Pelosi backtracks, now says Samoa NOT exempt - FOX

Me | 1/12/07 | georgiadawg32

[t2buckeye]

Could it be that their inclusion in the legislation states that they are excluded???? The media will try to make this so complicated that people will simply >yawn<

[guitman]

great question - but shouldn't it be "TUNABOAT is fair play"?

[cll]

I should have mentioned that that's a relatively recent thing. We used to have the so called industry commitees and the fed minimum wage didn't apply to certain sectors. But those exemptions started to get phased out about 15 years ago.

[showme_the_Glory]

"What's a Samoa? Is it a drink with an umbrella in it?"
It's a girl scout cookie, right?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

---- AYES 315 ---
Pelosi DID vote..

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Those little 2 ounce packets in tin foil are $2.50.

Yes, but that is the fancy, schmancy stuff that has seasonings, etc. (i.e. processed, special packaging). I can still buy tuna in the can almost two for a dollar at Aldi's!!!

[llevrok]

You obviously don't realize that is 100 "working hours" ...

Or in Senator Byrd's world, 100 waking hours.

[llevrok]

You obviously don't realize that is 100 "working hours" ...

Or in Senator Byrd's world, 100 waking hours.

[Mo1]

That's my take on it

[KarlInOhio]

Did she have a similar concern with industry in the Northern Marianas which currently has a similar exemption from the national minimum wage? No, the Northern Marianas is having its wage gradually increased up to the minimum in the rest of the country. The question is why is that good for the Marianas and not for Samoa, or more to the point, why is it good for her supporters in Starkist to keep Samoan wages down but Marianas' wages don't matter for any of her supporters.

I can accept the fact that wages are lower in the island territories. I don't like the blatent politics of changing the Marianas' wages while keeping Samoan wages down for Starkist.

[rottndog]

Well then, it appears Pelosi DID violate house ethics rules...

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

It's a girl scout cookie, right?

Thank you for making me hungry - NOT! :-)

[Brilliant]

Looks like Pelosi is more cold hearted than I thought. Think of all the poor people she'll be sentencing to a life of poverty in American Samoa while she lives in the lap of luxury.

[Night Hides Not]

WOW! I'd better stock up on Tuna before the price goes up to pay for these increases!

Time to fillet the Tuna that lives in Dallas.

[Last Laugh]

(You can not fool me, I know who will wind up paying the new wages, and it ain't Starkist or Chicken of the sea.)

I'm not buying tuna anymore. I don;t want to hurt the poor Samoans, but I am not paying the already high cost of tuna to help with democrat corruption.

[RogerWilko]

The good stuff (white albacore) is aleady $1.79 for one of those little cans

COSTCO - 12 cans - solid white albacore Starkist for $10.99! That's watt I'm talkin' bout!

[Zeppelin]

If only we allowed minimum wages to be determined solely by the states. then the states would get competitive, much like they do with tax rates, and all the red states that actually UNDERSTAND economics would get all the businesses. Then some of you trapped in Mass, NY, NJ could move to the red states with us!

(all in good humor, my Blue State FRiends...)

[Night Hides Not]

they've only used 23 hours and 24 mins so far..

She must have alloted herself more time-outs than any quadruple overtime NBA game. At this rate, March Madness will be over before her 100 hours (dare I say the NBA playoffs?).

[cll]

"The territories (with the exception of Guam) can't afford to impose this higher minimum wage. Their standard of living is below that of stateside Americans."

I am not sure about Guam and the CNMI, but your statement is not necessary correct for Puerto Rico and the USVI. Puerto Rico has an advanced and diversified economy and the USVI's mostly tourism related economy pays well above federal minimums already. Having said that, I am opposed to federally mandated wage floors.

[Yo-Yo]

Yup, that's how I'm reading it.

The current (2004) law can be read here and the complete 2007 legislation (very small) can be read here, although I posted the entire text of it already.

As much as I hate to say it, I think Nancy Pants is getting a bum rap here, or else is just now getting a rap for something that she may have slipped into the minimum wage law years ago.