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Seattle Socialist Party demands $20/hr minimum wage; ban of part-time jobs
Shift Washington ^ | October 17, 2014

Posted on 10/28/2014 4:19:23 PM PDT by Bettyprob

Often it seems as though there is no end to the left’s hypocrisy. And, the farther the left, the more apparent the hypocrisy. Such is the case with the Freedom Socialist Party, a national party.

The Freedom Socialist Party has strong ties to Seattle. According to the party’s website, it actively campaigned for Kshama Sawant in her race for Seattle City Council. It “helped secure union endorsements and donations, and near support from the King County Labor Council…”

The Freedom Socialist Party does differ from Sawant in one respect. You see, for this particular socialist party, a $15 minimum wage is just not good enough. Its national party platform calls for full-time employment (no part-time jobs allowed) and a $20 per hour minimum wage for all people. However, by every indication, the Freedom Socialist Party believes that what its platform states, and even what it helped implement in Seattle ($15 minimum wage), does not apply to itself.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: minimumwage; seattle; socialists
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1 posted on 10/28/2014 4:19:23 PM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob

But does Momma Sherman approve?


2 posted on 10/28/2014 4:20:30 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (15 years of FReeping! Congratulations EEE!)
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To: Bettyprob

So 98 percent of people under 25 will lose their jobs and be made into wards of the state A whole new generation of voters dependent on govt welfare checks. Plus lots of older people too.


3 posted on 10/28/2014 4:22:16 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Bettyprob

A great experiment that just can’t fail.(/elstupid)


4 posted on 10/28/2014 4:25:15 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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To: faithhopecharity

Isnt it Just WONDERFUL having people like Kashmir Savant...Looking out for our best interests.?

Prices go sky high....labor pool shrinks...and dies.

wow what a bright future this would be


5 posted on 10/28/2014 4:25:15 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: Bettyprob

Some people want a part time job! Granted, most are looking for full time but not everyone.

Ban, ban, ban. It’s all they have.

Everyone has to be exactly the same


6 posted on 10/28/2014 4:26:10 PM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

25% of young adults in France can’t find work. Most have to go to the U.K. to get jobs. This what socilaism does.


7 posted on 10/28/2014 4:26:41 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: Bettyprob

Some people WANT part time work. Is the left really that stupid? Sorry dumb question.


8 posted on 10/28/2014 4:26:53 PM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: Bettyprob

Why not $40 per hour and 8 weeks paid vacation? They just come up with some wild stuff.


9 posted on 10/28/2014 4:27:22 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Bettyprob

Go for it Seattle and create a ghost town.


10 posted on 10/28/2014 4:29:13 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Bettyprob

Good way to kill your fast food source and your jobs at the same time. The Left seems to have a real problem with reality and math. I suspect it’s because math is either right or wrong. You can’t rationalize an incorrect answer,


11 posted on 10/28/2014 4:30:58 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Bettyprob
a $15 minimum wage is just not good enough. Its national party platform calls for full-time employment (no part-time jobs allowed) and a $20 per hour minimum wage for all people.

Aw shucks, if they want to enter the reallm of fantasy, why not make it $200 or $2000 an hour?

12 posted on 10/28/2014 4:34:06 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: GeronL; Slings and Arrows

Bring back the 100 hour work week!


13 posted on 10/28/2014 4:34:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Bettyprob
I realize Chicago's not Seattle, but leftist's are leftist's.

I was talking to a buddy a couple of days ago. He told me one of his daughters applied for a librarians job at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago.

The library only hires people for jobs below 30 hours, so they don't have to provide Obamacare.

14 posted on 10/28/2014 4:34:28 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Bettyprob

Even a socialist like Bill Gates won’t pay $20 an hour if he can get cheaper labor from India.


15 posted on 10/28/2014 4:35:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: faithhopecharity

The only jobs will be for robots and robot technicians.


16 posted on 10/28/2014 4:35:52 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: jsanders2001

Liberals are little kids walking around wearing mommy and daddy’s clothes. They pretend like they’re grown-ups but they aren’t.


17 posted on 10/28/2014 4:36:02 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: Lorianne

My son has a part-time job. College kid - couldn’t do full-time. Employers are making due with part-time workers to avoid having to provide obamacare. Make everyone full time and lots of businesses will go under. Make minimum wage $20 and the same is true. Add them together and .....


18 posted on 10/28/2014 4:36:37 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Bettyprob

The left can play all these games with minimum wage but the next frontier is hyper-automation and robotics and the more they increase wages for these low-end jobs the easier it will be for the business cases to justify robots instead of people.


19 posted on 10/28/2014 4:37:42 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Bettyprob

these jack asses just don’t get it.


20 posted on 10/28/2014 4:39:57 PM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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