Gerkuman: If trump (or biden) really cared, they'd amend the laws to force the states to stop allowing employers to deduct average/expected tips from workers' minimum wages Just putting it out there.

relatedly, i am going to lose my mind at how 90 percent of trump coverage treats him as if he wasn't president for four years

nothing annoys me more than the notion of an "expectations game." there is no rule that says journalists must evaluate political events on the basis of expectations set by party apparatchiks. edition.cnn.com/2024/06/26/p...

like, why is anyone treating this like a serious proposal? the trump department of labor wanted to make it easier for employers to steal tips for christssake! he has an actual record!

Trump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers?apnews.com Former President Donald Trump’s proposal to exclude tips from federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican lawmakers.

If trump (or biden) really cared, they'd amend the laws to force the states to stop allowing employers to deduct average/expected tips from workers' minimum wages Just putting it out there.

sorry, what is the mechanism by which presidents can unilaterally amend laws?

None. Never said it was. It would require dems also getting a majority in both houses, and wanting to do it. But none of them are talking about it either. And none of them could do it if the president wanted to veto it. So I think my point still stands.

If what you said is not what you meant, then say that. But don’t say something then get snippy with me when I ask you a question based on a plain reading of the words you used.

Sorry. I shouldn't have got snippy. I just didn't like other people dunking on me. But that wasn't your fault.

“The president should amend the laws!” “How would they do that?” “I never said they could. But they should.”

"If trump (or biden) really cared, they'd amend the laws" 20 minutes pass... "Never said it was."

Biden did do this tho. www.littler.com/publication-...

Biden Increases Minimum Wage and Phases Out Tip Credit for Federalwww.littler.com On April 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden issued an executive order increasing the minimum wage for workers working on or in connection with a federal government contract. Under the order, federal

Good. Guess I spoke doubly out of turn then. Dangit.

"None of them are talking about it either" Oh, so you have an inside line to the Oval Office?

So…. My state doesn’t have tipped wages and has some of the highest if not the highest wages in the country. Our big city which has the highest minimum wage nation wide also has 2nd place in homelessness.

High wages are now correlated with high homelessness.

I guess it depends on if the market is free or not. They just raise prices with wages, because they can.

The people who are most homeless simply don’t have a job. And that is for any reason for not having a job

Dang. That's awful. :( House prices are pretty bad in my country, and homelessness is high (and is criminalised, which gets me angry)

Well our 9th circuit said we couldn’t criminalize people, which then made every state under its jurisdiction have the highest housing prices.

It doesn't. Even with the most generous of readings, it doesn't.

The Genie of the Resolute Desk. But they only get to do it three times.

He's just not trying enough. "…the Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency is 'the belief that the president can achieve any political or policy objective if only he tries hard enough…' …whenever he can't get something done, it's because he's not trying hard enough…" www.vox.com/2014/5/20/57...

The Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency, explainedwww.vox.com Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...

I don't know why none of them have figured out that they can use their third time to amend the "only three times" rule, honestly

That's because you're built different.

Manchin signing on to the IRA was one of them. Worth it.

The same mechanism by which they can unilaterally change the price of gasoline, I would think. 🤔

I think the troubling part is where they want the President to play King or Fuhrer. Authoritarianism is increasingly across the online spectrum.

If the governor of New York can do it then surely the president can.

Using the presidential green lantern ring, of course. Every good Online Leftist knows presidents don't do good things because they simply don't care enough to activate said ring.

Vibes.

It’s called presidential magic, look it up!!!

The Delusional Fantasyland of this website

if you really cared, you could have also done this. yet, here you are, posting.

lol what

Post