many people do not know... union contracts are normally fixed to a percentage above minimum
an increase in minimum wage results in an increase in union labor rates
High Speed Rail...?
Minimum wage is the prohibition of functional poverty, the imposition of abject dependency upon the poor.
When it comes to understanding the idea of America and the average American, Mitt Romney is as dumb as a box of rocks. Be gone, Mitt. If you are the nominee, you will not have my vote.
Gingrich or Santorum will.
Are you listening, GOP elite? Your choice of Mitt is going to backfire so badly you won’t believe it.
Dr. Williams understands and has been teaching, speaking, and writing about the tragic consequences of the so-called "progressive" policies which Democrats (and Republican "progressives") have inflicted upon Americans--all in the name of "helping" them.
Slavery to government is no better than slavery to individual masters. Yet, the "regressives" continue to buy power and influence by promoting policies that destroy opportunity, prosperity, and freedom for our own and future generations.
This position on Romney's part is an example of how he has succeeded in the "freedom of individual enterprise" environment left to us by the Founders, without gaining a deep and abiding understanding or commitment to the principles they incorporated into our nation's founding documents.
What an idiot. If anything it's inflation keeping up with minimum wage. Employees demand higher wages which means the company must raise the price of their product which is passed along to consumers who's dollars don't buy as much as they once did. And every dime you somehow managed to put into savings just dropped in value and buying power so you're screwed again.