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.
Very cute devolve!
Thanks potlatch!
Your jumping cheeseburgers are getting a workout!
They're dancing!
Cal Tech Pep Squad?
Regards,
GtG
I'm really, really concerned with the mechanism of enforcement of this bill, if passed.
you had it right the first time... with minimum wage increases more owners will have to do the work they can't afford to hire decent employees to do...
teeman
this occured with the invention of the replicator on star trek... all the restaurants closed and no one had to work because their food was always there... not only that, but replicating $20 and $100 became commonplace to the point where the minimum wage was 1245.00 an hour... no one needed to work. finally, they started shipping low life no working folks into space and eventually the replicators broke down and there were no repairmen to fix them... things started to get back to normal, but then some wise acre told the only working replicator to replicate itself and well, the rest is history.
teeman
live long and prosper
Thanks for the ping!
"--"pi" as "three" would end a lot of confusion , also--"
While we're at it I think we should increase Angular Momentum... I'd like to see some of those ice skaters really get going when they tuck their arms inward. :P
You don't improve people's lives by making their jobs more expensive than those jobs are worth doing.
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