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House passes bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
Fox News ^ | Ronn Blitzer | Fox News

Posted on 07/18/2019 11:48:07 AM PDT by conservative98

The House of Representatives approved the Raise the Wage Act Thursday, which would boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade.

In a 231-199 vote along party lines, the House passed the legislation that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, more than double the current rate of $7.25. In an even more drastic increase, the bill calls for having the same minimum wage for tipped workers, raising it from $2.13 an hour.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 116th; congress; fakenews; killthejobsact; minimumwage; pelosi; raisethewageact; socialism; workforce
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To: conservative98
Of course there's a rider attached to the bill giving Congress and Federal judges a raise to $225,000 a year.
41 posted on 07/18/2019 12:00:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: JBW1949

Citing higher minimum wages in Seattle, Portland, and SF, restaurant chain files for bankruptcy:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3764146/posts


42 posted on 07/18/2019 12:01:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.............................😃)
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To: conservative98

Then the robot asked “How would you like your steak done, sir?”


43 posted on 07/18/2019 12:01:42 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: SpaceBar
Minimum wage is socialism and completely short circuits the law of supply and demand.

So does importing 300,000 H-1B visa immigrants. It pushes wages down. But nobody here seems to give a sh!+ about that.

44 posted on 07/18/2019 12:02:05 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: cuban leaf
If this passes the president’s desk, expect huge price inflation to follow.

It'll never even get taken up by the Senate.

45 posted on 07/18/2019 12:02:23 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: central_va

Raising the minimum wage is an excellent way to kick start price inflation. And price/wage inflation is a great way to shrink the debt. That’s why some are for it. I’m not.

And yes, I know this won’t make it past the senate, my comment was regarding “if it did, and the president signed it” (which I know isn’t happening).


46 posted on 07/18/2019 12:02:28 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: central_va
Not possible if the number of customers are the same. The amount or work is still the same.

ROTF!!! That's a good one! :-)

47 posted on 07/18/2019 12:02:36 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: Red Badger

Somebody will be picking up market share.


48 posted on 07/18/2019 12:02:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
And more touchscreen kiosks at fast food and fast casual restaurants and convenience stores.


49 posted on 07/18/2019 12:03:38 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: central_va

They haven’t in Upstate NY.


50 posted on 07/18/2019 12:03:50 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: conservative98

Another time wasting empty gesture, that has no chance of becoming law.


51 posted on 07/18/2019 12:04:02 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: DoughtyOne

You know what sucks? Trump signs the bill floating around importing 300,000 H-1b visas and vetoes the minimum wage bill. Trump is not really pro worker then is he?


52 posted on 07/18/2019 12:04:43 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: conservative98

Just taking more money from corporations. It doesn’t increase productivity. It helps no one.

Besides, the government doesn’t have the right to set an hourly rate of pay.


53 posted on 07/18/2019 12:05:59 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: DallasGal

Ever had a spa treatment at an upscale hotel or resort? They all charge 20-22% ont the bill, but allow you to modify it, which most people don’t.


54 posted on 07/18/2019 12:06:06 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: central_va

>>Moat Americans don’t employ min wage workers or low skilled workers and don’t care

Most union contracts are priced as offsets to the minimum wage. This bill will kill entry level jobs, and line the pockets of the unions.


55 posted on 07/18/2019 12:06:37 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: BeauBo

Yes, we all know the purpose the GOP is to suppress wages and keep the labor supply up. Wages cannot seem to be suppressed enough for the GOP. I guess this will prove it again.


56 posted on 07/18/2019 12:07:12 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BeauBo

Bring on the Amazon stores. Entire store with just one employee.

57 posted on 07/18/2019 12:08:21 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: C210N

Why would you over pay them?


58 posted on 07/18/2019 12:08:38 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: conservative98

creating more and more unemployment so they can say its all DJT”s fault


59 posted on 07/18/2019 12:08:54 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: vikingd00d
Multible choice:

What percent of the working population is actually in a union?

  1. 30%
  2. 20%
  3. 10%
  4. 7%

60 posted on 07/18/2019 12:08:55 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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