Thursday, May 12, 2016

A Plutocrat Warns Plutocrats: The Pitchforks Are Coming (Video)

http://samuel-warde.com/2016/05/78135-plutocrat-warns-other-plutocrats/
"It’s refreshing to hear a man who literally wallows in wealth say things like “We plutocrats need to get this trickle down economics thing behind us.” It’s heartening to hear a man of his level of wealth stand behind a $15 minimum wage. “I know that most people think that the $15 minimum wage is this insane, risky economic experiment. We disagree. We believe that the $15 minimum wage in Seattle is actually the continuation of a logical economic policy. It is allowing our city to kick your city’s ass.” And “… the fundamental law of capitalism is, when workers have more money, businesses have more customers and need more workers"."