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Trump say he’s open to higher minimum wage, goes after Sanders supporters
Washington Times ^ | May 4, 2016 | SA Miller

Posted on 05/04/2016 4:20:24 PM PDT by ifinnegan

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To: ifinnegan

The number of workers who actually earn minimum wage is minuscule. And a moderate increase of the minimum wage would have only marginal effects.

But an increase from $7.25 to $15 is not a moderate increase. And we have only to see the results of the localities who have recently adopted a $15/hour minimum wage.

And an even bigger hidden cost of such a significant increase in the minimum wage are all the union-wage contracts, which are tied directly to the Federally mandated minimum wage.

I support Trump, and this, if true, is very troubling. But Trump *might* go there, while Hillary is *sure* to go there. And then some! So not a deal-breaker for me.

IMO, the three most important issues this year, which will determine the long-term survival, or destruction, of the Republic are:

1) Illegal immigration
2) Illegal immigration
3) Illegal immigration

If we don’t deal with issues 1, 2, and 3 right now, and eventually amnesty 20+ million, plus extended family members, there won’t be a single Conservative holding any office, anywhere, forevermore. And everybody else’s pet issues will all be moot.

As Trump studies this minimum-wage issue, I would hope that someone would give him a quick refresher on microeconomics.


121 posted on 05/04/2016 7:54:05 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: ifinnegan

Anyone who thinks government should regulate wages is a socialist. Period.


122 posted on 05/04/2016 7:56:40 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Hugh the Scot

Yeah, me either.


123 posted on 05/04/2016 8:24:00 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: woollyone
>>>You based your conclusion upon a false and defeatist premise<<<

Sorry, America MIGHT Elect a Person with Conservative Ideas and Policies, but it will never again Elect a Conservative Ideologue.

>>>Here’s a novel premise...elect real constitutional conservatives and we’ll be amazed at the leftist policies and laws err can roll back<<<

That is a novel idea but it will just never happen, so it will remain a novel idea and nothing more.

The America of today is nothing like the America of 1980.

Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first.

Don't assume I am happy in how things are, I just accept the reality of the situation.

I was a Cruz guy, began to lean Trump when I realized he wouldn't make the cut. Now we move forward to defeat the DemoncRats. You fight with the Army you have, period.

124 posted on 05/04/2016 10:56:17 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed four more People than Three Mile Island.)
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To: All

I’m disappointed to see many fellow Freepers still haven’t figured Trump out. As a businessman, Trump rarely closes the door on negotiations. At the negotiating table, you always have to have something to bargain with, and you always have to be willing to walk away. He is saying he is “open to it”. He didn’t say he absolutely will implement it. “Open to it” opens the door for Dems and Bernie supporters to join the Trump Train. As President, Trump doesn’t control whether the minimum wage is raised or not, so his comments and thoughts on it are a moot point — EXCEPT for drawing in more voters in November. Freepers should know better, and should ignore this noise, which is all a non-issue. Stay focused. #NeverHillary.


125 posted on 05/04/2016 11:08:27 PM PDT by BagCamAddict (Wolverines!! #NeverHillary)
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To: ifinnegan

Thanks Trump-tards. We’re toast. Arnold Trumpzenegger. I pray I’m wrong.


126 posted on 05/04/2016 11:42:52 PM PDT by FlyFisher
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To: Svartalfiar; caww; CapnJack

Anyone own stock in antacid companies?
Any booze producers?

If so the next few months should show great profits as the Buyers Remorse should be YUUUUGGEE!
EPIC in fact.


127 posted on 05/05/2016 1:23:42 AM PDT by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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To: CapnJack; All

“Next he’ll be floating an “Assault Weapons Ban”

He was for it until he decided to run last year.

Also nice to see how Mr. “anti-Establish” now has the full love and support of Mitch McConnell ($60,000 donation from Trump in 2014.)


128 posted on 05/05/2016 2:21:09 AM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)
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To: ifinnegan; All
Let's not jump the shark every time he says he's open to something - he didn't get where he's at by making a lot of rash and unhelpful decisions.

All eyes on Hillary.

129 posted on 05/05/2016 2:51:18 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: woollyone

The minimum wage is here to stay, regardless. Besides, as someone else pointed out to me, “Get rid of illegals and implement real fair trade and wages will naturally go up.”


130 posted on 05/05/2016 3:33:50 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Disappointing....

I tried to warn you...

131 posted on 05/05/2016 4:03:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Jim Noble
The argument for no minimum wage is logical, compelling, clear, and well developed.
It is also political suicide.

This. Pick your battles. Trump can win on guns, closing the borders, an America first foreign policy and tariffs. He doesn't need to drag up every loser issue from the Taft campaign.

132 posted on 05/05/2016 4:49:25 AM PDT by MaxFlint
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He didn’t say 15 dollars an hour.

The minimum wage being bumped is a political issue during a political campaign. Personally, I don’t think a bump from 8 to 9 dollars is going to make any difference in this economy, but I do think that saying “No way, doctrinaire, etc., etc.,” will hurt with the cross-over blue collar democrats that Trump is counting on.

The bottom line will always be new jobs, jobs returned to the USA, and better jobs.


133 posted on 05/05/2016 5:38:36 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Roos_Girl

There is only going to be more and more of this as time goes on.


134 posted on 05/05/2016 5:43:07 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: ifinnegan

Not pleasant, but not a deal breaker for me.


135 posted on 05/05/2016 6:13:44 AM PDT by Luircin (Stomp Hillary, build wall, stop Islam. Any of the above are good reasons to vote. Trump 2016)
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To: ifinnegan

Let’s try a second comment.

Whoop-de-friggin-do; I don’t care.

I knew that this was going to happen as I went in. I support Mr. Trump anyways, because the policies that he’s good on FAR outweigh what he’s not so good on, especially when it comes to the revival of our country.


136 posted on 05/05/2016 6:25:51 AM PDT by Luircin (Stomp Hillary, build wall, stop Islam. Any of the above are good reasons to vote. Trump 2016)
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To: ifinnegan

Mmm, another chip of cover paint falls off the liberal wall.


137 posted on 05/05/2016 7:17:49 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: central_va

No, having a minimum wage is what drives the illegals to come here. Businesses that want to stay in business by paying less than the minimum wage can only hire illegals to whom the minimum wage does not apply.

The minimum wage (along with all the other labor law regulations) is the primary reason there is a demand for illegal labor.


138 posted on 05/05/2016 7:26:04 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: central_va

I doubt that you even realize what you posted. Marx was “supporting” free trade because, in his mind, it increased the “divide” between the haves and have-nots. What we know is that “income inequality” is actually a sign of a very prosperous society. Remember, our poorest are actually some of the wealthiest people in the world.

In other words, he is actually saying that free trade makes a society MORE PROSPEROUS!


139 posted on 05/05/2016 8:47:29 AM PDT by CSM (White wine sipping, caviar munching, Georgetown cocktail circuit circulating, Perrier conservative.)
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To: Truthsearcher

Raising it to 1960’s level would be a smart political move.


140 posted on 05/05/2016 8:57:31 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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