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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:27 AM Feb 2013

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$9 Minimum Wage - Forget It. GOP Only Support Abolishing Minimum Wage

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$9 Minimum Wage - Forget It. GOP Only Support Abolishing Minimum Wage (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 OP

Let them face the voters afterwards then! Coyotl Feb 2013 #1

The sad thing is having to fight for $9 when in reality it needs to be $15-20 libtodeath Feb 2013 #2

The GOP And American Business Think That Even The Present Minimum Wage Is Overpaying Workers TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #5

GOP Only Support Abolishing Minimum Wage Flashmann Feb 2013 #3

Forget It until, at least... Amonester Feb 2013 #4

The GOP Is Evolving Into Libertarianism - No Regulations On Business - Small Government TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #6

It's higher than that here in WA already Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #7

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

1. Let them face the voters afterwards then!

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:28 AM

Feb 2013

This issue alone can alter the balance of power in DC.

libtodeath

(2,888 posts)

2. The sad thing is having to fight for $9 when in reality it needs to be $15-20

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:31 AM

Feb 2013

for people to actually live on.

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

5. The GOP And American Business Think That Even The Present Minimum Wage Is Overpaying Workers

Reply to libtodeath (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:33 AM

Feb 2013

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)

3. GOP Only Support Abolishing Minimum Wage

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:32 AM

Feb 2013

They insist on being on the wrong side of just about every other issue.....Why not this?....It's who and what they are....

Amonester

(11,541 posts)

4. Forget It until, at least...

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:33 AM

Feb 2013

Jan. 2015 (if... mid-terms throw the tearorists out... and Dems get a spine.... and...).

Until then, neither abolition, nor raise, is possible.

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

6. The GOP Is Evolving Into Libertarianism - No Regulations On Business - Small Government

Reply to Amonester (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:36 AM

Feb 2013

They fundamentally believe that all government operations should be corporate run except DOD. The assault on schools is the first step.

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

7. It's higher than that here in WA already

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:10 PM

Feb 2013

Here in WA, we're the highest in the nation at $9;15 apparently.

Funny, when I moved here in the 80's, we had the lowest in the nation at $2.70, which was actually less than the Federal minimum wage.

Higher minimum wages boost the economy, of course, as those wages are immediately spent on necessities in the local economy. Even Republicans know that. And Hey, employers, you do know that this applies to your competitors as well, right?

Minimum wages in most western countries is significantly higher and usually expressed as a monthly minimum in any case, not an hourly.

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