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betsuni

(28,366 posts)

8. He'll be elected and nothing will change, New Yorkers won't suddenly have to stand in line all day for

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 05:41 PM

Sep 2

their ration of dried herring or sent to the countryside to work in the fields. Republicans will just have to go nuts over plastic straws being eliminated and similar as they usually do.

I remember when Seattle was voting on a $15 minimum wage increase in 2014 and local businesses said they couldn't stay in business. Well, the world did not end, there are still plenty of restaurants and businesses in Seattle. When marijuana was legalized in places the world did not end either.