[dragnet2]

Maybe raising the minimum wage about 10% last summers wasn't a great idea? Maybe we should stop scaring the heck out of potential employers?

You could lower the minimum wage $1.50 today, and it's not going to fix this economic disaster.

Deport several hundred thousand illegals every week from the U.S., and reform the endless chain immigration, lower business taxes, and dramatically reduce the size of the federal government and only then you'll start to see some improvements.

[reaganator]

There should be no minumum wage.

[Integrityrocks]

If I were faced with her situation, I’d be spending my last $260 on printing up house cleaning and yard work fliers and passing them out door to door personally. Probably make plenty of money but she’d have to get dirty.

[RnMomof7]

You could lower the minimum wage $1.50 today, and it's not going to fix this economic disaster.

You are so right.. China and India will still pay less.

Maybe when there is no more consumers here that can afford even the cheap imports companies will realize it was a short term gain to save a few bucks in the 3rd world has a large cost

[SeattleBruce]

“You could lower the minimum wage $1.50 today, and it’s not going to fix this economic disaster.

Deport several hundred thousand illegals every week from the U.S., and reform the endless chain immigration, lower business taxes, and dramatically reduce the size of the federal government and only then you’ll start to see some improvements.”

Right. It’s bad. And it aint gettin’ any better with some bandaids - ‘specially not obammy’s brand.