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House Conservatives Circulate Letter on Minimum Wage
FreedomWorks ^

Posted on 07/28/2006 7:10:44 AM PDT by Solow591

Despite the clear economic case against a higher federal minimum wage, "moderates" in Congress are continuing the push the issue. Fortunately, House conservatives are not going along with this misguided effort, and members of the Republican Study Committee circulated this letter on Capitol Hill yesterday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; herekittykitty; minimumwage; noob; rsc; titlejack; troll
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To: Hydroshock
Makes me a realist.

Makes you a fool.

By your logic, since there's always going to be rape, everyone might as well go out and commit a bunch of rapes.

You'd've made a great collaborateur in Vichy France.

21 posted on 07/28/2006 8:31:23 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Petronski
I'd be surprised if he was Havoc,

I'd be surprised too, but Havoc is very interested in the minimum wage lately.

22 posted on 07/28/2006 8:32:41 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Hydroshock
Makes me a realist.

If you had the power, where would you set the minimum wage? Do you think the minimum should enable 1 person to support a family of 4?

23 posted on 07/28/2006 8:33:56 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Hydroshock
Why does everyone seem to concede that the federal government has a say in what wage rates are paid in the private sector?

Paraphrasing: Powers not delegated to the Federal Government, nor prohibited by the Constitution to the several states, are reserved to the several States and to the people.

Exact quote: Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

The power to set minimum wage rates for workers was not delegated to the United States (federal government). Therefore the federal government has no such power over this matter.

Article 1, Section 10 contains limits on the several states: No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.

No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.

No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.

There is nothing in Art 1. Sec. 10., prohibiting States from setting a State minimum wage, but that doesn't imply that the states are free to do this. There might be the little matter of people being free to contract freely. That is, letting the parties to contract negotiate their own rates. If the market doesn't want to pay me minimum wage to sweep the floor, why should someone be forced to? Even more, why should the federal government interfere, when they were delegated no such authority? Sheeple tolerate the usurpations of the federal government and that is why freedom and liberty is slipping away.

24 posted on 07/28/2006 8:34:20 AM PDT by Jason_b
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To: Solow591
Idiots...

How ironic that Dims try to act like Republicans to fool folks into voting for them, and Republicans turn around and try to act like Dims for supposedly the same reason.

25 posted on 07/28/2006 8:38:29 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Petronski

Keep in mind that I am not an economic/pro business conservative, in this area I am a moderate. I am a social conservative. And the question still stands, do you think that a raise will not ever happen. Keep in mind this is the world as it is not as some policy wonk says it should be.


26 posted on 07/28/2006 8:39:15 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

No I would increase the minimum wage by .25 cents a year or the rate of inflation which ever is higher. A slow steady cost of living increase. Also it has the advantage of removing a democratic party issue they use every election year.


27 posted on 07/28/2006 8:41:24 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Hydroshock
"I have. I still think this is the best solution."

Can you provide logic for believing that "is still the best solution", or are you just a typical liberal who "feels" that this is the best solution even though it goes against logic, economics, and reality?
28 posted on 07/28/2006 8:43:41 AM PDT by Hendrix
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To: Solow591

I would like to see the federal government stop suppressing market wages by inviting illegal labor into the country, and by incorrectly blaming inflation on higher wages.


29 posted on 07/28/2006 8:44:12 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Hydroshock
And the question still stands, do you think that a raise will not ever happen.

That's the point of referring to you as a French collaborateur: you can decide that something is eventually going to happen and throw up your hands in defeat, or you can decide that something is eventually going to happen and resist it so that it is delayed and minimized as much as possible.

Resist or collaborate, it's your choice.

Of course, resistance presumes one thinks it is a bad idea. In your case, I think you consider it a good idea, and this whole "inevitability" gambit is B.S.

30 posted on 07/28/2006 8:44:45 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Hydroshock

"Keep in mind that I am not an economic/pro business conservative"

That says it all.


31 posted on 07/28/2006 8:45:21 AM PDT by Hendrix
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To: Hydroshock
Also it has the advantage of removing a democratic party issue they use every election year.

You're incredibly naive. It would remove NOTHING. If you concede two bits, they'll demand four. Don't be such a sucker.

32 posted on 07/28/2006 8:45:49 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Hydroshock
"Makes me a realist. Do you think really for one minute that congress can keep not raising the minimum wage"

Yes, when it is pointed out time and time again that it is bad economics, then people will eventually not care about minimum wage, which is basically where we are at now. The reason it has not been raised is because most people don't care about it because they don't make anywhere near minimum wage, so it is a non-issue. If congress keeps passing it, it makes it look like a legit policy. We should never advocate having congress pass poor policy.
33 posted on 07/28/2006 8:50:27 AM PDT by Hendrix
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To: Petronski
I see NO coloration between the frogs in WW2 an the minimum wage.
34 posted on 07/28/2006 8:52:21 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Petronski

Yes they would, but it would blunt the issue with the voters.


35 posted on 07/28/2006 8:53:10 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: Hydroshock

I think we are better off with the position that it is very bad policy than to side with the democrats. That has been our position in the past and it has not hurt us. In short, I don't think it is an issue with most voters, or at least with the ones who will vote Republican. The democrats think it is an issue, but it is not.


36 posted on 07/28/2006 8:57:18 AM PDT by Hendrix
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To: Hydroshock
I see NO coloration between the frogs in WW2 an the minimum wage.

It's a simple question of surrender or fight. I think you understand it just fine, but because you want to maintain the illusion of some kind of opposition--any kind--to increasing the minimum wage, you feign confusion.

37 posted on 07/28/2006 8:57:51 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Hydroshock
...but it would blunt the issue with the voters.

LOL

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.


I bet you have a quitclaim deed for the Brooklyn Bridge, don't you?

38 posted on 07/28/2006 8:58:39 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

I take it back. It very well could be Havoc.


39 posted on 07/28/2006 8:59:26 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Hendrix

You maybe right in one respect many who are teh republican base care not for this. But there are many that do. And I have always thought it best to put forth good policies that benefit the majority of Americans as a primary goal of both parties. Sadly in is often the case, on both sides of the isle. But I still think that my Idea is the best solution for the minimum wage issue.


40 posted on 07/28/2006 9:00:33 AM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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