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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 09:07 PM
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Boom. "I supported McConell minimum wage." LIE. Here.
BUSH CLAIMS:

Bush says he supported Mitch McConnell's minimum wage bill.

REALITY:

Bush Opposes Real Minimum Wage Increase. Bush has proposed raising the federal
minimum wage by $1 an hour but only if states could opt out of the increase.
According to the AP, Bush's qualification for a minimum wage increase was "a
condition that could render a proposed increase meaningless." Since the minimum wage
increase enacted in 1996, the Republican-controlled Congress has refused to act on a
further increase. President Bush and the Republicans are rapidly approaching the
record for the longest period, set in the 1980s, without an increaseAdjusted for
inflation, the minimum wage is 24.5% lower than it was 24 years ago and is rapidly
approaching an all-time low set in 1989. . Bush has not used his influence to pass a
minimum wage law in congress, where the law cannot even get out of committee. Issue Brief, 6/11/03, www.epinet.org; AP, 9/24/99; National Journal, 8/7/99; CQ
Weekly, 4/16/04]

Ø Bush Refused To Raise Texas Minimum Wage. Bush resisted raising Texas'
decade-old minimum wage, which was only $3.35 an hour.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 09:09 PM
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1. Maybe it was the Mitch McConnel WAGE CUT!
That's more in line with the REICH WINGS "ways"!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 09:13 PM
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2. kick
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Texas_Dem Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 09:14 PM
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3. dang you are good.
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