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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Oh, heck. I was hoping they'd leave Samoa the way it was and exclude all the rest.
To: GeorgiaDawg32
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." An admission that minimum wage laws are counterproductive?
3 posted on
01/12/2007 12:57:18 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Does this apply to Puerto Rico also?
4 posted on
01/12/2007 12:57:23 PM PST by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
KENNEDY:
"What's a Samoa? Is it a drink with an umbrella in it?"
5 posted on
01/12/2007 12:57:24 PM PST by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
good thing the culture of corruption ended when mistress nancy took charge.
6 posted on
01/12/2007 12:57:41 PM PST by
flashbunny
(If the founding fathers were alive today, they'd be buying feathers and boiling tar.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
"Not Samoa. Just those portions where there are companies
which either donate to me, or where my husband and I own stock."
7 posted on
01/12/2007 12:57:49 PM PST by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
" ... 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." Obviously the Samoan delegate is a liar. We all know that raising the minimum wage has no effect on employment. /sarcasm off
8 posted on
01/12/2007 12:58:00 PM PST by
Be Free
To: GeorgiaDawg32
According to FoxNews, pelosi now says Samoa is INCLUDED.. I bet she's pissed at FR for blowing this one up in her face.
9 posted on
01/12/2007 12:58:01 PM PST by
Centurion2000
(Judges' orders cannot stop determined criminals. Firearms and the WILL to use them can.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Pelosi forgot to mention culture of corruption regarding Samoa
11 posted on
01/12/2007 12:59:05 PM PST by
Kuksool
(I learned more about political science on FR than in college)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
For this very reason, I do not support efforts to apply mainland minimums to American Samoa at this time. Hmm, so they aren't excluded from the 'process', but they are excluded from actually complying. That is so much better.
To: GeorgiaDawg32
what's the bottom line here - will the samoans be getting the higher wages?
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Governing isn't as easy as griping, izzit Nancy?.........
15 posted on
01/12/2007 1:00:27 PM PST by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
WOW! I'd better stock up on Tuna before the price goes up to pay for these increases!
To: GeorgiaDawg32
She thought she wouldn't get caught. When the Dems were last in power they had much more of the press in their pocket.
That damned Al Gore should have never invented the internets.
17 posted on
01/12/2007 1:01:20 PM PST by
msnimje
(You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
All American Samoa needs is a Wal-Mart, for gawd's sake.
They could be the central distributor for the whole South Pacific. Pago Pago, the CIA World Book says, has one of the best natural harbor to be found in the region.
Yeah, that's the ticket. Open a Wal-Mart.
No more fishy tuna smell.
31 posted on
01/12/2007 1:05:39 PM PST by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
To: Howlin; OldFriend; prairiebreeze; Mo1
Does this make sense to any of you?
On the one hand they're exempt but on the other hand they're included in the legislation? I don't get it.
33 posted on
01/12/2007 1:06:37 PM PST by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
First 100 hours and already making blunders.LOL
34 posted on
01/12/2007 1:06:54 PM PST by
beansox
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Have you seen the price of tuna lately?
Those little 2 ounce packets in tin foil are $2.50. That is $20 a pound. Czn you imagine what it is going to cost if the workers get the new minimum wage. (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.)
39 posted on
01/12/2007 1:09:39 PM PST by
Lokibob
(Greatest snow on earth. www.utahweatherlinks.com)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Doesn't matter what she says, what does HR 2 say?
42 posted on
01/12/2007 1:10:38 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
(Pelosi, the call was for Comity, not Comedy. But thanks for the laughs. StarKisses, NVA.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
OK, so they admit equal enforcement would be harmful in one industry in one area. The exemption remains! and continues to ignore the equal problem in other industries in other areas. They're not off the hook yet...
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