Posted on 04/11/2006 9:53:06 AM PDT by kellynla
THE MOST important thing for any poor person trying to improve his or her condition is, of course, a job. It is the entry-level job that accords impoverished workers — even those with no skills, no references and no employment record — the invaluable opportunity to succeed and to prosper. It is literally the first rung up the ladder of success.
If that is true, then the most vicious governmental policy would be one that eliminates entry-level jobs, making it harder for the poor to get a foothold in life. Yet that is precisely what the state of California is preparing to do. Legislation is now moving through the Legislature that would in effect declare that anyone whose labor is worth less than $7.75 an hour will be denied entry-level employment.
The proposal is couched in the soothing and smarmy rhetoric of leftist populism. It is described as a modest proposal to raise the minimum wage by $1 over the next two years, increasing annual wages of minimum-wage earners to a paltry $16,000. "It will help the lowest-paid workers in California to improve their purchasing power and reduce their needs for public assistance," according to one proponent
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Really well-put. Shame the man's ego drove him to commit political suicide. Maybe if he dropped out, and became an advisor? But who would trust his word?
Dan
Any chance the good Senator will challenge Ahhhnuld this year? He'd better get on that.
ping
If we are going to have a minimum wage, then it makes sense to have a law making it a more serious crime for an employer to pay an illegal alien more than the minimum wage than to pay him below the minimum wage. The better jobs ought to be reserved for citizens.
my tagline is all the response your comment warrants...
McClintock is running for Lt. Governor
Speaking of the French, their average standard of living is much lower than that of the US. I wonder if they know this? And, if they did, would they be as proud of their system?
France is what America would look like if we let the Socialists a.k.a. 'Rats run things.
and for a preview, all you have to do is look at cities like L.A., S.F. and N'awlins...
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Liberals seem to ignore the fact that changes in law change behavior.
Sure, it would be just peachy if entry-level workers got paid more. But the increase won't do that. It will dry up the pool of entry level jobs.
Also, how does this fit in with illegal aliens? Seems like many of the same people pushing for a higher minimum wage with one hand undercuts the minimum wage with the other through lax enforcement. And what happens if there's amnesty? All the newly-legal get minimum wage? No, they join the ranks of the unemployed, as employers seek new illegals to pay the lower wages.
"how does this fit in with illegal aliens?"
I thought you would never ask! LOL
"While 3 percent of unauthorized workers are employed in agriculture, 33 percent have jobs in service industries and substantial shares can be found in construction and extractive occupations (16%) and in production, installation and repair (17%).
"http://pewhispanic.org/newsroom/releases/release.php?ReleaseID=33
So much for GWB's claim that illegals are doing jobs Americans won't
It's the minimum lawmakers can do ...
Those who earn the least deserve a raise, but not one with automatic increases.
By Abel Maldonado, ABEL MALDONADO is a Republican state senator from Santa Maria.
April 11, 2006
top of the mornin'
kinda early for you, young lady? LOL
I trust him, and I believe the recall would not have passed if Tom had dropped out.
I did not believe it at the time, but my views have changed.
Why do you not want to see him win Lt. Gov?
lol..
Hey, Tom has funny eyes,, OH!! and he should have dropped out to let a real hard-core conservative straight-shooter like the BilderbergGubby run in the Recall uncontested so the R vote wasn't diluted.
What can ya say? So long, California!
Ya had a chance and ya blew it, so quit your sniping and whining.
Abel Maldonado is carrying the bucket for the Gub on this one. He has a piece out today as well, Pro-raising the minimum wage.
No. And the filing deadline has passed anyway.
This argument doesn't make sense when we supposedly have so many of these jobs that we need to bring in millions of aliens to fill them.
yea, that's what cowgirl said...
I haven't read it and from what you guys have already told me, I won't bother either.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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