Oh well, at least he fried that Tookie scumbag.
Posted on 12/30/2005 2:03:32 PM PST by SmithL
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to propose a $1 increase in the state's minimum wage after vetoing similar legislature this year, a further indication that he is cultivating a more moderate image as he begins his re-election year.
An aide to the governor said the proposal will be included in Schwarzenegger's State of the State speech on Thursday.
Under the plan, the hourly wage would rise from $6.75 to $7.25 in September and to $7.75 in July 2007.
Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill last September that would have provided the same wage increase but also mandated automatic hikes to keep pace with inflation. In his veto message, the governor said he believed it was time to raise the minimum wage but did not support the annual increase.
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What a commie. Someone defeat this guy...
Translation: Schwarzenegger proposes to increase the number of unemployed minimum-wage earners, as well as reducing the number of small retail operations.
Well, he is a girlie man afterall. Couldn' sand up to the libs....and we had such high hopes.
Well, there's another billion or so US dollars that'll be going back across the border after this passes. *Rolleyes*
Ah-Nold. You disappoint me.
What? Not possible...Ahnuld is a republican, supply and demander type. Must be some mistake.
Well, I don't blame him for doing it. You've got to destroy jobs in California in order to get reelected. My suggestion is that if you run a California business, then move it to Florida.
Dum-dum. Hes got to be toast, next time around
Apparently unemployment is too low in CA, and needs a boost?
Who cares...maybe now we will get a little English from the service sector...nah!...Try ordering a hamburger out here!
Oh well, at least he fried that Tookie scumbag.
Ahhh, once a commie ....
Moderate? LMAO
Liberal,moderate,progressive,socialist,RINO,
Call him what you will but he is
No conservative.
There will be much more of this from the Great Equivocator before we manage to rid ourselves of this self-inflicted disaster.
There is no such thing as a California Republican.
To the Members of the California State Assembly:I am returning Assembly Bill 48 without my signature.
It is essential to those working at or near the minimum wage that the adequacy of the wage is reviewed on a regular basis and raised when appropriate. The minimum wage has not been increased since 2002, and I believe it is now appropriate. This is a position I made very clear to the author. However, I have also made it clear that I do not support automatic increases to the wage that relieve elected officials of their duty to consider all of the impacts each increase to the wage will have on workers and businesses.
This autopilot mechanism fails to account for changes in the economy which could have deleterious effects on the economic health of the state. Despite numerous downward economic cycles over the last fifty years, the inflation rate identified in the bill has never gone down since the state began collecting the information in 1955. Clearly using static economic data does not account for the inevitable downward cycles and would provide increases when the private sector can least afford them.
Furthermore, minimum wage increases must not be put on autopilot or examined in a vacuum but reviewed in conjunction with other wage and hour issues that impact workers and businesses. For example, California has the most inflexible workplace scheduling rules in the country. These inflexible rules discourage the use of alternative schedules that allow workers to work fewer days every week, avoid peak commute times, and spend more time with their families. In addition, California businesses have been unreasonably hampered by the Byzantine labor law defining employer classifications.
For these reasons I cannot support this measure but, as I told the Legislature’s leaders last month, I am willing to sign a minimum wage increase bill that addresses my concerns.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
$7.25. Hmmm. Out of interest what typical jobs qualify for flat bottom minimum wage on that side of the pond?
I'm guessing its the same as over here - hamburger flippers, supermarket shelf stackers, fruit pickers, bar staff, cleaning staff and bottom rung child care assistants but am curious as to whether it is or not?
We have the minimum wage over here too (got it many years after you guys). I think it is going up to £5.35 which is about $9.30. Have to say I got upset when we brought it in, but I suppose looking back over the last few years it has made very little difference despite the fuss we made. Anyone whose business was close enough to the wire that they couldn't afford the extra pennies was already fleecing illegal immigrants anyway rather than locals, so no net change on employment over here can really be attributed to it.
Basically its come down to flip a coin on what he will do next. Sad.
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