thank you...
Posted on 03/15/2013 11:39:13 AM PDT by jazusamo
The House on Friday rejected a Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10, shooting down one of President Obama’s priorities from his State of the Union speech.
The 233-184 defeat also exposed divisions within the Democratic Party. Where Mr. Obama called for a hike from the current $7.25 to $9 an hour, congressional Democrats pushed for a $10.10 rate.
But they couldn’t muster unity even within their own ranks. Six Democrats from conservative-leaning districts voted against the wage increase, as did every single Republican who was present.
“We need jobs out there. The best approach right now is to get federal spending under control and government out of the way of the nation’s job creators,” said Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, who led the opposition.
Mr. Obama’s call for a hike to $9 an hour reportedly caught labor advocates off guard. They had been working towards the $10.10 figure.
The White House has not weighed in on the $10.10 raise.
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The minimum wage law is for the Unions as many union contracts are tied to the level of the minimum wage.
Well, this is a good thing.
Good. I want the minimum wage at least 100 dollars an hour and nothing less. lol.
Precisely!
The rats and their union scum and couldn't care less about burger-flipping teenagers - - it's all about the union scales.
0bamacare + Min. Wage Increase = Eradication of Private Sector. With only 0bamacare, it’s barely limping along. 0bama will do all he can to set the stage for 100% government jobs. This is just what Dictators do.
thank you...
One of my first jobs was picking grapes in a huge vineyard in South Jersey For $1.20 an hour. That was minimum wage at the time. This was around 1971 I think. Lots of work in the sun and lots of bees!
OOOPPPS! Make that a $1.60 an hour.
It was just a back door way of raising tax revenue.
Exactly. I bet most PT entry-level jobs where unions are involved pay in the $8-9/hr range. Bumping the minimum wage to $10.10/hr would kill many small businesses and give the Unions powere to force a $11/hr starting wage on the employers.
Of course the dems wouldn’t admit there are consequences related to any of their policies.
Minimum wage is a killer for marginal or unskilled employees.
You need to go back and reread second to last and last paragraphs. Every Repub present voted against the min wage increase.
I know families which would be better off if someone earned just a buck an hour on a forty hour week. Government has devastated work.
A political ploy that’s going to backfire on him. He has run out of political capital. :)
“Why not $20? $100?”
That’s how they destroyed The Detroit auto industry.
Spot on....
Actually your sentence structure was perfect, but I think some people have a problem understanding comma’s.
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