Obama: It’s time to give America a raise

Associated Press ^ | Mar 8, 2014 6:02 AM EST

[Olog-hai]

President Barack Obama says he’s hearing from business owners across the country who are voluntarily paying their workers more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says those actions show that change comes to Washington, not from it. …

[Olog-hai]

Way to completely ignore what the business world is saying, Mr. President.

[BenLurkin]

The guy is certifiable.

[PistolPaknMama]

I vote we hire him and his cronies, distribute their salaries among working Americans. Instant raise.

[cripplecreek]

Its time to downsize government.

[andyk]

business owners across the country who are voluntarily paying their workers more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour

Voluntarily? The implication is that they're paying them more than they're worth, out of the goodness of their hearts. That's sheer insanity.

[ronnie raygun]

IT’S TIME TO GIVE A YOU A PINK SLIP AND A FREE PASS TO JAIL

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Time to give Barry the boot.

[Sacajaweau]

Here’s the problem Mr’ President. There are a whole bunch of illiterate folks who are NOT heads of families, who don’t have kids, who don’t know how to count from 1-10 cuz they thought quitin’ school was a good thing...and I’m going to pay them $10 an hour.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Obama: It’s time to give America a bribe

[SoFloFreeper]

LOL. Hey Obama, if people are already running their business the way they want, then why do you want to interfere?

All this crap from a clown who has never even run a lemonade stand. And couldn’t.

[lurk]

He’s been reading Hugo Chavez, How to Sink Your Country into a Third World Cesspool, with the forward written by Robert Mugabe.

[bikerman]

Time for America to raise our feet and give Obama the boot.

[RightGeek]

It’s time to put some moochers to work

[Howie66]

The first and best way to give America a raise is to REMOVE Obama and his Marxist Regime from power.

[bert]

Obama can’t promise a chicken in every pot because with cooked whole chickens for sale at every grocery store for $5 it would be meaning less

Instead he must work to pay for Obamacare by generally inflating wages. The general raise will do nothing but pay the Obamadon’tcare tax.

[Malone LaVeigh]

These business owners are probably some of Dick Gephardt’s imaginary friends.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The implication is that they're paying them more than they're worth, out of the goodness of their hearts.

And deeper, that "good" business owners do this, while "bad" business owners only care about profit.

I expect a Maximum Annual Profit Act to come out of the Senate any time now.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Dan Rather "[Obama] Couldn't Sell Watermelons"

[Olog-hai]

Reminds me of the “dog in every pot and a Chevy Volt in every garage” jokes.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

How can anyone live comfortably on less than $100,000 per year? If they were serious about ending poverty they'd raise the minimum wage to at least $50 an hour.

/ EndSarc