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(ID Congressman Bill) Sali Proposes Repeal of Gravity to Protest Minimum Wage Hike
TV 8 ^ | 1-12-2007

Posted on 01/12/2007 9:26:42 AM PST by EternalVigilance

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Angered by the passage of a bill to increase the federal minimum wage, Idaho Congressman Bill Sali offered a symbolic proposal to abolish the law of gravity.

Getting rid of the pesky force that attracts objects to one another would lower obesity rates, the freshman Republican argues.

Sali says he was trying to make a point that laws to dictate wages and reduce gravity would both defy - quote- "natural laws."

The House voted 315-116 to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. Sali responded with his "Obesity Reduction and Health Promotion Act."

Sali says "Obviously, it was a facetious notion to suspend the laws of gravity."

Sali voted against the increase in the minimum wage, saying it's not tied to how much someone's work is worth.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: congress; id; sali
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To: spikeytx86
Why does it take being kicked out of power for republicans to grow spines?

His spine has been growing for 17 years in the Idaho legislature.

Why do you think the Rinos attacked him so furiously for his run for Congress?

This is one principled guy, the real deal.
41 posted on 01/12/2007 9:53:52 AM PST by Delphinium
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To: EternalVigilance
My local grocery store has already replace about half their checkout lines with those electronic "self checkout" machines. Recently, for the first time, I noticed a local burger joint had replaced one of their lines with a "self-order machine" where you could put in your order and pay with a credit/debit card without ever speaking to a human.

I imagine when this minimum wage increase goes through this type of automation will become the rule rather than the exception.

42 posted on 01/12/2007 9:55:29 AM PST by apillar
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To: apillar

Exactly, the minimum wage kills jobs!


43 posted on 01/12/2007 9:56:18 AM PST by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: EternalVigilance
My favorite argument from people (my sister loves to use this one) is the "Well if we did not have a wage floor employers would pay workers pennies per hour!"

After trying to be respectful and hold in the laughter I usually respond by saying:

1. If employers did that then everyone would go on welfare because it paid better forcing business to either increase wages to entice people into the workforce or going under do to no personnel and well business's don't usually care for bankruptcy that much so they will go with the first option

2.Let's say that did happen, and people still worked at the abhorrently low levels of a nickle an hour, then at todays prices no one could by anything ever so business's would have to choose between going under or reducing prices till consumption is stimulated (equilibrium) in which they could do since labor costs are about 2-3% of what they were and increasing the buying power of that $0.05

3. If employers are just itching to pay people nickles an hour how come everyone is not making the minimum wage then? There is no requirement to pay above the minimum so why do people get paid that?

And I continue to go on and on until she says something unrepeatable usually and storms off or changes the subject. And she is no democrat. The propaganda and anti-business sentiment in this country has been propagated for over a century and will not disappear overnight.
44 posted on 01/12/2007 9:56:21 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: CitizenUSA

COSINE SECANT TANGENT SINE
3.14159!!


45 posted on 01/12/2007 9:57:04 AM PST by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Delphinium
My bad, I did not really imply in the post that I was speaking generally. This guy seems great and I hope he has a lot more company come 08'!
46 posted on 01/12/2007 9:57:46 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: apillar

I worked for a call center here in Lubbock that handled orders of dominoes pizza in Arizona and California. By us handling the phones and orders they needed 1-2 less employees. I expect contracts will start pouring into Lubbock from Dominoes and elsewhere once this baby is fully enacted.


47 posted on 01/12/2007 9:59:51 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: applpie
So is the need for people to actually make enough money to feed, clothe, and house themselves.

But raising the min wage does not do this. What it will cause, is for the market to respond naturally, laying off people that they cannot afford, and/or raising the cost of their goods and services to account for it that just get passed on to...well, all of us, but are most burdensome on the very people you are talking about.

The answer is the free market and to allow people to hire people and pay them what their work is worth and then for those entry level workers to gravitate up in the work place...which is what does happen. Very few people, outside of high school kids, stay on the min wage for long. Nor should they be encouraged to do so by artificially raising it.

48 posted on 01/12/2007 10:00:15 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: apillar
My local grocery store has already replace about half their checkout lines with those electronic "self checkout" machines.

Retailers in Alberta pioneered the "self checkout" because the oil boom there has made if virtually impossible to retain workers in the service sector. Minimum wage is unchanged but employers are afraid to so much as give their workers a dirty look for fear of losing them, in spite of higher wages and even signing bonuses.

IOW boom times do far more to "protect" workers than labour laws ever could.

49 posted on 01/12/2007 10:01:13 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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To: spikeytx86

I think somewhere in Oregon, McDonalds was experimenting with a drive through call center. The drive through intercom would actually go to a call center, the order would be placed into a computer, and the order would show up on that restaurant's order screen in the kitchen.

Minimum wage is a job killer!!


50 posted on 01/12/2007 10:03:32 AM PST by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Tatze

People cant expect to get a double cheeseburger for a buck when there labor costs are increased by 40%!

I have rarely met a truly stupid person in my life but you sure would think the nation was full of morons if you look at what we and our reps. vote for!


51 posted on 01/12/2007 10:06:51 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: spikeytx86
This guy seems great and I hope he has a lot more company come 08'!

That is the idea. Conservatives win.
52 posted on 01/12/2007 10:07:12 AM PST by Delphinium
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To: spikeytx86
if we can get some good fresh young and conservative blood in there we can take back both houses and have a CONSERVATIVE majority

I couldn't agree more.

Several years ago, I heard David Horowitz speak at a Republican workshop. He said he was there "to teach Republicans bad manners." I stood up, applauding and cheering, as did . . . oh, about 10 other people in a crowd of 300. My tablemates visibly tried to distance themselves from me for the rest of the speech.

In the past two decades, since coming over from the dark side, I've noticed that life-long Conservatives are polite to a fault. They have a very hard time speaking ill of democrats -- it goes against their basic good nature. Democrats know this, and have abused it shamelessly.

We're starting to see more and more former dark siders step up to the plate. People who want nothing more than to crush the democrats beneath their heels, burn down the social plantation programs, and sow salt into that land so it can never produce another stupid, dependency supporting idea.

Pardon the rant. I'll go take out the rest of my aggression on the laundry.

53 posted on 01/12/2007 10:08:40 AM PST by reformed_democrat ("... it's a dishonor to leave your allies." President Traian Basescu, Romania)
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To: apillar

Ever been to a Taco Bell?

They don't prepare any of the raw ingredients. Everything comes bagged pre-cut and the meats are pre-cooked and only need to be warmed.

Nothing that happens behind the counter are beyond the capabilities of a properly designed automated system - call it a robot if you like. Right now, its just a question of economics.

At some point, the minimum wage will be high enough to justify the cost of a fully automated fast-food joint, and everyone behind the counter will be out of a job - and permanently because the cost of that type of machine will have to be spread out over years into the future for a store operator. IMHO, its only a matter of time. As soon as that happens, it will cascade through the industry as quickly as the products of the various companies are compatible. Some McDonalds already have robotic drink-filling machines in the drive-through window.


54 posted on 01/12/2007 10:08:55 AM PST by CertainInalienableRights
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To: Tanniker Smith

You Sines have always been like that, when will this sectarian conflict end?!?


55 posted on 01/12/2007 10:10:49 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Angered by

Still using the same wording, I guess this will continue throughout his term.
56 posted on 01/12/2007 10:11:10 AM PST by Delphinium
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To: Delphinium

Yeah. Liberals lack a humor gene.


57 posted on 01/12/2007 10:12:07 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Circumstances are the fire by which the mettle of men is tried.)
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To: spikeytx86

It's not as odd a question as you might think; there is a moral ground gained by being the minority party, first, you have less to risk, and second, you don't have to take the blame.


58 posted on 01/12/2007 10:12:50 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Don't you hate it when you get a name in high school that you can't shake?


59 posted on 01/12/2007 10:14:03 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: CertainInalienableRights
At some point, the minimum wage will be high enough to justify the cost of a fully automated fast-food joint, and everyone behind the counter will be out of a job . . .

I like that concept. It will prevent future Jesse Jackson wannabes from spitting in my Coke.

60 posted on 01/12/2007 10:16:03 AM PST by reformed_democrat ("... it's a dishonor to leave your allies." President Traian Basescu, Romania)
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