Posted on 03/17/2014 1:04:34 PM PDT by MichCapCon
Follow the money. Where will they spend it?
Democrat Politicians at the highest level pimping for votes.
Of course it is backed by union leadership thuggery, The One, and other sniveling commies.....
This is no big surprise
Socialists (subset - unions) who by definition are economic dunces.
The federal (and local) governments NEED the minimum wage hike. It is highly inflationary, regarding the prices of goods and services. This will effectively monetize the debt to one degree or another. It’s the only solution they have other than austerity. They are clearly not going to go for the latter voluntarily.
This^^
What better way to get the low information voter to get interested in an election and vote for you? Can't promise them any more free phones or more "free" health care, so you got to promise them more money through higher wages (once again, using other people's money).
Same old Democrat ploy. Vote for us because we'll steal stuff and then give you 10% in return.
A lot of Union contracts are tied to the minimum wage; requiring the Union wages to be a certain percentage higher.
Protypical liberal idea format:
1: Propose and activate for a non-reality-based wide-ranging utopian change to society, that
2: appears to be proffered from a “higher moral ground” eg; “we have to offer these poor underpaid workers ways to help them with their families” so that
3: anyone who opposes them is immediately brandable as a hateful, spiteful, greedy bigot who wishes to keep members of the underclass down.
Absolutely every one of their ideas follows this pattern. Global warming, gays in the military, homosexual marriage, unwillingness to profile Muslims in a security context, healthcare for everyone, on and on.
And so any time you offer opposition, you are on this lower level where you have to make the case that you aren’t a bigot before you even get to the substance of the underlying idea and you will never get to pointing out the possible negative consequences before they change the subject or circle back to the racist dirtbomb-toss.
Every liberal idea works this way, without exception. Offered as a grand solution to a societal problem from an assumed elevated moral position, without regard to any possible misconception or wrong-way consequence and sounding so benevolent and altruistic it cannot be opposed except by (you) a sociopath or psychopath.
TL;DR - increasing minimum wage increases labor-union wages. Follow the money.
Because they think more money will flow into the social security fund? That always pops into my head but I have no idea if there’s any evidence to support it.
I’ll take “Unions” for $100, Alex.
Ignorant fools.
The entire minimum wage argument is a farce.
The Republicans should call them on it and seriously propose increasing the minimum wage to $250 per hour. Just to see how they react. Would 0bama sign it? It would put EVERYONE out of business, including all of their democrat contributors. Lets just bring about the inevitable conclusion of their policies, and get it over with. They’ve already done away with the “debt ceiling”.
If there’s a shortage of “money” and inflation, the Fed can just print more of it. That’s probably how low information and liberal voters view the Fed anyway - they just exist to print money.(they don’t comprehend currency debasement)
Bring it on!
And THAT is why women adore the Democrat Party. Their whole schtick is to short circuit reasoning and logic and go straight for the emotional kill.
Women eat that stuff up. They don’t think about rational outcomes or common sense barriers, the LOVE the sound of the idea, it sounds so soft and caring, and their are hooked like a tuna.
This is why men don’t generally vote for Democrats and why women eagerly eat out of the palm of Democrat’s hands.
It’s all about the emotion.
To ask the question is to ask what entity or individual is behind the effort to subvert American freedom and form a one-world ruling class. There is a shadow government working to enslave us all.
This is one more small part of the plan.
This is all about getting Democrat low-info Obama voters to show up at the polls in November. If they think they are raising their own pay, it may do the trick.
What you said. Also trying to keep the news headlines from going to bad places, allowing the GOP to look like they don’t care about poor people, etc. No one even cares if it goes through (min. wage increase). It is just an instrument to play for the time being.
Very well said, what you said.
I am from Michigan and I think Dem voter turnout is a big reason for this push. The P-OF-Sh Democrat running for the open Senate seat is running behind the GOP candidate (a woman by the way). The Dem has Obamacare hanging from his neck, he repeated the lie over and over just like Obummer.
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