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O'Malley looked like Ray Charles there, eyes closed "it can always go higher up, man"

 

[Arkos]

:jnc

 

[Courage]

O'Malley yassss

 

[Wilsongt]

Did Hillary's team just tweet in Spanish during hte debate? Lol

 

[eyeball_kid]

that wall street zing. hillary fighting a two-front war tonight

 

[HanShotFirst]

Candidates, what is your stance on commercials?

 

[GnawtyDog]

O'Malley should stop smiling more. One of the things he needs to improve if he wants a chance after Hillary becomes President. Dude looks a like a clown at times. Just settle down and find the middle.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Hildog got decimated there.

Omalley and Bernie brought the brass knucks

Yeah, that was a pretty rough tag team there.

 

[GetLucky]

$12, lol

You can barely live on $15 in a lot of places.

And in those places, the minimum can be higher.

 

[VRMN]

$12, lol

You can barely live on $15 in a lot of places.

Yes, but in many other places $12 is indeed workable. I honestly think this is something that states need to have room to be above the federal standard and that $12 is a good baseline to grow from.

And yeah, we need to index the minimum wage and solve this issue once and for all.

 

[Meowster]

Hillary is correct on this issue when it comes to minimum wage.

 

[SubiyaCryolite]

Commercials r us. I like O'Malleys performance

 

[Ambient80]

Watching this with Missy Elliott's new single playing in the background is remarkably amusing.

 

[Linkyn]

I wonder how much money they stand to make by running all these ads.

 

[params7]

Hillary has a depraved laugh. Would never vote for a President like that.

 

[Indicate]

These commericials are annoying as hell. I hope Bernie says something about these companies getting into politics.

 

[Makai]

we should stop taking advice from wallstreet and start taking advice. and start taking advice. and star taking advice

 

[Elfforkusu]

Because the spread between the highest bracket now (40%) and 90% is way too wide.

Are you being purposely difficult?

it being that wide is the entire problem. We're so far from where we should be that we need to take some big leaps.

Half measures are fine, but they won't fix things. Bernie's not talking about half measures.

 

[bounchfx]

why aren't all debates commercial free on public access or some shit? this is too funny

 

[Gnome Scat]

lol

"we're gonna talk about wall street but first commercials an shit"

perfect

 

[kingkitty]

did omalley just say we should stop taking the advice of economists?

 

[kirblar]

And in those places, the minimum can be higher.

Yup, this is why we let states raise it higher than the national minimum.

The national is a baseline.

Areas with low cost of living would have enormous issues if their min wage suddenly doubled. (And a 3-year "phase-in" is not slow at all.)

 

[Jobbs]

I'm not sure why O'Malley is in this.

I guess it's okay to have him there, but for Hillary it must be annoying to be polling at like 55 and have to stand on an equal stage with someone who's polling at 4% and listen to him challenge you.

 

[gutter_trash]

this debate needs Lincoln Chaffey

 

[Officerrob]

O Malley is going to take votes out of Bernie omg this is TRAGEDY.

This debate will change nothing

 

[timmy]

is O'Malley real or rendered by Bioware?

 

[Mecha]

This commercial break music on the stream sounds like something from The Sims 3.

 

[crisdecuba]

I keep seeing this Danny Glover commercial... and I swear his "crying" sounds like laughing to me...

 

[Crocodile]

I LOVE THE MODS FOR THIS MIN WAGE QUESTION.

So just curious, I'd assume your take on the minimum wage issue is more in line with Hilary?

 

[Einchy]

did omalley just say we should stop taking the advice of economists?

Wall Street's economists.

 

[NullPointer]

I don't get why the minimum wage has to be a continual issue. If the damn minimum is indexed to inflation/cost of living, as its always brought up, why do we keep needing to revisit it?

 

[phanphare]

https://media.giphy.com/media/uKwa2KiBA0rTy/giphy.gif

also perfect lol

 

[params7]

I'm not sure why O'Malley is in this.

I guess it's okay to have him there, but for Hillary it must be annoying to be polling at like 55 and have to stand on an equal stage with someone who's polling at 4% and listen to him challenge you.

Its not bad to see the potential leader challenged by someone competitive.

 

[Sianos]

There's a very real difference between Sanders and Clinton on the minimum wage.

yeah, but it's within the same paradigm and based on the same reality - something i think the people criticizing the three candidates for "copying" each other for having reasonably similar plans have forgotten is supposed to be the norm after the insanity of some recent debates

 

[Netherscourge]

did omalley just say we should stop taking the advice of economists?

Yes. He was cut off before he finished though.

 

[kirblar]

So just curious, I'd assume your take on the minimum wage issue is more in line with Hilary?

Correct, my economic thinking isn't 5-6+ decades out of date.

Ezra Klein ‏@ezraklein 1m1 minute ago

In rich cities, a $15 min wage might be great. In poorer rural areas, it might be a disaster.

 

[teruterubozu]

did omalley just say we should stop taking the advice of economists?

Specifically, he said Wall Street.

 

[Shouta]

A lot of former governors will talk about their experience in their states. It makes sense actually. It just seems folks never really take it seriously for presidential races despite the fact actually working in a system like that would help a lot while being president IMO, lol

 

[RELIGHT]

Round 3, fight!

 

[NetMapel]

I think I agree with Hillary there. $15 is too much for some rural states. $12 minimum is pretty good and states can always choose to go higher like in California, Washington, New York... etc. Nobody stopping those states from raising their individual state minimum wage above the federal level. The federal one is to drag those rural red states up to a proper standard.

 

[NullPointer]

CBS, you're worse than the gossip girls in my middle school homeroom. Oh lord, a twitter spike! Hold me.

 

[Netherscourge]

"Immigrant bashing carnival barker."

QUOTE OF THE MONTH!

 

[kirblar]

Specifically, he said Wall Street.

It's not just Wall Street economists warning against it.

 

[Lumination]

it being that wide is the entire problem. We're so far from where we should be that we need to take some big leaps.

Half measures are fine, but they won't fix things. Bernie's not talking about half measures.

...What are you even saying anymore? I'm looking for concrete answers on what Bernie's tax bracket would look like, not taglines.

 

[Elfforkusu]

A lot of former governors will talk about their experience in their states. It makes sense actually. It just seems folks never really take it seriously for presidential races despite the fact actually working in a system like that would help a lot while being president IMO, lol

That's a recent phenomenon. It used to count for more.

 

[Korey]

Yea, it's a weird response.

"Let's make minimum wage $15."

"No, let's make it $12!"

 

[ElectricThunder]

All this misering over the minimum is going to look quaint if(when) things escalate to the point where it needs to be dealing with Guaranteed Basic Income and whatnot---it is as if folks believe "everybody" is just a few notches removed from magically transforming into the old Cadillac Welfare Queen phony caricature.

 

[crisdecuba]

did omalley just say we should stop taking the advice of economists?

Economists on wall street. Although in this case the economist in question was supposedly not on wall street.

 

[RELIGHT]

Yes Hildog, tell us how you will wag your finger at your makers.

 

[mackaveli]

I think I agree with Hillary there. $15 is too much for some rural states. $12 minimum is pretty good and states can always choose to go higher like in California, Washington, New York... etc. Nobody stopping those states from raising their individual state minimum wage above the federal level. The federal one is to drag those rural red states up to a proper standard.

Exactly. Don't know why this is so hard to understand.