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Obama weighing executive action on minimum wage hike
The Hill ^ | January 16, 2014 | Ben Goad

Posted on 01/16/2014 4:30:46 PM PST by Zakeet

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21 posted on 01/16/2014 7:53:07 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: Zakeet

So, does that mean all of the government contracts will have to be renegotiated?


22 posted on 01/16/2014 8:10:38 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Mr Rogers
What would happen if Boner tried as hard to get a conservative agenda done as Obama and Reid do for THEIR side?

Obama & Reid are now having to rely on immoral and even illegal methods to get their agenda done. You want Boehner to resort to that?

23 posted on 01/16/2014 8:52:21 PM PST by what's up
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To: Graybeard58

“Her”? I sure hope “her” first name is Sarah other than Hillary.


24 posted on 01/16/2014 9:28:55 PM PST by Baladas
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To: Graybeard58

“Her”? I sure hope “her” first name is Sarah other than Hillary.


25 posted on 01/16/2014 9:28:56 PM PST by Baladas
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To: Zakeet

only $10.10? what a cheap scrooge. why not $30?


26 posted on 01/16/2014 11:16:31 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It won’t end small business, but it will end hiring at small businesses. Owners will innovate (read “The Obsolete Employee”) and run things themselves and likely run it as a family operation. No more hiring ‘outsiders’ and no more hiring (sometimes) even family members.

This is why jobs go overseas and often don’t come back; the Chinese (as far as I know) don’t put half the hassle against businesses like our supposedly freedom loving government does.


27 posted on 01/19/2014 11:05:41 AM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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It won't end small business, but it will end hiring at small businesses.

What I could see is a situation where small businesses that are growing set themselves up as clusters of small businesses, each one keeping it in the family. Other options would be something like RotoRooter, where plumbers have their own businesses but accept jobs through RotoRooter.

I could see an unintended consequence of Obamacare and a higher minimum wage being that businesses won't grow beyond a certain point. That seems to be happening already.

28 posted on 01/19/2014 11:13:04 AM PST by grania
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Well, you can say that Obama isn’t forgetting who put him in office. As for the rest of small business, it’s going to become a more independent workforce, whether people like it or not. People will go into business for themselves and run things themselves, which will tick off the hipsters, but end up thinning out those who aren’t going to help themselves.

With the EXCEPTION of people who genuinely need help, I look forward to the change kicking the unsuitable out of the workforce.


29 posted on 01/19/2014 11:29:13 AM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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