House Republicans Tie Minimum Wage Hike to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

[kpete]

House Republicans Tie Minimum Wage Hike to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Posted by Pamela Leavey
July 28th, 2006 @ 12:16 pm

Here we go again… Republicans in the House are willing to put through a minimum wage increase for the first time in nearly 10 years, but there’s a catch — the minimum was increase would be “coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.” The Senate would take a vote on the measure next week before Congress leaves on a monthlong recess.

more:
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=3734

[Lindacooks]

1. If this doesn't start waking people up...

I'd like to know how many minimum wage slaves voted for the chimp because they're afraid of gay marriage. Shove THIS into their faces.

[Skidmore]

2. Let them. There are alot more voters out here that are affected

by minimum wage than by the tax cut for millionaires. This is one case in which any Dem votes with the wealthy and against the working class will deserve to be turned out of office.

[aquart]

3. I'm confused. Didn't they make it so

You have to vote FOR the wealthy to do anything for working people? So if you vote against the wealthy, you can be accused of being against the workingman?

Vote it down anyway. Vote against generations of Paris Hiltons.

[Benhurst]

5. No. The tax cuts for millionaires will shift BILLIONS of DOLLARS

in tax burdens to the middle class.

No tax cuts for the super-rich and increase in the mininmum wage for the poor!

[Skidmore]

6. Do you think it will be any other way till millions of people from

the lower classes get their lazy asses informed and take themselves to the polls or to the street to demand fair and equal treatment under the law? Do we have to totally devolve into a freaking banana republic with a tin horn dictator before the nation realizes that buying lots Wallyworld junk doesn't constitute personal wealth or financial security? That mouthing the latest slogan doesn't make you free?

[panader0]

4. Of course dems want the wage raised.

But to tie it to something that we do Not want is typical repub BS. To vote against the estate tax cut (which affects 1/4 of 1% of the people is to vote against raising the minimum wage. What an outrage! It's blackmail.

[acmejack]

7. Poison pill

It is the fourth time this session they have tried to pass this, all the benefit of eightteen, that's right 18 really rich families-
Allyn-Soderberg Family (Welch Allyn Inc.),Blethen Family (Seattle Times Co.)Cox Family (Cox Enterprises, Inc.)
DeVos and Van Andel Families (Alticor/Amway), Dorrance Family (Campbell Soup Company), Gallo (E&J Gallo Winery), Harbert Family Johnson Family (BET, RLJ Development Co.), Koch Family (Koch Industries), Mars Family (Mars Inc.),
Mayer Family (Captiva Resources), Nordstrom Family (Nordstrom Inc.), Sobrato Family (Sobrato Development),
Stephens Family (Stephens Inc.), Timken Family (The Timken Company), Walton Family (Wal-Mart), Wegman Family (Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.).

[smacky44]

8. Vote against it and tell the people why. Then introduce another bill.

[EC]

9. The Dem's have introduced bill after bill just this year

to increase the minimum wage...This is the one the public will notice because the news will put it out all over the place that the Republicans are going to increase the wage (without mentioning the breaks on inheritance taxes) and people will cheer. The Dem's bills were hardly noticed and many weren't even brought to the floor...

I wonder why people (average people) are so hyped up on the inheritance tax, are they stupid or what? It only affects old money, those whose "earnings" are only on investment of inherited principles and that is the money they'll get to keep tax free....people don't seem to realize that the principle is not taxed, just the interest...(which has been cut for them already)