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Texas Republican Party Platform Thread 131 (Minimum Wage)
Brown County GOP Website ^ | June, 2002 | Republican Party of Texas

Posted on 02/26/2003 5:00:47 AM PST by Bigun

The Republican Party of Texas Platform has been MUCH in the news of late because it is a CONSERVATIVE document and, as such, VERY controversial. I thought it would be an instructive exercise, for those of us who wish to do so here, to go through it plank by plank and see where we stand on these issues. Pursuant to that, I will post ONE plank of the Platform, every few days and anyone who wishes to can state their views as to that particular part of the platform.

Today, under the heading Strengthening The Economy Of Texas And America we find the following plank :

Minimum Wage - The Party believes the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed and that wages should be determined by the free market conditions prevalent in each individual market.

(Excerpt) Read more at browncountytexasrepublicanparty.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: party; planks; platform; republican; texas
I have decided to score myself by assigning a score of between 0 and 10 points to each of the planks! 10 means I agree with EVERYTHING in it. 0 means I agree with NOTHING in it.

Minimum wage laws hurt those they are supposed to help! 10 more points brings my running score to this point to 1186 of a possible 1310.

1 posted on 02/26/2003 5:00:47 AM PST by Bigun
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To: Cato; Commander8; Pern; austingirl; sinkspur; IronJack; dixie sass; Taxman; Ragin1; Dog Gone; ...
P I N G ! ! !

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2 posted on 02/26/2003 5:02:20 AM PST by Bigun
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To: Bigun
Absolutely. Minimum wage laws are counter to the proven principles of free market economics and are a damper on economic activity. They hurt the people they are supposed to help.
3 posted on 02/26/2003 5:26:02 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Bigun
Why do they call it minimum wage
when it means minimum employment.
4 posted on 02/26/2003 5:27:01 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Anything from ABCNNBCBS is suspect!)
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To: Bigun
YES!
5 posted on 02/26/2003 5:42:38 AM PST by Taxman
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Why do they call it minimum wage when it means minimum employment.

That Sir is an EXCELLANT question!

Welcome aboard!

6 posted on 02/26/2003 5:52:01 AM PST by Bigun
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To: Bigun; Dog Gone
10 points. I concur 1090/1310 (0.832).

Even the gorilla agrees. 3 days until the rally.


7 posted on 02/26/2003 5:58:25 AM PST by PetroniDE (HAVE BULLHORN, HAVE SIGN, WILL FREEP - WAR ON !!!)
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