Posted on 01/12/2007 12:52:23 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
Video link on foxnews website, www.foxnews.com left side of the screen..
According to FoxNews, pelosi now says Samoa is INCLUDED..
Her trickle-up theory apparently won't go over very well with the people there, as their representative had this to say (pay attention to para 2) regarding the devastation of the Samoan economy if this goes through:
"In a statement in response today, Faleomavaega (American Samoa delegate) said "despite recent claims made by the Washington Post which suggest that American Samoa is exempt from the federal minimum wage process, I wish to set the record straight." He says since 1956, the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor has conducted Special Industry Committees every two years in American Samoa to determine minimum wage increases.
"While these Industry Committees have been phased out in other US Territories due to their more diversified economies, American Samoa continues to be a single industry economy. In fact, more than 80% of our private sector economy is dependent either directly, or indirectly, on two U.S. tuna processors, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist. As has been repeatedly stated at our Special Industry Committees, a decrease in production or departure of one or both of the two canneries in American Samoa could devastate the local economy resulting in massive layoffs and insurmountable financial difficulties," the Congressman says.
"For this very reason, I do not support efforts to apply mainland minimums to American Samoa at this time. The truth is the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy and making us welfare wards of the federal government."
ROTFLMAO!
Methinks that Nancy got caught with her skirt up and her panties down. Ugh, what a disgusting position Nancy.
agreed..typical of the dems.."hey, we made an honest mistake"..
And we can our own Albacore Tuna caught off the Humboldt county coast...
what I would like to know is, WHEN was this added to the bill and WHO added it..that would go a long way in proving it wasn't an oversight methinks..
LMAO!! Nancy has some 'splainin to do! I wonder if she'll send back all those campaign donations?
Precisely! The rats are going to find a whole new world, one in which the socialist "mainstream" newsrooms are nothing more than an annoyance rather than the Democrat-controlled monopoly they were merely 12 years ago.
She's an idiot
The only thing that matters is what the final bill says. If American Samoa is excluded in the final language, then Pelosi is being "disingenuous".
more precisely, IF she DID get caught, her MSM friends would bury the story..
the initial language said they were "included" (i.e. marianas island chain), but singly "excluded" from enforcement..they're now saying this was an oversight which will be corrected in committee..(don't ask me which one, it's their quote)..
if starkist didn't have $3/hr labor, they might have a more modern plant with more automation. yes, that would mean samoans would lose jobs - samoa would then have to get an economic plan that attracted some other businesses there.
if we allowed starkist $1/hr labor, they might hire even more samoans. should we do it?
lol a can of Tuna will soon match a barrel of oil for price.- that and corn- corn prices will skyyrocket when the dems call for 'alternative fuel' meaning of course just ethanol. Better plant some corn fields quick- gonna be worth more than gold soon. Thankk goodness people will be making 2 dollars an hour more- to pay for tuna and corn.
The following link does not relate to this thread http://sacredscoop.com
"I don't think this was an "oversight." "
Of course not! The beauty of this whole thing is the way it SHOULD make her look to all the moonbats!! The poor TUNA and DOLPHINS...blahblahblah.....BIG BUSINESS...blahblahblah....IMPERIAL AMERICA...blahblahblah...POOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES...blahblahblah...
We should all sign up at the DU, Salon.com, and MoveOn.org as libbies and express our outrage!! LOL!!
I signed up at the DU and made exactly one post before getting banned..:-)
You gotta know them like 'the back of your hand' in order to post like one. I have never signed up on any of those sites, but I am seriously thinking of creating an alter ego/personality to do just that for the 2008 elections....lol.
I'll just mimic my New Age sister(who I love with all my heart btw)!
Congressman Billybob
just remember, ANY deviation from the party line gets you a tombstone..
be worth looking into to see whether or not the exemption was specifically added to this bill, or it was added to previous minimum wage bills..
"My understanding is that American Samoa has been excluded from minimum wage legislation about as long as Nancy Pelosi has been in the House, or about 20 years. It is not an exemption that was just added. Instead, it was an exemption that was continued from prior wage laws."
Sorry for butting in (smile), but it doesn't matter.
Nancy Pelosi, as a liberal democrat, should have worked tirelessly to protect these poor indigenous peoples from Imperial/ Big Business America and saved the Dolphins from ruthless Tuna fishermen, instead of INVESTING IN THEM! (wink)
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