Missouri Republicans Lower St. Louis Minimum Wage From $10 To $7.70

[chwaliszewski]

Last edited Mon Jul 3, 2017, 09:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Huffington Post

If you thought the minimum wage only moved in one direction, then Missouri Republicans have a surprise for you.

After St. Louis leaders raised the wage floor for workers within city limits, the state GOP recently passed whats known as a statewide preemption law, forbidding localities from taking such matters into their own hands. On Friday, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) said he would let the law go into effect, thereby barring cities and counties from setting a minimum wage higher than the state level.

For low-wage earners in St. Louis itself, the new law will have a startling consequence: It will actually push the minimum wage back down, from the city-approved $10 per hour to the state-approved $7.70. The downgrade is slated to take effect on Aug. 28.

For someone earning the bare minimum, thats a potential cut of 23 percent.

Edit: link added. Sorry about that. Hat tip to TeamPooka

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/st-louis-minimum-wage_us_595a69bae4b0da2c7324d725

Read more: Missouri Republicans Lower St. Louis Minimum Wage From $10 To $7.70

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Evil bastards.

[mountain grammy]

1. Wake up Missouri

for fuck's sake!

[TeamPooka]

2. Wake up America!

[Gore1FL]

28. The governor had a campaign ad where he unloads a lot of ammo at nothing

And then another where he blows up (probably a tank of gas) using an exorbitant amount of shots to do so.

Much of my state is Herkel-Derkel land and they eat this bullshit up.

[mountain grammy]

29. Wow

[TeamPooka]

3. Link

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/st-louis-minimum-wage_us_595a69bae4b0da2c7324d725

[mountain grammy]

4. Thanks, was just looking for that.

[mindem]

5. Repukes despise anyone who actually works for a living.

They are punishing the American people for actually wanting to participate in the American dream.

[Doug the Dem]

6. But they also cut their own wages, right?

Right?

[GeorgeGist]

7. Hillary was being kind ...

Despicables is more accurate.

[jpak]

8. vote republic - get what you deserve

yup

[procon]

9. Did they also cut back rents, food and transportation costs too?

Of course not, but Missouri Republicans needs the working poor to give back their hard fought wage increase because -- oh c'mon you know what's comin'! -- they wants to give a new tax cut to the wealthiest citizens and another 25% tax break to businesses, so the money has to come from somewhere, right?


In Missouri, tax cuts are on the way

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-missouri-tax-cuts-are-on-the-way/article_7dd67c7a-1c69-5a93-a173-34a77969ba19.html

[Iliyah]

11. No, and the food prices are going up.

Sad.

[Freethinker65]

10. Businesses need signage to let customers know they continue to pay at least the previous $10 wage

[Bengus81]

12. Pizza and burger franchisee's creaming their jeans over that one.............

When Clinton was pres the economy was so FUCKING STRONG that Mikey D's had on their signs around here in Wichita a starting wage of close to 8.00 per hour just trying to get anyone to apply. That would be $11.97 per hour today using an inflation index. That was TWENTY years ago people.

SON OF A BITCH..........I hate these people with a passion that won't stop.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. The "Show Me" state is gonna "show them".

[MineralMan]

14. Wow! Now That's Progress!

[RussBLib]

15. conservatism in action

we got ours! fuck everybody else!

[LakeArenal]

16. Uh....Missouri people.... Just saying...

Isn't Missouri one of the states that gets the most Federal (my) dollars..?

[Gore1FL]

30. We take more than we give, but we are close to even than most of the takers.

Of course now we have a clueless governor as well as an idiot-filled statehouse I suspect we'll get worse.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Oh this ought to be popular!

A wage cut is as good as raising taxes

[kimbutgar]

18. Will those in Missouri even hear this reported on the fox or Sinclair affiliated news?

I hope mcgaskill uses to in her reelection next year as a crudgel against the rethugs in the state. .

[olddad56]

19. a lot of people in Missouri may not realize this, but you can MOVE out of that god forsaken state.

really, there is no law preventing that.

[ekelly]

22. Lots of other factors prevent low-income people from moving...

Let's say you work a minimum wage job (or two) and have 1 child. You want to move out of state to earn a higher wage.

Assuming you have a working vehicle to get from state A to state B:

1. Gas.
2. Rent a truck to move your stuff (or buy all new stuff when you get to state B).
3. Application fee, and 1st (and sometimes last) month's rent.
4. Deposits to get your basic utilities hooked up.
5. New food.
6. Costs/fees to enroll child in school (no, public school isn't completely free).
6. Find a job. Found a job? Great! Usually takes a week or two to get first paycheck.

This is just a basic list. I've moved before, several times. You don't just drive to a new state and start living there. It costs money, which someone who is already living paycheck-to-paycheck doesn't just have laying around.

[Demit]

25. Really. People who wave their hands airily & say "Just move!" aren't exactly deep thinkers.

[Gore1FL]

31. Not everything about MO sucks. nt

[-Steph-]

20. I live in Missouri. I'm not from St. Louis where this is happening, but I can't say that I'm

surprised to hear that minimum wage is actually going DOWN in parts of this state. Things are going downhill fast, here in Missouri.

[blur256]

27. I lived in missouri about two years ago

Until I moved to Connecticut to marry wife. No way I would have married her in Missouri, but I digress. I grew up in Springfield and moved to kc for about 8 years before coming out here. My best friends still live in St. Louis. Most of them have good jobs but not all. And this just kills me. I watch Missouri news regularly because my family is still there. Greitens is a fucking asshole as far as I can tell. And so are all of the fucking republican "Christians" that live there. I am not sure I can ever move back there. Even though I am due to inherit property someday. They all suck.

[elmac]

21. Putting more people on medicaid, food stamps

and taking that option away also. Fascist pigs will be fascist pigs.

[BadGimp]

23. This is a whole other level of Evil!

[harun]

24. One step closer to bringing back slavery

[keithbvadu2]

26. Repubs falsely claim to be the party of small gov't but here they are overriding local rule.

Repubs falsely claim to be the party of small gov't but here they are overriding local rule.

Pay Congress $15 an hour?

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americans-favor-fifteen-dollars-an-hour-for-congress

(It's Borowitz of course)

After all, to our republican Congress, $15 an hour is more than adequate.

[MichMan]

32. They should raise it to $50 / hr for symbolism.

S Louis should pass legislation making the minimum wage $50/hr.

That would amount to 100K a year for those working 40 hrs.

Of course, it won't go into effect due to the state law, but it would be a great symbolic gesture to show low income workers who is on their side and who isn't.