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$13 minimum wage in Chicago
WLS AM ^ | 8-26-14 | Bill Cameron, 89 WLS News.

Posted on 08/27/2014 6:12:17 AM PDT by Paul46360

(Chicago) Mayor Emanuel is vowing to phase-in a higher minimum wage in Chicago than Springfield politicians are planning for the entire state.

Rahm says he’ll push for a $13 minimum wage in Chicago even if the state enacts its pending ten dollar minimum wage.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlsam.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 13; chicago; rahm; wage
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1 posted on 08/27/2014 6:12:17 AM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Paul46360

That’ll solve their unemployment problem for sure....

(/s for those that can’t see it with out it)


2 posted on 08/27/2014 6:15:39 AM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: Paul46360

Bad news for teens, single moms and other low-skilled workers. But on the bright side, great news for investors in robot manufacturers!


3 posted on 08/27/2014 6:18:06 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Paul46360

Because there are still some black kids in Chicago that have jobs. Got to keep any of them from escaping from the government plantation.


4 posted on 08/27/2014 6:21:59 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Paul46360

Well, that’s it, then. I’ll be selling the farm and moving to Chi-Town to makes me some Big Money!

*SMIRK*


5 posted on 08/27/2014 6:23:21 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Paul46360

$13/hr rate puts thousands more people on public assistance, some companies will go out of business, some companies will have to raise their prices, the government has to hire more people in their social services department to administer the new dependents, taxes will go up. Eventually Chicago will turn into Detroit.

The laws of economics will not be mocked.


6 posted on 08/27/2014 6:25:58 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Paul46360

Hopefully, now they’ll be able to purchase a gun to defend themselves from their brothas.


7 posted on 08/27/2014 6:26:57 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Paul46360

ahhh....go for $20.00 an hour, Rahm.


8 posted on 08/27/2014 6:27:42 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: cableguymn

I always wonder about those who can’t see the sarcasm...

it’s usually obvious to me.


9 posted on 08/27/2014 6:27:43 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Paul46360

I’m all for a higher minimum wage for long term workers, along with EVerify and jobs going to qualified US citizens first. But $13 an hour? That’s nuts. That will put those high-paying jobs into the hands of suburbanites, highly qualified people from other areas moving in for them, highly qualified retirees looking for spending money and part time college students. It could created a situation where underemployed Chicago residents have to commute to the suburbs for lower paying jobs!


10 posted on 08/27/2014 6:33:07 AM PDT by grania
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To: Paul46360

Go ahead and drive more business from the city. Those that stay will simply automate as much as possible.


11 posted on 08/27/2014 6:34:40 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: cableguymn

Should be called the “20% minimum unemployment rate”.


12 posted on 08/27/2014 6:34:50 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (The people have the right to tell government what guns it may possess, not the other way around.)
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To: Paul46360

Well, I guess we can say goodbye to fast food, unless they get those burger robots going.


13 posted on 08/27/2014 6:43:08 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: cableguymn; MrB

Sarcasm, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.........................


14 posted on 08/27/2014 6:47:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: grania

You go right ahead and pay your employees that higher wage.
Let me know how that works for your business.


15 posted on 08/27/2014 6:49:31 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: Paul46360
One step closer to Idiocracy.

"Enjoy your extra *BIG ASS FRIES*!"

16 posted on 08/27/2014 6:51:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Boogieman

They’ll get robots for sure. And move their headquarters out of the US to avoid taxes. It’s just around the corner.


17 posted on 08/27/2014 6:55:24 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Paul46360

Ballerina Rahm can pat himself on the back for his touching “generosity”.


18 posted on 08/27/2014 6:58:01 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Paul46360

That Rahm Emanuel is so-o-o-oo generous with his money!


19 posted on 08/27/2014 7:20:03 AM PDT by Gritty (To remain free, a people need the spirit of liberty. Once lost, there's no easy roads back.-Mk Steyn)
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To: Paul46360; flaglady47; Eden Scout; magnum force 1; Chigirl 26; hoosiermama; prairiebreeze; ...
He's merely flapping his political gums. He probably won't get his $13........but his minimum wage stance wins in the eyes of the Chicago low-information Dem voters no matter how it turns out.

What a sleazy commie hack this guy is. No wonder he's one of the scum that surrounds the right hand of the sociopathic DC capo of all capos, Barack Obama.

Leni

20 posted on 08/27/2014 7:37:54 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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