Comments on: Minimum Wage canned again

By: Moonage

Moonage — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:10:58 +0000

You’re preaching to the choir with that argument. I’m a Goldwater Republican born well after the fact. The problem is two-fold, the Goldwater Republicans couldn’t get elected and died on the vine. Since the Goldwater Republicans couldn’t beat em, they joined them.

Second point is since raising the minimum wage puts MORE people on welfare and such due to losing their jobs, it’s the primary reason I oppose it. There are a lot of people in low-paying jobs that do not rely on the government, ie, teen workers, spouses working second jobs, retirees, etc.. Raising the minimum wage does not affect them at all. So, the net effect is those needing it most get hurt most often. And, those collecting government benefits while working simply depend more on the government benefits as benefits are usually structured to their income level.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:38:32 +0000

Republicans these days seem to pretend to be for small government when they aren’t. It used to be that Republicans could always complain about the size of government increasing under FDR. Now the Democrats can turn around and say look what happened under Bush Part II.

But that’s beside the point, as I said on WhyWeWorry.com, people that don’t make enough to live on, end up on welfare and medicaid that we all have to pay for. The corporations that profit from these workers should have to be responsible for feeding and keeping their workers healthy. Not me.

By: Why We Worry

Why We Worry — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:20:15 +0000

Senate blocks minimum wage increase

The Senate rejected a cut in inheritance taxes for multimillion-dollar estates that also carried a rider which would have raised the minimum wage. The minimum wage of $5.15 has not increased for almost a decade. (Source: AP)
Senate Democrats were face…