# A Promise to Double Wages Leads to Higher Prices and Layoffs

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120142120157585582
- Source account: [@Le_Crapaud47](https://x.com/Le_Crapaud47)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:40
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Kbi918MLfFWO/en/a-promise-to-double-wages-leads-to-higher-prices-and-layoffs

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Kbi918MLfFWO/en/a-promise-to-double-wages-leads-to-higher-prices-and-layoffs) Elect me president and I'll double your pay.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Kbi918MLfFWO/en/a-promise-to-double-wages-leads-to-higher-prices-and-layoffs?t=8) Starting tomorrow, your pay doubles. Yeah.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Kbi918MLfFWO/en/a-promise-to-double-wages-leads-to-higher-prices-and-layoffs?t=13) Six? It was three yesterday. We doubled wages, so we doubled prices.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Kbi918MLfFWO/en/a-promise-to-double-wages-leads-to-higher-prices-and-layoffs?t=21) Sorry, you're laid off. We can't afford the new wages.