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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:35 PM Original message |
Senate Again Fails to Raise Minimum Wage |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. By, of, and for the conniving |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Minimum Wage Laws Don't Work. |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think your post just broke about 25 unwritten laws at DU |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. They DO work over time |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. How many working adults that have a full time job is paid minimum wage? |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The avg non supervisor non farm private wage per hour is |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. That's average, for many people this is simply not true |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. How many have ONE full time job at min wage? Very few, |
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nvliberal (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yep, it's true. |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You got that right on, I lived this situation and it is not pretty. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. you are correct...i know plenty of adults in rural upstate NY that do this |
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nvliberal (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Raising the minimum wage gives people MORE money to spend, |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. And borrow to make up for the lost revenue? Or just default. |
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nvliberal (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Let's not claim raising the minimum wage eliminates jobs. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Interesting ideas. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. How about we really think outside the box? |
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Marlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is disgusting |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kennedy Hypocritical |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. What a contradiction |
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NJ_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Minimum Wage hasn't been raised since... |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Headline from the year 2055... |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Let them eat cake! |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. It should be far higher than $6.25, but I suppose that's a start. n/t |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 06:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. no shit...it should be $10 an hr at least! |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Senate RollVote Minimum Wage (I am shocked Richie S is worried :) |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Olympia Snowe voted No |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Congress pay is up $27,000 plus since 1997! |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. close enough to 3 times ... n/t |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. and they say people are lazy - they never equate poverty to no |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. This explains the Congress' rejection of a pay raise for themselves |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh gee. What a surprise. |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. It does help the economy if you raise the min wage, then the wages for |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. Goverment price floors |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. me thinks two people here made a wrong turn back at the fork in the road |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. This is why the POOR should VOTE... |
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