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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:01 PM Original message |
Which number is bigger? The $$$ the MinWage increase will give to the poor... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's the way you think it is. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Minimum wage increases usually mean big $$ for union employees too |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. and don't forget the "loopholes" created for the oil industry to drill without |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. what good... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Hey, elmerdem, WELCOME to DU! |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Welcome to DU |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. KICKING to see if the after-9:00 crowd has any economists who can answer this one. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. No worries, :) nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. More people with money to spend means more profit |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well they LOST 2 trillion dollars so |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not to mention that minimum wage workers will actually spend that money |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly. Warpy touched upon this BASIC TRUTH above, with his "trickle-up" reference. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Sock it away in the Caymans or Bermuda or Argentina, no less. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here is a surprising thing I have experienced since |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. EVERYONE who got a raise 10 short days ago has COMPLAINED about it, you say? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Sorry but it's the truth, so now I am a ditto head. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh, hey, I hope you don't think I was accusing you of lying... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. A lot of those thoughts have been planted into the |
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