

Freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says that a $15 minimum wage does not go far enough and should be raised to $18 to $20 an hour. The Hill. She also criticized the $2.13 wage for tipped employees. Talib addressed criticism of the plan who say prices would go up by saying prices have already gone up.  Congress recently passed a $15 per hour minimum wage but the bill has no chance of being taken up by the Senate or being signed by President Trump.

My Comment:

How out of touch is Rashida Tlaib? These massively increased wages would be absolutely devastating for the lower classes, many of them who would lose their jobs as their employees could no longer afford to keep them on. The people lucky enough to keep their jobs wouldn't be able to buy anything because the price of everything would go up. 

The restaurant industry would be completely destroyed. Even well off places can not go from paying their workers $2.13 (more if they don't make federal minimum wages) to $20 and hour. The consumer would have to pay much higher prices and the lower classes would no longer be able to do something as simple as going out to eat. 

It also does not take into consideration the vast difference between the coastal states and the rest of the country. In a major city like New York or San Francisco, where the costs of living is out of control, having a $15 minimum wage could make sense but in the Midwest? It's a joke. 

Here in Wisconsin you can live a very decent life with a $15 per hour wage. It's almost enough to buy a house on and have a family. $20 an hour is even more ridiculous almost making you wealthy. It would destroy the economy if the minimum wage was that high. 

I would say that the current minimum wage, $7.25 an hour, is a bit low. It's not much of a living with a 40 hour job even in the Midwest where the cost of living is a lot lower. But why more than double it? You would think they would do something more reasonable like $9 or $10 an hour but instead have to go for a massive increase that the economy couldn't handle.  

I do have to say that idiotic things like this is a major reason why people dislike Rashida Tlaib and the other members of the squad. People understand how damaging their policies are and actively dislike what they are trying to do. Is it any wonder why they are so unpopular?