Posted on 01/23/2015 5:46:33 AM PST by reaganaut1
President Obama’s penultimate SOTU was notable for its audacity in demanding an even more expansive role for the federal government. Although trust in government has plummeted during his relentlessly statist administration, the president wants Americans to rally behind his belief that more federal mandates and spending will “turn the page” and make the country great.
I would like to single out one especially wrong-headed idea – that Congress should amend the Fair Labor Standards Act, requiring employers to pay many workers more.
Obama supports increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. In his speech, he argued for it this way: “And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.”
There is much to be said against raising the minimum wage, or even having such a law at all.
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Pretending that their supposedly compassionate programs have no adverse effects is a well-worn part of the political playbook. Barack Obama can look you straight in the eye and say that everyone gains from following him on the minimum wage, just as he asserted that passage of the “Affordable Care Act” would help millions and hurt nobody.
But what I want to focus on is the way Obama made his pitch: It’s hard to support a family on less than $15,000 per year, therefore politicians should give them a raise.
Those four words illuminate the appeal of minimum wage laws to “progressives.”
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These are the words of a leftist, elitist idiot who believes that government OWNS everything; THEY are the “boss” of all things and THEY should decide on wage increases, not businesses who they ALLOW to be run.
Wonder how many people work for minimum wage as compared to how many have dropped out of the work force?
Would you like a brown shirt or a black shirt with that decree?
IMHO
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...now you've done it, you jumped out ahead of the media pointing out that very thing...for shame!!!
On your post #12, Obama’s tie is about 4-5” below his belt, I always thought that it should be at the belt line....what gives???
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