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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:15 AM Original message |
Why won't they raise the minimum wage? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because you are already overpaid....I can get someone from Mexico... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. This has nothing to do with so-called "Illegals" |
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corporate_mike (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Minimum wage is meaningless if illegals are willing to work for $6-7/hr |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. True workers' rights would involve minimum wage for ALL workers. |
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corporate_mike (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. are all illegals paid minimum wage now? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I said ALL workers. |
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corporate_mike (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The reason employers hire illegals is to pay them less and not pay taxes |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks for the Corporate opinion! |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think it is part of a feudalization project |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because * is trying to eliminate the middle class. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. The third-worldization of the US has begun in earnest |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. TWA.. Third Worlding of America... new abbreviation |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Why are we still at 435? |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. They understand. They dont care. |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. I have read about representatives in Congress complaining..... |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Minimum work should pay minimum wage |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We should also take their benefits away....... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm all for that! Maybe then they would allow the rest of us to have |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Read "the iron heel" |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. To keep the people slaves to the corporations until they DIE. |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. $10 an hour???? |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. rofl |
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godhatesrepublicans (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. Don't you get it? The 19th Century socialists were right, .. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The book is a rich source |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. $7.50 for adults. Training wage of $6.50 for teens and summer jobs. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. It's the indexing to inflation |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Those are poverty wages... |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Than we need stricter welfare to work laws. |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Let us raise the minimum |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. When you're preoccupied |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Primarily because it'd make Social Security look healthy again. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. The minimum wage is a tough subject |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "would force the prices of product to go higher" |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I wasn't talking about not raising minimum wage |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. He was just suggesting that |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yeah, they will raise it |
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Alamom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. Oppression. n/t |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. you've hit on exactly the reason |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. They don't care about you or I except for our hand in making them... |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. How about the small business vs large business issue? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Most "mom and pop" operations don't pay minimum wage |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. Republicans will NEVER raise the min wage-they NEVER have-they NEVER will! |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Triple It; It Will Not Affect The (Excessive) Profits of Large Corp.s |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I agree, I don't think it'd somehow ruin the economy |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I believe that the neocons are not raising minimum wages and |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. A Schwinn analogy.. |
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