Biden Wants 15/Hour Min Wage

[Dill]

(01-18-2021, 12:36 PM)Mer Wrote: What if our government started giving the American people the money they claim is going for aide to other countries?

Excepting maybe aid to Israel and Egypt, the bulk of foreign aid brings a significant economic and "peace" dividend to the U.S.  It's not like giving a beggar a dollar on the street. It's more like an investment that brings returns, like bigger markets and the stable trade relations needed to milk those markets.

A Republican administration will never "give" the American people any money saved by cutting foreign aid. Their first thought would be how to translate budget cuts into tax cuts. Keep in mind their arguments against the recent pandemic subsidies. They believe that large numbers of working people must be motivated to work by want of resources, and so they favor policies designed to keep that "want" in place.

Democrats, on the other hand, are generally all for plowing money back into the economy with government spending to create jobs. Instead of "giving" people money they would spend it on things like infrastructure, generating well-paying construction jobs.