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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:43 PM Original message |
Bush links minimum wage to tax break |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. DON'T do it. We're at war. Holding the wage down 10yrs. is already a subsidy. nt |
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HappyWeasel (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. anyone who goes out of business because of this really shouldn't have been in business in the first |
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Jersey Ginny (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. I completely agree! n/t |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. FUCK that ... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Methinks he won't win this one. Minimum wage increase is long overdo and a great Dem move, |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. More tax handouts to the super rich, while the working class struggles |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. "small businesses" aren't usually owned by the super rich |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. If it's small business only... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. I agree...This would help the Mom&Pop operations |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. i worry to |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Let him veto it.....and make the Republican vote on an over ride. |
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Anywho6 (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. "$287,994 for me; $454 for you." n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. My wife's a small business owner... |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. How is a minimum wage increase a burden? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I wasn't complaining about it... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Then vote on the tax break SEPARATELY. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And give Baby Bush an excuse to veto? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yes, let him veto it |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Exactly! n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. and how much longer at 5.15/hour? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It is not "just to prove a point" |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. The Christmas Miracle has occurred |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Well |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 06:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Ah, now THAT'S more like it. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Cheers |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Yes! Show the country what lying phoneys these repuke are once and for all! |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Well I don't think the taxes are a big issue either. |
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harpboy_ak (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. sometimes small companies *do* get a break |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Now that's my idea of "progressive"! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Small business owner here too |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. i support a tax cut |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. In most cases the EIC would accomplish this goal. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. We're obviously winning. I'm grinning from ear to ear that bush was forced to concede already! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. yes, it should be a clean bill -------NOthing attached. |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. $10 minimum wage tied to $20,000 standard deduction tax break, Dems need to help working class now. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good idea - no more tax cuts for the megawealthy. nt |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Yes! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. Keep it SIMPLE and UNCOUPLED. JUST the WAGE HIKE. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well, I think the Dems out to put a clean bill on his desk first, raising the min. wage... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Bush can pound sand |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Whatever happened to Up-r-Down, Up-r-Down! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. Tie minimum wage to Congress' salary |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good God Almighty we have the mafia running our country. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You are just now figuring this out? :) |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. Fuck Bush, raising the minimum wage isn't going to drive the Pizza kings out of |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. "should be accompanied by tax and regulatory relief for small businesses" |
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