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Freddie

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1. Krugman is 100% correct

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:16 AM

Feb 2013

Every time there is a proposed minimum wage increase, the Repugs scream and howl about how people will lose their jobs and/or prices will go up. And when it actually happens, none of those things occur. In the words of St. Ronnie, there you go again.

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Krugman: Two Observations on the Politics of the Minimum Wage [View all] ProSense Feb 2013 OP

Krugman is 100% correct Freddie Feb 2013 #1

Exactly, ProSense Feb 2013 #2

And that is the beauty of the fact-free, ignorant-of-history manner that republicans argue policy. pampango Feb 2013 #3

k&r for Krugman. Excellent essay. Recommended. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #4

The Republicans will gladly ignore the fact that raising the minimum wage will boost the economy ... Scuba Feb 2013 #5

The minimum wage should be based on the cost of living FarCenter Feb 2013 #6

$9 an hour won't be high enough in pricier locals, but ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #9

$9 / hour is $18,000 per year, or $36,000 for two wage earners FarCenter Feb 2013 #11

Actually, ProSense Feb 2013 #12

The rate of inflation, especially housing, varies considerable by geography FarCenter Feb 2013 #13

The only thing that ProSense Feb 2013 #14

Everytime I ask a repuke how millions sitting in offshore accounts grows the economy they libtodeath Feb 2013 #7

Here, ProSense Feb 2013 #15

This is one of the things that upsets me about the Right Wing Nikia Feb 2013 #8

You could also argue Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Munificence Feb 2013 #16