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To: Sunsong
This event reminded me of a story about Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a liberal group. The story was posted on FR in October 2004. An excerpt (original story from NRO):

ACORN's hypocrisy also extends to its stand on the minimum wage. While it has often attempted to force minimum-wage increases on private businesses through ballot initiatives and local ordinances, ACORN tried to exempt itself from California's minimum-wage requirements. According to EPI, "ACORN argued that being forced to pay higher wages would mean that they would hire fewer employees — the very dilemma faced by businesses. Incredibly, ACORN stated that paying its employees a lower wage would allow them to be more sympathetic to the low- and moderate-income families they were attempting to help. ACORN argued that abiding by the state minimum wage would limit their ability to promote their agenda and would therefore be a violation of their First Amendment rights."

The liberal hypocrisy on minimum wage didn't start with Pelosi, I guess.

247 posted on 01/13/2007 5:36:50 PM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: GraceCoolidge

Oh my gosh! Thanks for that!


248 posted on 01/13/2007 5:49:57 PM PST by Sunsong
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