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Nikepallas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:32 PM Original message |
Min Wage up by $2+ an hour? What are they REALLY planning. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought that giving people more money helped the economy |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nah. |
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Nikepallas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I can't image that. I know Hubby and I would love an increase just so we |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Less personal debt financed at 16%-25% (not including fees/penalties)? |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Generally |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Hogwash! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Not if they get their shit together and make it indexed to inflation. |
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CitySky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. i think the story mentioned that right now, |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Studies on living wage... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. This is basically Keynsian/New Deal economics: spread wealth down to |
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Langis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. NO! this is all wrong |
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amjucsc (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. The drawback is... |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. do away with federal minimum wage entirely. |
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JaneDoughnut (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Definitely depends on where you live |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. That is a good point |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. There is so much room for corporate profits to absorb this hit before... |
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amjucsc (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. But they wouldn't... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The late 40s, 50s, parts of the 60s show you what happens to an economy |
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amjucsc (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. While I don't argue that a change in attitudes on Wall St would be good... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think the sort of reforms that Levitt and Clinton pushed for... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Law of Unintended Consequences may apply here |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. If a business can't afford to pay more than $5.15 |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. bite the McBullet |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm with you n/t |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Dems have been trying for decades to get min wage increased, |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Demand side economics is the way to go |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. What are they REALLY planning? |
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joanski01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. Senator Kennedy introduced this |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have heard some pundits proffer........................ |
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FtWayneBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bump it up to $10/hr, effective immediately |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. Probably not the best idea |
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