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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:43 AM

workinclasszero (28,270 posts)

Republican Official: Don’t Raise The Minimum Wage, Because Workers Will Just Spend It On Heroin

Republican Official: Don’t Raise The Minimum Wage, Because Workers Will Just Spend It On Heroin
Rick Snow said the additional income would be squandered on “illegal activities.”
09/30/2016 06:38 pm ET Emily Tate Politics Intern, The Huffington Post

The Maine Heritage Policy Center launched a campaign this week against a November referendum to raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.50 per hour to $12 per hour by 2020.

It’s off to a rocky start.

The Center, which is connected to billionaires Charles and David Koch, announced its opposition during a press conference in the capital Augusta, where business owner Rick Snow, who is running for office in Maine, suggested that raising the wage would only provide more drug money to poorly paid workers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minimum-wage-maine_us_57ed91a8e4b082aad9ba7491?section=&

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Republican Official: Don’t Raise The Minimum Wage, Because Workers Will Just Spend It On Heroin (Original post)	workinclasszero	Oct 2016	OP
Poor people are poor because they are bad people	underpants	Oct 2016	#1
That's what they believe no doubt.	workinclasszero	Oct 2016	#2
They may not really believe this.	Cracklin Charlie	Oct 2016	#4
10 years ago, I would say something along the lines of	The Polack MSgt	Oct 2016	#3
The GOP's patron saint, Ronald Reagan, made disparaging the poor fashionable.	bluesbassman	Oct 2016	#5
This is how Republicans justify treading all over the poor	Calculating	Oct 2016	#6
CEO wages have risen over the years and look what they have bought with the extra money	Angry Dragon	Oct 2016	#7
So the fuck what?! Lordy this level of dumb pisses me off!!	MindPilot	Oct 2016	#8
Ridiculous argument but not what he said.	Egnever	Oct 2016	#9
What a dildo.	CurtEastPoint	Oct 2016	#10
Why do these assholes keep getting elected?	world wide wally	Oct 2016	#11
Just think about how stupid the average person is.	Glassunion	Oct 2016	#12
They have convinced a low IQ segment of voters	Calculating	Oct 2016	#15
That, ladies & gentlemen, is a face needing to be	GWC58	Oct 2016	#13
Backpfeifengesicht. nt	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2016	#20
Time to dust off the guillotines	Calculating	Oct 2016	#14
Millions of taxpayer dollars/welfare for billionaires to build new NFL football stadiums etc	workinclasszero	Oct 2016	#16
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!	CJohnson_LS	Oct 2016	#17
This is why we cannot have nice things, the owners suck and must be	Rex	Oct 2016	#18
Um, excuse me, but some of us happen to like cocaine!	Coventina	Oct 2016	#19

Response to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:45 AM

underpants (174,517 posts)

1. Poor people are poor because they are bad people

That's the basis of this.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:47 AM

workinclasszero (28,270 posts)

2. That's what they believe no doubt.

Dirtbags...

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:53 AM

Cracklin Charlie (12,623 posts)

4. They may not really believe this.

Their job is to convince voters that they (the voters) should believe what the Koch shills are saying.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:51 AM

The Polack MSgt (11,946 posts)

3. 10 years ago, I would say something along the lines of

"you gotta love the honesty" in this situation, but not now

Now when a Republican shares his thoughts it honestly makes me want to wash off the slime

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:54 AM

bluesbassman (18,615 posts)

5. The GOP's patron saint, Ronald Reagan, made disparaging the poor fashionable.

This is pretty low even for conservatives.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:11 AM

Calculating (2,580 posts)

6. This is how Republicans justify treading all over the poor

"They're only poor because they're failed human beings"
"They only want more money to spend on drugs"
"They're poor so obviously they deserve to have life suck"
"They should just be thankful they aren't starving in the streets like in Africa"

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:30 AM

Angry Dragon (36,693 posts)

7. CEO wages have risen over the years and look what they have bought with the extra money

$1000 dinners
fancy cars
fancy women
etc

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:47 AM

MindPilot (12,693 posts)

8. So the fuck what?! Lordy this level of dumb pisses me off!!

They act like earned wages are a handout and net worth is the only worth worth judging.

Fuck these fucking Koch-suckers!

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:56 AM

Egnever (21,506 posts)

9. Ridiculous argument but not what he said.

“Where would that money be spent? We’ve heard about the opiate issues in the state of Maine. Are we going to add more income to individuals so they can spend it on illegal activities? I’m very concerned about that,”

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:59 AM

CurtEastPoint (17,379 posts)

10. What a dildo.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:11 PM

world wide wally (21,237 posts)

11. Why do these assholes keep getting elected?

Does America suck that bad?

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:19 PM

Glassunion (10,201 posts)

12. Just think about how stupid the average person is.

Now you have to realize that half of them are even stupider than that.

- Parphrasing George Carlin

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 01:23 PM

Calculating (2,580 posts)

15. They have convinced a low IQ segment of voters

To vote against their own economic interests. Republicans are great at appealing to the poor until you actually do some critical thinking. Look at how Trump played the debate. All the talk of tariffs, ending outsourcing and bringing jobs back. It all sounds good until the HOW? question comes up. The devil is always in the details with Republican economics.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:45 PM

GWC58 (2,678 posts)

13. That, ladies & gentlemen, is a face needing to be

Bitch slapped, backhanded!

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 06:52 PM

awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)

20. Backpfeifengesicht. nt

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 01:13 PM

Calculating (2,580 posts)

14. Time to dust off the guillotines

Seems like those at the top are forgetting the lessons of the past. I'm seeing an alarming resurgence of the old "let them eat cake" mentality.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 01:26 PM

workinclasszero (28,270 posts)

16. Millions of taxpayer dollars/welfare for billionaires to build new NFL football stadiums etc

But fuck the working poor, they just want drug money!

How long till the majority stand up to these evil bastards and say ENOUGH!?

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 01:31 PM

CJohnson_LS (52 posts)

17. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Last time I checked, plenty of the GOP morons are too coked up to do their jobs properly. This kind of condescending BS makes my blood boil.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 02:18 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

18. This is why we cannot have nice things, the owners suck and must be

assholes to the working class.

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 02:22 PM

Coventina (24,987 posts)

19. Um, excuse me, but some of us happen to like cocaine!

Geez, way to go making unfair assumptions Rick!

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