Hold up, you're saying a billionaire doesn't believe in people making a living wage? - ThreadSky

michaelianblack.bsky.social • 43 days ago

Hold up, you're saying a billionaire doesn't believe in people making a living wage?

Billionaire businessman Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Treasury Department, argued that the federal minimum wage should remain at $7.25 an hour.

www.rawstory.com/scott-bessen...

Comments

which-witch-ru.bsky.social•43 days ago

The dangerous thing about billionaires is, when you can buy any toy you want, you get bored, so people become your toys and they’re immediately dehumanized once they become playthings.

klupdike.bsky.social•42 days ago

The Toy (1982)

An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084809/plotsummary?item=po0945553

klupdike.bsky.social•42 days ago

This quote reminds me of the movie The Toy.

electroorca.bsky.social•42 days ago

Think it's time to show these billionaires some toys aren't for babies...

amborzini.bsky.social•43 days ago

Another reason to eat all the billionaires and redistribute their wealth for universal health care.

nickc11.bsky.social•43 days ago

So expensive eggs stay expensive and wages stay $7.25.

Huh…

I’m starting to think Trump was lying.

irateprophet.bsky.social•42 days ago

America is truly broken

oldnewdad.bsky.social•43 days ago

Well they gotta pay children working the fields and meat packing plants AND the retired elderly that they forced back into the labor force AFTER they cut SS benefits to pay for THEIR tax cuts something so they can contribute BACK to the SS funds. Duh!