[shrinkermd]

Always popular. Always passed. Always unnecessary.

[Outland]

Sure... raise the minimum wage to appease liberals, but put off on securing the borders while trying to say they're tough on national security.

What a clown show. I expect the midterm election results to be deservedly sad.

[Sybeck1]

Just great! Now the .99 value menu at Wendys will be a buck ninety nine!

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Why the heck don't Republicans learn how to talk to the public? The minimum wage is a lousy idea. What a business offers to pay a prospective worker and what the worker agrees to work for is of no business of the governments. The only interest it is of governments is to enforce the contract between the two parties.

This is a matter of freedom. Government never makes a situation better, only worse.

There are many other practical reasons not to raise the minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage hurts the very people they purport to help.

Do Republicans think the American people are too stupid to understand the truth? They may be right.

[CPT Clay]

Yes,but , get the dems to give something for it.

[Graybeard58]

it's not like we're increasing it in a way that would cause unemployment," says Rep. Chris Shays, a Connecticut Republican

There they go again, calling Shays a Republican.

[DungeonMaster]

Even the democrats know enough not to raise it to a point where it will actually impact the price of a hamburger.

[Moonman62]

If the government didn't wrongly blame wages for inflation, or love illegal labor so much they wouldn't need a minimum wage.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

"Always popular. Always passed. Always unnecessary." and Always unconstitutional!

[Onelifetogive]

Some Republican lawmakers, particularly those facing tough re-election fights, want another chance to back an increase from the current $5.15 an hour, a move that would deprive Democrats of a major campaign talking point.

I've said it before, I'll say it again...

Index the stupid thing for inflation! If passing an increase one time will take away a Dim talking point, indexing it for inflation will take away Dim talking points FOREVER.

The minimum wage is a problem ONLY when it is above the normal wage rate for entry level jobs. (i.e. A minimum wage of $1/hr would be meaningless, a minimum wage of $100/hr would be total disaster.) At $5.15/hr, the thing is not a problem. Raising it $1/hr or $2/hr quickly could cause problems. Indexing it for inflation would raise it by about $0.15/hr every year. It is NOT a problem now, and indexing it for inflation would keep it from ever becoming a problem.

With the current system, political pressure builds every year until it finally reaches a critical mass and a BIG increase is passed. BIG increases cause problems for businesses who can't possible know when they are going to occur. Indexing the thing for inflation (like Congressional salaries and Social Security payments) would eliminate the political angle FOREVER.

I DO NOT LIKE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. But it won't be! It should be managed in such a way to 1) keep it from being a political weapon of the Dims, and 2) to keep it from harming the economy, businesses and workers.

[Obie Wan]

Minimum wage, another marxist scam be foisted by government on what in theory is a Constitution "free market" Republic !!!