Romney and the Olympics

[TulsaRufnex]

But is a person making minimum wage ever going to have a candidate that really knows what there best interest are due to "walking in their shoes". I'd say it's pretty unlikely.

Obama's work on the southside of Chicago is exactly why persons making the minimum wage should support him...

http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama&on=Career

Obama's first official job was as a financial writer for a New York-based international consulting firm, Business International Corporation. He joined the firm soon after graduating from Columbia University in 1985.

Less than two years later, Obama moved to South Side, Chicago, to take up the position of Director for the Developing Communities Project in Roseland and Altgeld Gardens in Chicago's South Side, a church-based social action group dedicated towards enhancing the living conditions of people in the outlying neighborhoods.  His responsibilities ranged from the mundane, day-to-day support service (utilities, regulatory, legal, employment), to those involving organizing and developing outreach and educational programs for the community.

...and for anyone stuck in a minimum wage job, there is a clear difference between Obama versus Romney, the Republicans, and Wall Street oligarchists like Larry Kudlow...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/05/romney-no-need-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was against raising the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour.
The Republican presidential candidate had previously said that he supported automatic increases in the federal minimum wage based on inflation.
"A lot of conservatives led by the Wall Street Journal editorial page were horrified when you said you want to index the minimum wage for inflation," CNBC host Larry Kudlow said.

Under Reagan, the federal minimum wage was frozen at 3.35 per hr throughout his entire presidency.  Under Clinton, the minimum rose to 5.15 per hour starting in 1997, but under George W. Bush, the minimum wage was frozen at $5.15 per hour until June 24, 2007, when Democrats in Congress raised it to it's current level.

[Gaspar]

Obama's work on the southside of Chicago is exactly why persons making the minimum wage should support him...

http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama&on=Career

...and for anyone stuck in a minimum wage job, there is a clear difference between Obama versus Romney, the Republicans, and Wall Street oligarchists like Larry Kudlow...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/05/romney-no-need-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/

Under Reagan, the federal minimum wage was frozen at 3.35 per hr throughout his entire presidency.  Under Clinton, the minimum rose to 5.15 per hour starting in 1997, but under George W. Bush, the minimum wage was frozen at $5.15 per hour until June 24, 2007, when Democrats in Congress raised it to it's current level.

Minimum wage laws hurt the very people they are intended to help.

No one is "stuck in a minimum wage job" unless they continue to choose to be stuck there.

[AquaMan]

Minimum wage laws hurt the very people they are intended to help.

No one is "stuck in a minimum wage job" unless they continue to choose to be stuck there.

How long, Lord. How long?

This crap has been floating since the inception of minimum wage. Do away with it and watch the chaos ensue.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Minimum wage laws hurt the very people they are intended to help.

No one is "stuck in a minimum wage job" unless they continue to choose to be stuck there.

What a wonderful delusional fantasy world to live in!  (Have you ever mentioned what color the sky is there?)

And the reality IS, the place raises the price, by the incremental increase + 10%, then writes the boss a big bonus check!  This is what we see across the board with the likes of the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch who received $125 million in pay and "incentives" in a year when the corporation reported net income of $250,000.  Two hundred fifty thousand.

But hey,...still nice to hear the delusions from time to time...


Kind of goes to the FACT that if someone is running a company such that they cannot afford to pay that wage, then they are doing something wrong.  The job as structured is being done wrong.  They should be evaluating what/how they do things, because it just ain't working right for them.  (And no, sending the job to China is NOT the best solution.)  Perhaps a different procedure.  Different fixtures, machine tools, fryer or grill, training, lighting over the workbench - something that exhibits the use of a brain in business rather than just doing the same old thing over and over.  Progress.  Increases in productivity.

Oh, wait - that increase in productivity is EXACTLY what has been happening in this country for what...about the last 70 years or so?  And the extra cash from those increases has obviously shared with the people who made those increases possible!  Oh, wait - again - the wages in this country have been actually been going down in real terms for the last 30+ years!  I wonder where the difference went?


People believe the Big Lie sooner than the little one.  And if repeated enough, people sooner or later will always believe it!  Like the minimum wage video.  (Elections anyone?)