It also shows an appalling lack of economic knowledge. We can only “give America a raise” by increasing productivity. A best, increasing the minimum wage simply shifts income from one set of individuals to another, on average there is no increase. More likely, useful work will not be done at all and the net income of the national will decrease. Raising the minimum would certainly make the country poorer.
Why should anyone take Mr. Obama and his supporters seriously about anything?
Yes, but it buys Democrat votes and power -- and that's all he and his Marxist cohort care about.
Actually it is long past time we gave AMERICA a PAY CUT!
America: Obama, it’s time to give America a break. Resign.
Where the F does he think this money is coming from? He sounds like some ditzy, big-spending girlfriend from Hell. Gimme gimme gimme. Let’s get this, let’s get that. Buying something at the mall every day. Then when you say the bank account is running dry and we can’t afford any more spending, she just looks at you with a strange look on her face, or starts screaming about what a tightwad you are.
No Obama it is not time to give America a raise.
It is time to BRING BACK AMERICAN JOBS.
You are doing exactly the wrong thing. Maroon.
Maybe business owners “volunteer” to pay employees more than the federal minimum wage because they are worth more than the minimum wage to those businesses.
What a lying sack of Obama...
He means raise the price of everything so he can seal the deal on destroying our economy.
How come even our most conservative leaders aren't bringing this up? It's the perfect selling point to end the invasion of the US.
Give America a raise...cut taxes you dumba$$!
“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.”
So?
I’m sure some also have casual Friday and Funny Hat Tuesdays.
The point is that they are “voluntarily”, which means go find something more important to do (like the whole Russia thing) other then being a concern troll.
This will remove less qualified workers from the work force and will prevent entry of such workers into the work force as they will not be worth $10/hour to their employer. And who are those least qualified workers? Obama’s homies. So this will hurt blacks most. But then again, the whole minimum wage thing was directed at eliminating blacks from the workforce.
........Margaret Thatcher
To give America a raise, tax it less.
Of course many companies pay above minimum wage to keep their talented and most productive employees. I know because I owned/operated 3 different small companies. I paid the producers more than the "get by" employees. Probably be sued nowadays for discrimination.
"In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says those actions show that change comes to Washington, not from it."
OMG. In my 64 years, I have never seen such BS from such a hypocritical liar. Can this man be more duplicitous? Even as bad as Carter was, at least he was mostly honest.
"There's not a smidgen of corruption in the IRS", so said Obambi in his so-called interview with Bill O'Reilly, and yesterday Lois Lerner invoked her 5th Amendment right to every single question. Like someone said on another thread, "if you have nothing to hide than why hide behind the 5th?".
Get out and vote out the GOPe types. THE only reason we have made any progress back to our National values is because of the TEA Party types and true conservatives like Ted Cruz.
Here's a news flash for you "gimme types", and I hope you post this on your silly social media, especially Huffington Post. There is a reason that this Nation has prospered. It's called "free enterprise".
I know what would lift MY spirits, Mr. President, and it involves YOU.
I’ve heard, but don’t know if this is true, that union scale is based on the minimum wage. If this is true than it would make sense that the unions would be behind this, more money for union dues. Does anyone know if this is true or not?
America doesn’t need a raise—we’ve been jacked every which way from Sunday already.