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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:27 PM Original message |
$7 Minimum Wage - - How to answer a question. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Go to 9 dollars an hour |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm sorrry. |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. well, it's higher |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I give up. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I feel your pain |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. How does the minimum wage relate in adjusted dollars to the 70's & 80"s? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Minimum wage was highest in the late 1960s, actually |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Thanks. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Here ya go ... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stay on message |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks, SnS. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Anybody? |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Agreed on substance, but there's concerns |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. But my OP isn't about what our legislative program will be. |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. $7 or $70 it doesn't really matter what number you put out there.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So how come it seemed easier to afford things in the 1960s? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Oregon's waitresses get minimum wage |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Good point! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Just adding all the info |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Did it seem easier to afford things in the 60's? |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Now it's just under... |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. "[businesses] are going to pass that increase along to consumer" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Proven to be untrue |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Well keystone better get another analyst... cause thats not correct... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Isn't it amazing prices keep going up but the minimum wage hasn't? |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I am just relating facts about this one very large company.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Gosh |
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sheelz (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. It cuts into their profits... |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. You are absolutely right. |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good Idea, simple, direct and to the point |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Thanks. I hope we can all learn to frame things simply. |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. kick n/t. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Fix Social Security and stimulate small business by cutting the rate |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes! |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I agree that stating things clearly and simply isn't the worst thing |
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sheelz (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Study: How much is enough? |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Does anybody have another clear and simple message we can put to the |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. $7.00 an hr = $14,560 dollars a year.. I don't believe anyone |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Yes we do, but the reason I chose $7 is that that is the number Ted |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. They need to go back to the introduction of minimum wage |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. No Underclass. |
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