Posted on 01/12/2007 6:33:26 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
As part of their first 100 hours plan, Democrats are pushing a hike in the minimum wage. It's going to happen, with several Republicans and even President Bush prepared to go along with it. But did you know that American Samoa...a Democrat stronghold...is being exempted from the minimum wage increase?
And just what are the reasons being given for this? According to the chairman of the House, Education and Labor Committee, Democrat George Miller of California, the economy of American Samoa doesn't have the ability to handle the United States' minimum wage and should be exempt. Nice try...want to know the real reason? The answer is the tuna industry and like the product itself, this one stinks to high heaven.
The average wage for tuna workers in American Samoa is $3.60 an hour. One of the biggest employers there is Starkist Tuna...which is headquartered in San Francisco...Nancy Pelosi land. Anybody care to take a closer look at the campaign contributions of Democrats in the last election? One thing is for sure, the delegate from American Samoa, a Democrat, is loaded down with campaign cash from the tuna industry.
So there you have it...a double standard. On the one hand, we're told you can't raise a family on $5.15 an hour and the minimum wage must be raised to $7.25 an hour. But for the right price in campaign contributions, the tuna industry in American Samoa can avoid the minimum wage altogether...they just have to stuff the pockets of the right Democrats. Where is the media on this one?
Will the press be taking a closer look at Nancy Pelosi's campaign finance disclosures? Probably not. But somebody will.
Take a look at these pictures...
You can easily tell WHO lives WHERE!
http://www.terragalleria.com/pacific/american-samoa/american-samoa.html
Interesting.
Well the MSM only points out what the Republicans do. Consider this balance.
del monte company, checked out the website.
Care to enlighten the rest of us here by pointing to specific threads or posts that illustrate how squeaky clean we all think the Republicans are when it comes to campaign finance?
The entire point of the Boortz article is that the Dems get a pass from the MSM when it comes to shady dealings and slime ball campaign finance.
Typical Kalefornia dim. Babs dissing Dr. Rice for not having children and now this. Can all Republicans and FR move out and blow that state into the Pacific?
Pelosi's Personal Financial Disclosure forms for the past few years.
Anyone who'd got the time and interest, feel free. But bring yer green eyeshades.
Who knew public servants had it so good...
This is being talked about on FOX NEWS right NOW!!...LOL
Obviously there's plenty of corruption and hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle. However, we can be proud of the fact that conservative/republican voters are far more willing to punish that behavior.
I actually managed to argue a liberal into a corner about the consistent reelection of convicted democrat criminals. She said "but the people reelect them". My response was "Yep, liberals knowingly and willingly reelect convicted criminals and that says a lot about that constituency'. She was pissed. LOL
I gotta get a boob tube in here....Sigh.
I wonder how many times Bawney Frawnk visits American Samoa to date Youngsters under 14?
Interesting stock portfolio, I think. In fact, I wonder how well I could do just buying small numbers of those shares? I could call it the Pelosi Purchase Program!!
So much for public service.
Short Answer - to benefit the companies in her state. And that alone shows the fact that she KNOWS that a minimum wage increase will cause employers to fire people.
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