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In the discussion thread: BREAKING: FLA on track to SLASH minimum wage from $4.65 to **$2.13** for tipped-income workers [View all]

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Sat Feb 18, 2012, 06:13 PM

valerief (35,681 posts)

84. That's criminal! Damn rethuglican cesspool. nt

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BREAKING: FLA on track to SLASH minimum wage from $4.65 to $2.13 for tipped-income workers [View all]	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	OP
Florida is a cesspool. It should be ashamed of itself. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#1
+100 and I live here n/;t	geomon666	Feb 2012	#14
Yeah, there are some good people in Florida, just not nearly enough. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#32
FLA is a solid majority Dem state demographically.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#52
That's how Rick Scott got elected? nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#57
districts have been drawn to make it impossible for the majority to be represented	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#59
By two points. Speak not of what you know not, please.	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#62
This post was hidden by jury decision.	flpab	Feb 2012	#66
space coast?me too	SwampG8r	Feb 2012	#72
This message was self-deleted by its author	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#75
That's all they needed to steal. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#77
Other states have similar problems. Massachusetts, for example, pays only $2.63 to tipped workers.	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#78
That's criminal! Damn rethuglican cesspool. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#84
a florida democrat is likely to vote	SwampG8r	Feb 2012	#73
Not any worse than Arizona.	lonestarnot	Feb 2012	#15
Arizona is a double turd cesspool. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#30
And Massachusetts replaced a Kennedy with a Teabagger. Pointless to state bash.	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#63
You won't get any arguments from me about Massachusetts! nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#76
This is a nationwide push to put the screws to workers, women, & unions.	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#79
I know. I get so discouraged. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#83
Just wonderful	RockaFowler	Feb 2012	#2
we need more progressives engaged at the state level -- it's where the action is.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#29
Hopefully this will go the way of privatizing the prisons. Absolutely awful..n/t	monmouth	Feb 2012	#3
Oh you mean like where private prison operators are offering...	TheMadMonk	Feb 2012	#34
Rick Scott is going to push thru private prisons by executive order.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#50
The state that gave us Shrub.	orpupilofnature57	Feb 2012	#4
the Supreme Court gave you Bush. If the votes had been counted, we elected Gore.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#11
Florida will rip itself from the other 48 states so that it	The Backlash Cometh	Feb 2012	#5
Honestly	jsmirman	Feb 2012	#6
Seconded.	Kaleko	Feb 2012	#41
Yes, I did some waitress work for a short period of time.	RebelOne	Feb 2012	#7
Republicans are also looking to strip rail & transportation workers of minimum wage....	lib2DaBone	Feb 2012	#8
The irony is, this penalizes those who provide better service and get more tips.	TheWraith	Feb 2012	#9
Nice numbers, that's really eye opening, they're punishing the good servers for sure.	joshcryer	Feb 2012	#13
The numbers are theoretical, but the premise is basically accurate.	TheWraith	Feb 2012	#20
There's something in mathematics or economics that talks about this though.	joshcryer	Feb 2012	#44
the restaurant industry is predicated on	SwampG8r	Feb 2012	#43
what's amazing is that the people who patronize restaurants either don't know or don't care	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#48
i put it all on the owners	SwampG8r	Feb 2012	#71
they're acutally using the "base rate" argument to say workers won't "feel" it.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#21
I hadn't thought of it that way	Kellerfeller	Feb 2012	#47
If I was still managing restaurants	Sgent	Feb 2012	#82
It's only about $2.70 in very liberal MA.,with a much higher cost of living.	virgogal	Feb 2012	#10
They are treated like crap	jsmirman	Feb 2012	#18
Well said	Remember Me	Feb 2012	#22
that's sick. nt	limpyhobbler	Feb 2012	#12
Doesn't federal law over ride that? Nt	marlakay	Feb 2012	#16
Isn't federal law worse?	Fla_Democrat	Feb 2012	#70
USA! USA! USA!	sarcasmo	Feb 2012	#17
WTF?~?~?~?~?~	benld74	Feb 2012	#19
I make $12 an hour - it sucks.	Initech	Feb 2012	#23
another aspect is that few of these jobs have benefits. no sick days, no healthcare, no vacation...	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#25
Yup - I get absolutely none of those benefits.	Initech	Feb 2012	#28
i'm sending my best wishes and vibes that you find that way out :)	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#33
I made $2/hour as a waitress...IN 1984!!!!	Sabriel	Feb 2012	#24
you are correct -- this hits women and children disproportionately.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#26
GOP in NH want to repeal Lunch Break Law	got root	Feb 2012	#27
in the ALEC century...the Citizens United century...	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#56
wtf?	RainDog	Feb 2012	#31
If I lived and ate out in Florida I would be very wary what was in my food if it passes.	RegieRocker	Feb 2012	#35
good point.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#37
The 1% owns Florida lock, stock and barrel	Kingofalldems	Feb 2012	#36
i did the restaurant thing in Indiana and Arizona for	pnwest	Feb 2012	#38
I made more than that in VA in the mid eighties.	salin	Feb 2012	#39
AMAZInG anything to keep the working poor down...	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	#40
So all restaurants will be dropping their prices, right?	quakerboy	Feb 2012	#42
don't get me started on the salary issue.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#46
In Greece Min wage got cut 22% why did anyone thing it wouldnt happen here?	Katashi_itto	Feb 2012	#45
they always go for the little guy/gal	avote foryou	Feb 2012	#49
they go after us (the little ones) b/c no one has our back.	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#51
Florida	DonCoquixote	Feb 2012	#53
this is the best, most informed comment on Florida I've seen casually on the internets...	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#54
Thanks	DonCoquixote	Feb 2012	#67
"...I get really tired of dealing with the fact that the very worst in people is celebrated here."	Lost-in-FL	Feb 2012	#58
I'm conflicted about this.	Hosnon	Feb 2012	#55
The GOP... party for Sociopaths	fascisthunter	Feb 2012	#60
Way to kick workers & consumers in the teeth, restaurants.	DirkGently	Feb 2012	#61
You know what really irks me?	SomethingFishy	Feb 2012	#64
^^ what you said!	nashville_brook	Feb 2012	#65
By legislation? Or vote? How can they do that when Fed sets min. wage?	Honeycombe8	Feb 2012	#68
The federal minimum wage	Sgent	Feb 2012	#80
Oh, I see. I thought the approx $6 min. wage was for everything. nt	Honeycombe8	Feb 2012	#85
States that require restaurants to pay real minimum wage	Lydia Leftcoast	Feb 2012	#69
$2? Wow, well looks like you can basically get away paying slave wages in FL?	fujiyama	Feb 2012	#74
The whole tipping thing just seems to be to be a slap in the face of serving staff.	madinmaryland	Feb 2012	#81

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