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Spitfire of ATJ

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18. "Its not a meme, its a fact."

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 02:17 AM

Feb 2013

Oh come on. They have been screaming that crap since the CONCEPT of a minimum wage was proposed.

Their target audience is a put upon middle class who they keep telling their suffering is the fault of the government sticking it's nose in the wonderful private sector. They claim EVERYBODY is suffering despite record profits. They claim the ONLY reason you can't have a raise is because your boss can't afford it. Meanwhile, your boss is going before the shareholders and bragging about not only his earnings but the fact that you are stupid enough to keep working your ass off for dirt pay. Then they claim those profits HAVE to be higher every year and the ONLY way to preserve that is to pay people dirt.

So much for "trickle down". That extra money was supposed to go into PAYROLL. Not the pockets of the investor class.

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Obama Calls For Raising Minimum Wage To $9 Per Hour In State Of The Union [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

That's still not enough. RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #1

Still it's better than $7.50 an hour. Cha Feb 2013 #4

What are you paying per hour? 1983law Feb 2013 #21

We pay $12 an hour for part time farm labor fasttense Feb 2013 #33

Ah, but that was the second thing he said... napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #27

true it's not enough. Cobalt Violet Feb 2013 #28

I dont think this is the solution and cstanleytech Feb 2013 #2

You are buying into the right-wing meme that companies will simply hike their prices blueclown Feb 2013 #5

Its not a meme, its a fact. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #6

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

Fine lets assume they raise it how do you go about making it then so cstanleytech Feb 2013 #42

Having lived on minimum wage, it does make a difference when it is raised. justice1 Feb 2013 #47

Like I said I truly hope you are right and that my fears are mistaken cstanleytech Feb 2013 #48

Companies have been raising prices for more than 10 years.....and how long has it been since..... LongTomH Feb 2013 #12

See my post to blue? Feel free to answer the question I asked there. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #14

"Its not a meme, its a fact." Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #18

I agree with you it was supposed to go help everyone and clearly companies have yet again cstanleytech Feb 2013 #19

Payroll has remained stagnant for far too long in this country.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #22

Thoughtful take. 1983law Feb 2013 #23

What was the cost of a gallon of gas ten years ago versus today? 4lbs Feb 2013 #38

They cry about this in Florida classykaren Feb 2013 #37

Actually there are other ways that the government could arrange things to cstanleytech Feb 2013 #49

The very best economy we have had since the 1950s quaker bill Feb 2013 #29

I hope you are right and that prices dont rise much if at all, we shall see. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #43

Here is the thing quaker bill Feb 2013 #44

Oh I agree with most of what you are saying cstanleytech Feb 2013 #45

Can't wait for the screams damnedifIknow Feb 2013 #3

The same day they report record profits to Wall Street. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #24

k/r Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #7

This is what is going to save us? woo me with science Feb 2013 #8

$9 an hour isn't much. blueclown Feb 2013 #10

I doubt it will pass with these tearorists in the house. Amonester Feb 2013 #11

I admit I found that to be an intriguing proposal. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #17

$1.75 an hour is a bunch quaker bill Feb 2013 #30

The main problem is that is covers a whole country with different prices naaman fletcher Feb 2013 #15

it makes the minimum wage more even than it is now CreekDog Feb 2013 #20

But people are doing so quaker bill Feb 2013 #31

This terrorizes states like Texas who rely on minimum wages for there backwards economy to work. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #16

I'm with the poster who a week or so ago proposed a general strike. Left Coast2020 Feb 2013 #25

I always thought $10.00 should be minimum but this is close and more than earlier dem wage proposals trublu992 Feb 2013 #26

That sounds like a good round number to me davidpdx Feb 2013 #32

Points of fact melm00se Feb 2013 #34

When I was 15, I earned $12 an hour. dotymed Feb 2013 #35

when I was 15, I earned the minimum wage $1.25 an hour. olddad56 Feb 2013 #39

THAT's our Democratic President. Ash_F Feb 2013 #36

Unions, Unions, Unions NewYorkTaxPayer Feb 2013 #41

There is more to this than minimum wages ... Trajan Feb 2013 #46