Pic Of The Moment: State Of The Union

[EarlG]

Obama's 2014 State of the Union address: transcript

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Bingo: Sound byte of the night....

[font size=24] "Give America A Raise" [/font size]

[Tx4obama]

5. And the one below...

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024405578

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. Can you imagine the surge in customers that business would get if women got equal pay?

[caledesi]

21. Good post! Interesting. Coming from a woman. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. I'm also thinking long term savings....

Back in the 70s one of the economic indicators they used was how much Americans were putting away in savings.

Of course, that was back when banks PAID you interest instead of CHARGING YOU to have an account with them.

Most EVERYONE had a passbook account. Checking accounts were less common and credit cards were "elitist".

[caledesi]

23. Wow, you must be old. I remember passbook accounts! I am 66

and in the express line "if you catch my drift"...but Elvis is still in the building...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Old enough to know better and young enough to do it again....

[caledesi]

29. LOL! Me too! nt

[sheshe2]

2. Kick and Hell yes Recommend!

[pinto]

3. Yep.

[Cha]

4. Boom!

[liberal_all_the_way]

6. Great quote!

Great quote, loved it!

[cyberswede]

7. Boehner looks like he swallowed a sponge.

[PatSeg]

11. He's drunk

He slurred his words when he read off the names in the beginning. He's really red-faced and can barely stay awake. Desperately wants to get out of there for a cigarette and another drink. Didn't hear a word that was said until the President mentioned his name. He is the most transparent person in Congress and really doesn't care.

[L0oniX]

28. Duh ...green and orange do not go well together.

[underpants]

8. Boehner looks like he ate a s#|t sandwich

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. boner's lips. if he purses them any tighter

they'll look sphincter-like.

[alato]

18. no, that's just his sphincter face

[SunSeeker]

12. K & R

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

13. On the right track, but c'mon. $10.10 is not enough!

[glowing]

16. Better than it is.. That would force employers who give that as a better start for their more

demanding jobs a bigger take home pay. Believe me in the south when someone starts at $10.00 that's an indicator that you have a decent job and maybe some bennies in the future. If that's the minimum, that job that started at $10.00 is going to have to offer more than "McDonald's" if they expect competence.

Yes, in the north it's a joke, but in the south we may actually get jobs that pay a living wage and college education starting salary much higher than $30,000. Plus it should force jobs like teachers and nurses and social workers to insist on a better pay wage for their education and professionalism... It would be hard for contractors of these positions to argu they should be paid just a few dollars more than someone working min wage.

And if people have more $3-$6,000 more in their pockets, the economy will begin picking up faster. It's just good economic sense these days.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

25. I heard a guy on NPR complaining about the fast food workers agitating for $15/hr.

He said something like, "I support increasing the minimum wage and all, but it would be ridiculous for McDonalds workers to to make $15/hour. I'm an EMT and I don't even make that much!"

My first thought was, "You should be picketing with those fast food workers picketing to make $15. If they made that much, you could complain that you're a trained medical professional making less than a burger flipper and demand more!"

The divide and conquer trick really works for the wealthy and their minions. "Pay no attention to the billionaires. Look over there!!Some food stamp grifter just bought a steak!!!! Oh, and he has a cell phone, too!! You should be enraged about that!!!!"

[ellisonz]

14. Amen.

[reformist2]

15. He's doing that Mickayla the gymnast smirk.

[grahamhgreen]

17. 20%!!!! How bout $22/hr... There are better metrics he could have used:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2680639

[Pterodactyl]

19. Heck, make it $25.00!

[Initech]

26. Hell yeah! I make $12.50 an hour. $25 would double my salary!

[grahamhgreen]

27. It would cut mine in half. $22/hour min wage is what's fair, IMHO.

[Pterodactyl]

30. Let's make it $50! Then everyone would have enough money. That's how it works, right?

[Coyotl]

20. Best economic stimulus possible, pay the poorest workers more.

Also, this has 2/3 to 3/4 support with the electorate and a $12.00 wage should be on every state's ballot where possible.