If minimum wage were indexed to inflation the following results would happen:
1. The continued posing of the democrats as “defenders of the working man” through minimum wage votes (which always end up passing) would be removed.
2. If minimum wage were indexed to inflation, we would suddenly see REAL inflation shown, instead of the fake low inflation we have now. (They are ignoring increases in fuel, food, and power.)
I am NOT saying I support this. I am just indicating that there would be some consequences that perhaps people don’t see. I am not certain Romney’s thinking on why he supports this so perhaps it would be good if he addressed this issue.
MTP panel talking about how the past week’s top stories: the WH/Catholic crisis, the 9th Circus Court overturning the CA Amendment and the Planned Parenthood dustup all being nightmares for Romney who only wants to hide from the social issues.
They claim Santorum is the big winner in all of this.
It's a position he held as governor of Massachusetts, and when he ran in the GOP presidential primary in 2008.
Five years ago, he said he liked the "idea of getting the political debate out and I like the idea of not having the huge jumps as we do now."
Romney supports automatic hikes in minimum wage - seattlepi.com (AP) - February 1, 2012
Romney's minimum wage proposal sparks conservative backlash - Zachary Roth | The Ticket - Tue, Feb 7, 2012