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| Liberals call for $10.10 minimum wage - more than Obama requested |
| 2013-03-02 |
| [THEHILL] The White House is coming under pressure from liberal Democrats in the House and Senate to press for a minimum wage hike as high as $10.10. Pikers! Go ahead and make it $20! Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) argues President Obama "missed the mark" in calling to raise the minimum wage to $9 in his State of the Union address, and his staff met with White House staff last week to argue for a higher number. Wotta cheapskate. The veteran senator, who will retire at the end of this Congress, is working with Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on legislation that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 over three years and then index future increases to inflation. That'd be the snake of cause and effect gnawing at its own tail. "Well, we're going to introduce our own bill on it," Harkin told The Hill on Tuesday. "I'm going to be in discussions with them because I think they missed the mark, but people make mistakes." "What's a few bucks here and there? It's only money!" Besides Harkin and Miller -- a confidant of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) -- Democrats backing a higher minimum wage hike include Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.). |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Following Champ's fake press conference yesterday, we now realize the sequester is to blame for the economic downturn which began last November 5th. And It's ALL BUSH'S FAULT, (Of course)NEVER Oblahblah's. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-02 11:10 |
| #8 Zimbabwe here we come. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-02 11:03 |
| #7 Transferred to Detroit |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-02 08:32 |
| #6 I call my plan "50-50" (trademark applied for), that is, the 50% that don't pay income tax now get $50/hour. See it's a win-win situation. They get their money that they deserve and money flows from the unicorn's butt into the taxman's hands. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-03-02 08:23 |
| #5 No problem g(r)om. Following Champ's fake press conference yesterday, we now realize the sequester is to blame for the economic downturn which began last November 5th. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-02 07:23 |
| #4 More jobs for "undocumented Americans", Besoeker. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-02 07:09 |
| #3 The result will be fewer jobs, just as immediately came to pass after FDR signed the first minimum wage into law. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-02 00:54 |
| #2 Might as well make it a $1,000/h. Everything will cost more to cover the increased salary so go for the fucking sky dudes. The net result will be the same. $1.29 "dollar" burger will cost $2 at $10.10. $100 at a grand an hour. It is just a simple math equation to see how much things will cost. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-02 00:45 |
| #1 You know that if you lock down the border and ship home much of the unskilled illegal 'imported' labor, the wages of the entry/low skill Americans would rise naturally. Of course, where's the graft and patronage in that approach? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-02 00:40 |