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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can anybody explain where in the HELL the Constitution grants Congress the power to set the minimum wage?

Senator Harkin needs a permanent return trip to the dreaded private sector. Voters of Iowa, please take note.


48 posted on 05/04/2012 6:31:35 PM PDT by DNME (A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright. — Robert Heinlein)
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To: DNME
I'm guessing the Commerce Clause. Remember if it moves across states lines it's interstate commerce, if it doesn't move across states lines it's still interstate commerce, if you don't sell it or move it across state lines it's still interstate commerce.
51 posted on 05/04/2012 7:56:39 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. II Corinthians 3:17)
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