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*I'd never heard of J.D. Vance when Trump named him his VP.
*Looked into J D. Vance, liked most of what I saw (a little too heavy handed with the Federal Government, but he's a Republican, not a Librarian).
*Watched his movie.
*Watched him trounce News Media.
*Started to fan girl for Vance
* Read this article about him in Reason.
* Discovered Vance is economically illiterate.
"You raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour, and you will sometimes hear libertarians say this is a bad thing. "Well, isn't McDonald's just going to replace some of the workers with kiosks?" That's a good thing, because then the workers who are still there are going to make higher wages; the kiosks will perform a useful function; and that's the kind of rising tide that actually lifts all boats. What is not good is you replace the McDonald's worker from Middletown, Ohio, who makes $17 an hour with an immigrant who makes $15 an hour." ~ J.D. Vance
Here's my response on Twitter.
Of course I'm still voting Trump/Vance, because the alternative is Communism, but how can anyone as seemingly bright as Vance, be that stupid on basic economics?!?!
*I'd never heard of J.D. Vance when Trump named him his VP.
*Looked into J D. Vance, liked most of what I saw (a little too heavy handed with the Federal Government, but he's a Republican, not a Librarian).
*Watched his movie.
*Watched him trounce News Media.
*Started to fan girl for Vance
* Read this article about him in Reason.
* Discovered Vance is economically illiterate.
"You raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour, and you will sometimes hear libertarians say this is a bad thing. "Well, isn't McDonald's just going to replace some of the workers with kiosks?" That's a good thing, because then the workers who are still there are going to make higher wages; the kiosks will perform a useful function; and that's the kind of rising tide that actually lifts all boats. What is not good is you replace the McDonald's worker from Middletown, Ohio, who makes $17 an hour with an immigrant who makes $15 an hour." ~ J.D. Vance
Here's my response on Twitter.
Of course I'm still voting Trump/Vance, because the alternative is Communism, but how can anyone as seemingly bright as Vance, be that stupid on basic economics?!?!
