Senate Coverage -- (March '05)

US Senate & House ^ | 3-01-05 | Congress

[Mo1]

WOW .. Teddy's hair is really really white (grey)

[OXENinFLA]

"THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRICY!!"

Ohhhhhhhhh there's a sound byte.

[Mo1]

They asked the chiiiiiiiiiiiildren

[Mo1]

I have a monster of a headache today

And listening to The Swimmer screaming ain't helping .. *L*

[BigSkyFreeper]

He doused out those roaring flames with that cup of water. Amazing.

[OXENinFLA]

Why does he make it sound like the Gubmint is going to be paying for these increases in the MW?

It will be the small businesses and the like.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Condolences LOL

[BigSkyFreeper]

If he was intellectually honest (which he isn't) he would say these MW increases don't affect jackosses (Mass. accent) like me.

The MW puts the screws to small business owners.

[Mo1]

Why does he make it sound like the Gubmint is going to be paying for these increases in the MW?

Because the Gubmint pays for everything else??

[Bahbah]

Why does he make it sound like the Gubmint is going to be paying for these increases in the MW?

Unlike the situation with respect to Congress's wage increases, which WE DO pay for. But then, we are just a bottomless piggy bank for these folks.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Through his infinite stupidity, he's already laid out the case that raising the MW will stifle small businesses by referring to the Santorum amendment.

[Txsleuth]

If Santorum really wants to make a splash, he should stand up and tell Teddy that the Reps would consider the MW amount that Teddy wants IF he and the other dems would agree to have their salaries lowered to the same amount that Ted is asking for--

Just for two years, until the next election--Santorum should challenge him to show his compassion and his personal committment to the cause--he Teddy and the rest of the dems could "donate" the difference of their real salaries and what they would make on MW, to the "national deficit" that they are sssssssssoooo concerned about.

Oh, and they should be reminded that people that make minimum wage are paid by the hour, which means he would have to punch a time clock and ONLY get paid for the time he is in the Senate building doing the "peoples" work!!!

[BigSkyFreeper]

He's against the amendment strictly because it's a Republican amendment. Teddy is lashing out at the same types of arguments he's run with in the past.

[Mo1]

Oh, and they should be reminded that people that make minimum wage are paid by the hour, which means he would have to punch a time clock and ONLY get paid for the time he is in the Senate building doing the "peoples" work!!!

Put Senators on a time punch clock??

Oh I like that idea

[BigSkyFreeper]

My question is, why $6.25 an hour? Why not raise it to $10.25 an hour, or $15.25 an hour.... If this bill targets allllll those people who are in dire straits. /s

[BigSkyFreeper]

Sununu!!! saying without hesistation, "I am gonna oppose the Kennedy amendment"

[Txsleuth]

Last week Michael Medved had some lib guy on his radio show (I wish I could remember his name) that actually said that the ONLY fair minimum wage was $20.00 per hour!!!

I kid you not---Medved was actually speechless for a minute

[OXENinFLA]

Yeahhhhhh

[BigSkyFreeper]

Rush argued with a Lib last year and turned the argument around on the Lib and said $20 was too low. The Lib was speechless.

[Lovergirl]

HEHE. I love him