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"In fact, we find it very easy to spend other people's money," he added. "It's our duty, and our right. We know what's best for the taxpayer."
So, I guess they pay illegals a living wage as well ... so what's the problem. Or do they pay illegals in cash...
We're spending tax dollars here and I just sense, as I talk to people around town, that that money shouldn't go to fund low-cost jobs. It should go for high-quality jobs for people to make a living," said Democratic Director Dave Sheridan
The "low-cost" jobs still have to be done, but now the taxpayers get to pay "high-quality" prices to those hired to do them.
That Dave, he's a real generous sport when he gets other people's money in his hands.
I don't know the difference between a "living wage" and a "working wage". These terms confuse me.
They can call it successful. Let's see what the economic indicators show. It's one thing to assert something based on his feelings; it's quite another to back it up with real economic data.
Walk the streets of Hartford and tell me this has helped the poor. Block after block after block of shuttered stores. A pathetic, empty mall built around an abandoned hockey rink. Only two restaurants in the whole downtown open after 6 p.m. All the well-paid insurance types scrambling to be out of town before sundown.
And yes, the fast food chains were the first to cut and run.
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This a story that belongs in the 'self-fulfilling prophecy' file. The people who backed the measure in the first place are pronouncing it a success. Well... sort of... they still want to tweak it some more. It's a 'dog bites man' story.