Posted on 02/26/2014 7:21:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I could care less about the unemployment that raising the minimum wage will cause but I’m not happy about the inflation it will create. That being said, I think we should agree to implement the raise in the minimum wage as quickly as possible so the havoc it will wreak on the economy will be fully apparent to everyone during the 2016 presidential election cycle. High unemployment + high inflation = jimmy Carter level misery index.
LOL!
I’d be happy just to see the end of lame ‘one weird trick’ ads, ‘[x] hates him’ ads, and [x] fears him’ ads.
“why don’t Republicans put an end to the artificial glut of low-wage, low-skilled workers being imposed on the country by our immigration laws? “
Because the GOPe corporatists love cashing those checks from the Chamber of Amnesty.
Wow. Talk about classless.
No principles at all, they just want to outbid the Democrats now
Sometimes Ann is right, and this is one of those times.
Because they were for sale to the highest bidder, and they've been bought.
Corruption of the highest order.
How ANYONE could vote for this scum is beyond me.
At least Democrats have philosophical principle.
Republicans, on the other hand, are lower than whale sh!t.
A U T O M A T I O N
Bttt.
Annie has definitely been on a roll lately. Another good column harking back to her early years as a conservative firebrand.
Automation will just get worse and worse minimum wage or not.
The real winner in a minimum wage raise is the government
look at the difference in taxes even a $1 an hour makes
$1 per hour is $2080 a year
over time the amount of taxes the poor pay per year goes up but buying power goes down
at the latest $15 per hour they would be making $31,200 close to the alternative minimum tax limit
If they want to really help the low wage earners they would reindex the tax tables to where they were in 1968 or so
that would not cause problems for business or anyone except the government
Good article!
At least Democrats have philosophical principle
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A backhanded compliment at the least BUT very true.
No matter how bad, how outrageous, they will not only stick to their guns but ALL will vote in lockstep.
Should one D ‘step off the plantation’ they make an excuse for him.
If an ‘R’e goes along with it, they are called enlightened.
All ‘R’s against it are obstructionists, anti gay or anti minority or anti whatever the subject may be.
She does hit a great point inre those that lose their jobs due to MW are ‘rewarded’ with increased government give aways and we must remember that Union contracts usually say they have to be a certain percentage ABOVE MW so it usually means an automatic raise.
Think it was on Rush today that was pointing out that tax cuts work - just ask the Companies that ‘hold up’ the cities that are thinking of bringing in a Sports team or major business (remarks were made in context with him saying AZ was being bullied - not only by the Gays etal but NFL, and some Spanish lawyers group threatening to pull a convention.
Not to worry if ‘they’ think WE/TEA Party are getting out of hand they will AUDIT...
I sure hope a STRONG R takes over in 2016 and his(her?) first job would be to pardon a lot of Federal Prisoner to make room for the crooks that have slid and operated with impunity for the last few administrations...the way Bush II was spending probably a couple of his boys involved also, definitely the Clintoon clan and BO farce...
If I owned a business and was forced to pay $14/hr, I’d fire all the flunkies who clamored for the raise and hire co-ed art history majors.
Nope!
When a Big-Mac meal costs $12....someone will sit there and ask how is this possible? And some Ronald McDonald character will dump out from the shadows and explain Ronald-economic philosophy and how a $5.99 meal gets pumped up to being unaffordable.
Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...
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