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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 09:57 AM
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1. What if it passes?
If people aren't fearful of their livelihoods by now, nothing short of landing in a Gulag is going to wake them up.
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  -Had a thought - how about putting a "repeal minimum wage" initiative on the ballot in all 50 states? HopeHoops  Mar-03-11 09:55 AM   #0 
  - What if it passes?  rucky   Mar-03-11 09:57 AM   #1 
  - Exactly--we passed an increase in AZ and businesses used it to eliminate lots of jobs.  blondeatlast   Mar-03-11 09:59 AM   #4 
  - It's depressing, what people tolerate and then go vote in their own worst possible  RKP5637   Mar-03-11 10:00 AM   #5 
  - Go to the worst off states, it would probably pass. n/t  RKP5637   Mar-03-11 09:58 AM   #2 
  - How about a raise minimum wage to $12 amendment for all 50?  bluerum   Mar-03-11 09:58 AM   #3 
  - I like the idea, but I think the number should be state-specific.  HopeHoops   Mar-03-11 10:13 AM   #6 
     - Yes - $12 min. States can raise it from there. :)  bluerum   Mar-03-11 11:36 AM   #7 
  - FLSA  PBS Poll-435   Mar-03-11 11:38 AM   #8 
 

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