Dear John,
Republicans have finally found an issue to run on in next year’s midterm elections. Apparently Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head weren’t gaining enough traction…
“Democrats’ socialist stimulus bill caused a labor shortage and now burrito lovers everywhere are footing the bill,” said an NRCC spokesman, Mike Berg.
You heard that right. They’re blaming Democrats for the rise in Chipotle burrito prices.
The GOP’s tortured logic is that the unemployment benefits in the American Rescue Plan have caused people to stay home rather than look for work, resulting in labor shortages that have forced employers like Chipotle to increase wages, which has required them to raise their prices.
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If wages at the bottom rise because employers need to pay more to get the workers they need, that’s not a problem. It’s a victory.
Plus, Chipotle's chief executive, Brian Niccol, raked in $38 million last year — which happens to be 2,898 times more than the typical Chipotle employee. All Chipotle’s top executives got massive pay increases. So it would have been possible for Chipotle to avoid raising its burrito prices by — dare I say? — paying its executives less. But Chipotle decided otherwise.
The GOP is not the “party of the working class.” It's more than happy to throw working people under the bus.
Thanks for watching,
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
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