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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 02:54 PM
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40 cent an hour raise turns into $1,200 expense (misleading headline)
Has anyone else watched this garbage piece of 'journalism' about the impact of the 40 cent minimum wage increase (to $7.15) in Rochester New York?

Go to the www.cnn.com website and click the link.

Not only do they attack the minimum wage, they also act like global warming (nicer weather) is what's helping this restaurant stay in business. Uh, maybe it's the extra money people are making that is helping their business. Is the media really this dumb?

Not once did they mention that they had to lay off anyone; because they didn't. The only 'pain' has been the need to raise prices by 3 percent. That's an extra 3 cents for every large order of french fries; hardly a big news story.

I guess doing some research and letting us know whether it's actually helping the economy is harder than going to ONE business and spinning a story to fit an agenda.

Arrggghhh!!!!
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