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Mid-term elections have trouble getting the youth vote out. Here's how to solve that. I told an 18 yr old retail sales girl, whose boyfriend is a RW radio-listening gun-nut, that most Republicans want to get rid of the minimum wage and your wage would probably go down. She got very upset and said, "Well, Republicans are retarded!! (sorry, her words not mine).
I doubt she'll be voting Republican the rest of her life. I told her -'well be sure to vote in 2014.'
I then showed her some of these.
Abolish The Minimum Wage - It Only Hurts Workers - AynRand.Org
www.aynrand.org/
Lamar Alexander Says Minimum Wage Should Be Abolished
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../lamar-alexander-minimum-wage_n_34989...
Jun 25, 2013 - WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the ranking Republican on the Senate's labor committee, said in a hearing Tuesday that he ...
GOP Rep. Joe Barton Calls For Minimum Wage Repeal
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../joe-barton-minimum-wage_n_4392722.ht...
Dec 5, 2013 - Republicans on Capitol Hill have argued that raising the minimum ... The suggestion to abolish the minimum wage altogether is more rare to ...
State Republicans propose bill that would abolish minimum wage ...
www.examiner.com/.../state-republicans-propose-bill-that-would-abolish...
Feb 27, 2013 - One of the most talked about aspects of President Obama's State of the Union Address was his call for an increase in the minimum wage.
House Republicans Unanimously Vote Down Minimum Wage ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../gop-minimum-wage-increase_n_2884912.h...
Mar 15, 2013 - House Republicans voted unanimously against raising the federal minimum wage Friday. A proposal by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) to raise ...
Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage
thinkprogress.org/.../republican-senator-calls-for-abolishing-the-minimu...
Jun 26, 2013 - Sen. Lamar Alexander declared his support for getting rid of the minimum wage and instead increasing tax benefits.
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RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)She said she could go off food stamps if she did.
As I was leaving I said vote democratic. She grinned and nodded yes.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)How about Medicare?
Civil rights and a modicum of Equal Rights?
Hint: It wasn't republicants.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)only think about now and never think theyll get sick or older.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Why, it's the aforementioned social programs, that's who.
Who is it that makes sure you have clean water?
If we can't reach the youth with the truth, then they'll get foxed out. If it takes us shouting louder, then so be it, lets do it.
Did you know almost every republican voted to invade Iraq and spend 2 trillion of your tax dollars on that war?
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)Kind of like Teabaggers.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Those I tell to not vote, it's all lies anyway.
The ones you see working hard and trying to do a good job, are the ones worth talking too.
Really tho, it matters little. The youth if they do vote are inspired by the Obama's, and so they'll cast. We dems out number the republicans so our efforts need to be on the independents who do vote, because they swing elections.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)Is what I've heard. I'm afraid the GOP is likely to make gains again this mid-term.
It is the independents who swing elections. The ones that vote.
Most of the youth, like you say, don't care and so, don't vote.
However, a smart phone campaign is how you can reach the youth. But is it worth the try?
Most active voters are the older set. They felt let down by Obama in 2010 and the bad economy and listened to Fox tell them how the republicans were going to get jobs back. Which was a lie, but believed by so many.