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nayt (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:37 AM Original message |
Minimum Wage Increase |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Don't fall for the Chamber of Commerce spin |
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theorist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It's actually an amazing trend. |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. You're right about that. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. it's not true |
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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. The country will be a better place when more people prosper! |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. hey...in my position as 911 dispatcher i dont get a raise... |
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nayt (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. i think you misread |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. sorry, my bad.....still, it felt good ranting...thanks |
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nayt (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. no problem |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. it will when president kerry starts taxing the people who can afford it. |
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theorist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Facts and myths about the minimum wage. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. I will get by....... |
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nayt (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. true |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That gives me some more reference |
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DjTj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Kerry will adjust it annually - there's no large leap. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nonsense. Prices barely budged when Clinton raised it. |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bush never answered the Minimum Wage question, changed the subject... |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Business propaganda. Not true at all. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. When the Minimum Was Raised to $5.15 |
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rowire (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. $20/hr Minimum Wage |
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LuminousX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You are missing the crux of the argument |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Ask yourself why the cost of living goes up every year.... |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I vote we up it to 1000 dollars an hour... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. A Conservative Economics Canard |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. AFAIK, the correlation of increases in the minimum wage to ... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's Really Statistically Insignificant |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Here is kind of an ancedotal proof of what you said. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm no economist but I majored in marketing |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Most things like clothes and electronics |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. People don't seem to understand that retail prices are |
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cosmicvortex20 (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I agree - which is why I said we should raise it to a million an hour... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Funnneee. |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. why... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sorry, but it will mean prices will have to go up. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I used to pay my employees 25% more than minimum wage, |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. What are you worried about? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-04 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Looking at it a different way |
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