Dems hope to force House vote on minimum wage hike

Associated Press ^ | Feb 13, 2014 7:11 PM EST | Charles Babington

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House Democrats said Thursday they will try to highlight GOP resistance to a higher minimum wage with a tactical maneuver meant to bring new attention to an issue they consider a political winner.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said her party will push a “discharge petition” when Congress returns from its recess on Feb. 24. If Democrats can persuade roughly two dozen Republicans to sign the petition, it would force GOP leaders to allow a House vote on the wage issue.

Most Republican lawmakers oppose a higher minimum wage. They say it prompts employers to cut down on hiring, a claim Democrats dispute. …

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Increase of minimum wage will immediately bring such a high increase in cost of goods and services that Social Security beneficiaries who are barely hanging on will be greatly impoverished by such a move.

Increase in minimum wages will only enrich those governmental programs that take a big slice out of the inflated incomes.

But in the end, nobody wins. Barely employable utter ignoramuses will be overjoyed in the raising of the wage floor only briefly, until they find out that very quickly that the cost of living has adjusted itself to absorb their increase so that they are no better off.