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In reply to the discussion: Obama Calls For Raising Minimum Wage To $9 Per Hour In State Of The Union [View all]Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)16. This terrorizes states like Texas who rely on minimum wages for there backwards economy to work.
Without minimum wage and uneducated workers, their states would fail. It's the 21st century version of slavery.
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kpete
Feb 2013
OP
You are buying into the right-wing meme that companies will simply hike their prices
blueclown
Feb 2013
#5
Do you understand the burden of proof needed in order to call something a "fact"?
blueclown
Feb 2013
#9
Actually they are raising prices just fine with no consideration given to raising
cstanleytech
Feb 2013
#13
I've been shopping for decades and I know the "facts" about prices, always up, wages
xtraxritical
Feb 2013
#40
Companies have been raising prices for more than 10 years.....and how long has it been since.....
LongTomH
Feb 2013
#12
I agree with you it was supposed to go help everyone and clearly companies have yet again
cstanleytech
Feb 2013
#19
I hope you are right and that prices dont rise much if at all, we shall see.
cstanleytech
Feb 2013
#43
The main problem is that is covers a whole country with different prices
naaman fletcher
Feb 2013
#15
This terrorizes states like Texas who rely on minimum wages for there backwards economy to work.
Mr.Bill
Feb 2013
#16