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2006-11-16 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by .com 2006-11-16 03:56|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The minimum wage.
Out of curiosity... do union contract wages have some connection to "N time minimum wage" or "minimum wage + N"?

Posted by eLarson 2006-11-16 10:12|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-11-16 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 raise capital gains => kill the stock market => kill the expansion of the economy => recession => no jobs for the working class.

They still haven't learned have they?

Its called CAPITALISM becuuas eyou need to form CAPITAL to create new wealth. Thats right boys and girls, ther eis no fixed amount of wealth - we can make NEW wealth if we have proper environment for capital formation.

They just don't get it at the Dem Party or their MSM liberal allies at the WaPo and NYT.

What will they deliver?

Overspending on pork (Byrd, Murtha are masters of this), social projects that backfire, higher taxes to pay for it, indecisiveness on foreign poliy and the military, and corruption (Already beginning with Hastings, Murtha, and the coming investigations in the Senate in to Reid et al). Plus divisiveness even within the Dem party (San Fran liberalism vs Blue Dog Dems).

Question is, will the press hound them as hard as they hounded the Repubs? Nope. And there's the shame. The Amereican people are being duped by the press' half truths and blinders.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-11-16 12:38|| 2006-11-16 12:38|| Front Page Top

#3 eLarson, most, if not all Union wage scales are tied to the minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up x% then the Union wage goes up the same x%. All the way up the line. Talk about an inflation generator!

Posted by Deacon Blues 2006-11-16 12:41|| 2006-11-16 12:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Union pay scales are based on negotiatied contracts with contractors in the district. They cannot be adjusted until the contract runs out. Trying to get more money from the contractors assosiation because the kids at Taco Bell are making more money is going to be hard to do.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-11-16 15:04|| 2006-11-16 15:04|| Front Page Top

#5 It'll still happen. Especially for public-sector unions.

Posted by Pappy 2006-11-16 22:58|| 2006-11-16 22:58|| Front Page Top

#6 BUt, but, but ASIA TIMES/OTHERS say the USA will collapse andor go into recesion next year??? GLEN BECK > Wall Street + Financial bigwigs believe new terror is coming very soon against America, including Naw Yawk-Manhattan, which is why Beck says many are starting to protect, hide, + transfer their investments. RECESSION, COLLAPSE, + AAMER HIROSHIMA(S)???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-16 23:24|| 2006-11-16 23:24|| Front Page Top

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