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Reid sets up minimum wage vote
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:24 pm
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday moved to hold a vote this week on increasing the federal minimum wage. Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to legislation from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) that would increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour. The vote will be a major test of unity for Senate Democrats, who have made the wage hike central to their populist agenda for the midterm elections. Some vulnerable Democrats up for reelection have expressed concern about the wage increase, citing a Congressional Budget Office report that Harkin’s bill would harm job growth.
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This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 7:25 pm
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Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:26 pm to pistolpete23
Good politics by Reid. This is a lose/lose for Rs.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:26 pm to pistolpete23
frick that, frick them
I truly despise Harry Reid
I truly despise Harry Reid
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:27 pm to pistolpete23
Why just $10.10?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:30 pm to jamboybarry
I want to raise it to $50 an hour.
Why do democrats hate the poor?
Why do democrats hate the poor?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:34 pm to goldennugget
quote:
I want to raise it to $50 an hour.
Why do democrats hate the poor?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:38 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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This is a lose/lose for Rs.
not really
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:39 pm to pistolpete23
They ignore statistics, studies and all kinds of evidence that minimum wage does not work for political gain. Such is life in DC.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:40 pm to hsfolk
Really? Tell me how they will be treated by the media if they vote no. Tell me how they will be treated by their base if the vote yes.
The whole thing is a plea to the uninformed useful idiots. Most McDonalds workers will think this applies to them and every Union will vote for it. It's a topic the Rs can't win in the public opinion.
The whole thing is a plea to the uninformed useful idiots. Most McDonalds workers will think this applies to them and every Union will vote for it. It's a topic the Rs can't win in the public opinion.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:49 pm to hsfolk
quote:
not really
How?
Vote for: RINOs and in bed with big gov.
Vote against: Hate the poor.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:55 pm to Sentrius
Some men just want to watch the world burn
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:00 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
This is a lose/lose for Rs.
Not really. Most people who have ever held a minimum wage job know that it's for teenagers. No real reason to raise it.
Minimum wage increases = everything else gets expensive. The data is there to support it.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:01 pm to pistolpete23
This sucks. Minimum wage will increase but my pay rate will stay the same. I will effectively make less.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:04 pm to gatorrocks
quote:
Not really. Most people who have ever held a minimum wage job know that it's for teenagers. No real reason to raise it.
Minimum wage increases = everything else gets expensive. The data is there to support it.
You're assuming most of the American electorate understands that.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:14 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
Good politics by Reid. This is a lose/lose for Rs.
How is it a loss when this passes and the economy goes even deeper into perpetuated recession and "income inequality" rises even more on the libs watch and pubs can post out that they didn't vote for this populist nonsense? It's antithetical to the needs of our economy. Just need more Americans to wise up and realize it .
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:16 pm to pistolpete23
Sweet, so if this passes, I will expect an increase in my salary to offset the increased price of goods and to keep the $$$ that my hard work has earned in the same proportion to minimum that it already is.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:19 pm to Rohan2Reed
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How is it a loss when this passes and the economy goes even deeper into perpetuated recession and "income inequality" rises even more
Well, that sounds like a loss to everyone.
quote:Will never happen. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Just need more Americans to wise up and realize it .
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:31 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I'm not as cynical as some in regards to the intellectual comportment of the American people. Ideology gives way to rationality and self interest eventually.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:35 pm to pistolpete23
I'll bet there's nothing in that fricking hypocrite's proposal about paying his interns.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 10:07 pm to pistolpete23
Hmmmm
My assistantship is based off of minimum wage
Raise it to $50 bub!!
My assistantship is based off of minimum wage
Raise it to $50 bub!!
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