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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]quaker bill
(8,224 posts)31. But people are doing so
No matter where you are, working for $9.00 an hour will always be better than working for $7.25.
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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
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