Congress Approves Minimum-Wage Increase,

[Brundle_Fly]

and they get it done on the backs of the soldiers dying in Iraq.

Now I am all for the raising of minimum wage, it has been held back for decades for the rich get richer corporate lobbying groups overseeing interests. I do not however think that the sneaking of it into a bill on whether more young men and women die is the way to get it done.

The people want both, fair wages, and their troops home. We had to settle for one and not the other.

How is that a win? It sounds like we got something on the backs of the soldiers lives.... and we had to blackmail and sell ourselves out for a minute gain which doesn't even really match the standard of the economy at the moment anyways.


selling out sure feels gross.

[MiniMandaRuth]

1. please don't discount the importance of this

As someone who was 40 years old, and forced by circumstance to work for min wage, this is a great thing.

I know I am going to get flamed and yelled at, and i do agree that the way it was done is gross and feels slimy, but it is a victory for people who cannot advocate for themselves, and long overdue.

posted by AmandaRuth, not mini.

[Brundle_Fly]

2. I understand the limitations of life under minimum wage....

but its something the people WANT, deserve and voted for, and we have to settle for getting it by bribing a warmonger his comeuppance? sad.

[Canuckistanian]

3. Sneaking questionable measures into bills is an old honored tradition

I don't see what you're making a fuss about.

There have been plenty of chances to insure that 'special interests' don't get to be embedded in bills of vital interest. They've all been ignored.

I really don't know how your government can function with all these "poison pills" buried in crucial legislation.

I know that line-item vetoes have been declared unconstitutional, but here's a thought.

How about banning the hidden measures in the first place?