[Libloather]

If $5.50 - Oh, good, double it $10.20 an hour, $10.30.

From 3/01/04 -
...the minimum wage bill (A.9710) would raise New York's minimum hourly wage incrementally from $5.15 to $7.10 as of January 1, 2006.

[Arkinsaw]

This has been my tactic for twenty years. Of course liberals just walk away and continue to espouse raising the minimum wage. Water-ducks back.

[whereasandsoforth]

I was sixteen years old, making $1.15 per when I asked the profound question, "Why is the government telling my boss how little to pay me?".

Why should any boss pay more if the gov'mint says that's all it's worth? Liberals know what they are doing, and if you think for a minute that the minimum wage is about compassion, you are a major idiot. It's about control and maintaining poverty at a level that can be managed for the good of the liberals' power.

[ridesthemiles]

There is a bigger issue here, which is being cloaked with "help the low-wage earners who are trying to raise a family on 5.15/hr, etc,etc,etc.
Many MANY union contracts are tied to the minimum wage. Most don't realize that with handsome union wages and benefits that the minimum wage still comes into play. For every red cent that the minimum wage increases, these union contract wages go up accordingly. So a dollar an hour wage increase to "help the poverty", yadayada, is REALLY a raise of $1/hr for the union workers who flock to the Dems in droves.
It is really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I tried to get into Rush's show today to say this, but couldn't.
The minimum wage was NEVER meant for a "family" to be raised. It is meant for the unemployed and fresh out of school to get a chance to learn a job or a new skill while learning on the job. I have felt for years that the "employee" should be paying the employer for the education he/she gets. They are useless for the first 3 weeks, anyway. Barely can find the bathroom.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - Economics

[stylin19a]

another hidden Rat benefit with raising minimum wage (assuming it doesn't cause layoffs)that they don't talk about, is increased revenue to the treasury...without actually having to vote to raise taxes.

[coloradan]

I nailed a greenie once on this. The person had printed out a sheet with a bunch of far-left websites, etc, for people to use to "get informed on the issues." This green also said she supported a minimum wage. I asked her if she printed those sheets out as a volunteer effort, like as a public service? "

"Yes," she said, she did.

"Well then, you would ban that. Volunteer work is by definition no pay, and yet you said there should be a minimum pay for any task."

"Uhhhhh...." she retorted. "I've never thought about it like that."

[Thoro]

From 3/01/04 - ...the minimum wage bill (A.9710) would raise New York's minimum hourly wage incrementally from $5.15 to $7.10 as of January 1, 2006.

From 3/01/04 -
...the minimum wage bill (A.9710) would raise New York's cost of goods and services incrementally by $1.95 as of January 1, 2006.

I think this is what negates any talk of raising the minimum wage. The money has to come from somewhere.

[Joe 6-pack]

I proffered this argument (and others) a few years back in:

Joe 6-pack's Questions for Liberals...