Ah yes, then please point out all those legions of peer reviewed, high quality papers talking about capitalism being cruel.

We don't need any peer-reviewed papers to understand that an economic system that rewards greed is cruel. It doesn't have feelings or a conscience. If you can't work through that logic, there's very little hope for you.

Wave my magical "reduce military spending" wand, for a starter. "Legalize drugs" drug, for another. There are so many wands, I feel sorry for the people who don't have the imagination to think about them.

While our defense spending is out of control, that's not the answer. If you divert parts of that budget elsewhere you also increase unemployment. Since, you know, military personnel are paid by tax dollars. You sure are a genius, it took me 2 seconds to work through that logic.

Hey genius, we have had countless studies from around the world looking at the effects of minimum wage. Guess what they found?

As I've already stated, you can't just raise minimum wage and expect results. There are other things that would also have to be done, such as tying it to CPI as well as ensuring that companies don't pass the cost along to consumers. Which, as I've already pointed out, would also happen if we raise taxes. Which we would inevitably have to do to support a larger EITC program.

The fact that you keep delusionally believing that a policy will eventually work despite having pretty much no evidence to support it, is pretty funny.

It could work with the right supplemental policies. Economics are complex, you can't just raise minimum wage without also making sure the policies have teeth.

The fact you're so delusional you don't see your bullshit rhetoric is amusing to say the least.

The fact that you are so vacuous that you think EITC is the answer, even though you can't come up with a way to fund it, is also amusing. But hey, keep espousing your bullshit if it makes you feel superior.