Comments on: State of the minimum wage. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:57:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Notes of Intelligence» Blog Archive » State-by-State Interactive Map of Minimum Wage from Center for American Progress http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-1397784 Notes of Intelligence» Blog Archive » State-by-State Interactive Map of Minimum Wage from Center for American Progress Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:36:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1397784 [...] via Thinkprogress.org [...] [...] via Thinkprogress.org [...]

]]> By: John Gilpins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1397521 John Gilpins Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:49:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1397521 Holmert, If there are better blog sites, the reason is due to the fact that you're posting on this one. Get it? Probably not? Why don't you "hang out" at Hooters more often. Give your computer a much-needed vacaton. BTW, those dirt poor scantily-dressed girls at HOOTERS deserve a wage increase. When your income is low, you just can't afford to cover your body with an abundance of clothing. Poor things! With an increase in the minimum wage, they'll finally be able to wear three-piece suits. Maybe four-piece suits? Business should really be picking up at Hooters with all of the girls "properly" dressed. John Holmert,

If there are better blog sites, the reason is due to the fact that you’re posting on this one. Get it? Probably not?

Why don’t you “hang out” at Hooters more often. Give your computer a much-needed vacaton.

BTW, those dirt poor scantily-dressed girls at HOOTERS deserve a wage increase. When your income is low, you just can’t afford to cover your body with an abundance of clothing. Poor things!

With an increase in the minimum wage, they’ll finally be able to wear three-piece suits. Maybe four-piece suits? Business should really be picking up at Hooters with all of the girls “properly” dressed.

John

]]> By: paul http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394994 paul Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:19:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394994 I'm really not trying to be a dumba$$. I am only concerned that there are some (not you by the sound of your post) that seem to think that there are no consequences for businesses by raising the minimum wage. I am only saying that there are consequences for businesses (especially small businesses) that impact there ability to compete and hire. (Hiring or laying off the very people that the wage increase is meant to help) I’m really not trying to be a dumba$$. I am only concerned that there are some (not you by the sound of your post) that seem to think that there are no consequences for businesses by raising the minimum wage. I am only saying that there are consequences for businesses (especially small businesses) that impact there ability to compete and hire. (Hiring or laying off the very people that the wage increase is meant to help)

]]> By: paul http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394898 paul Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:28:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394898 I'm not opposed to the minimum wage increase, but, if raising the minimum wage doesn't effect a businesses ability to compete and hire, why don't they just set the minimum wage at say $30 an hour? I’m not opposed to the minimum wage increase, but, if raising the minimum wage doesn’t effect a businesses ability to compete and hire, why don’t they just set the minimum wage at say $30 an hour?

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394868 ForTruth Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:17:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394868 <em>HALBERT DID YOU READ THAT NANCY IS VOTING FOR RETROACTIVE ABORTIONS TO ANYONE REGISTERED GOP? NOT ONLY WILL WE KILL YOUR CHILDREN, WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. IT’S ALL OVER THE NEWS SITES! Comment by BlahBlahBlah </em> Beautiful. HALBERT DID YOU READ THAT NANCY IS VOTING FOR RETROACTIVE ABORTIONS TO ANYONE REGISTERED GOP? NOT ONLY WILL WE KILL YOUR CHILDREN, WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. IT’S ALL OVER THE NEWS SITES!

Comment by BlahBlahBlah

Beautiful.

]]> By: BlahBlahBlah http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394844 BlahBlahBlah Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:07:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394844 HALBERT DID YOU READ THAT NANCY IS VOTING FOR RETROACTIVE ABORTIONS TO ANYONE REGISTERED GOP? NOT ONLY WILL WE KILL YOUR CHILDREN, WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU. IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS SITES! HALBERT DID YOU READ THAT NANCY IS VOTING FOR RETROACTIVE ABORTIONS TO ANYONE REGISTERED GOP? NOT ONLY WILL WE KILL YOUR CHILDREN, WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. IT’S ALL OVER THE NEWS SITES!

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394470 Zooey Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:48:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394470 Got it, Hal. Thanks for your service in the troll corps. We'll be careful out there. Beat it... Got it, Hal. Thanks for your service in the troll corps. We’ll be careful out there.

Beat it…

]]> By: AkaDad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394411 AkaDad Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:31:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394411 What the people who are against raising the minimum can't, or won't grasp, is that millions of people have no choice to work for minimum wage, because the economy produces only so many jobs that if you want to <strong>eat</strong> you take the lousy job. What the people who are against raising the minimum can’t, or won’t grasp, is that millions of people have no choice to work for minimum wage, because the economy produces only so many jobs that if you want to eat you take the lousy job.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394233 Zooey Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:38:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394233 <em>I KNOW OF MANY BLOGS THAT OUTDO THIS ONE ON A DAILY BASIS Comment by halbert holmert </em> Go to them. I heard they were looking for you. I KNOW OF MANY BLOGS THAT OUTDO THIS ONE ON A DAILY BASIS
Comment by halbert holmert

Go to them. I heard they were looking for you.

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394115 trueblue Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:59:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394115 you have a wonderful night hugging your children. Cherish it. Goodnight. you have a wonderful night hugging your children.

Cherish it.

Goodnight.

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394087 Gregor Samsa Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:54:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394087 <i>How are you? Comment by trueblue — January 5, 2007 @ 8:43 pm</i> Annoyed beyond words. Will these halfwits ever learn? First Tracy coming apart at the seams over how the intelligence on Iraq was simply flawed, and now this smug lad bragging about his hard work. No simpathy for the less fortunate on that side of the political aisle -whether Iraqis or Americans. And I thought conservatives had a good moral compass. Silly me. Other than that, TGIF. I will go home, hug my kids and hope they never have to face either joblesness, hunger, or a military occupation -with everything it entails. Checking out in 3.. 2.. 1.. How are you?
Comment by trueblue — January 5, 2007 @ 8:43 pm

Annoyed beyond words.

Will these halfwits ever learn? First Tracy coming apart at the seams over how the intelligence on Iraq was simply flawed, and now this smug lad bragging about his hard work. No simpathy for the less fortunate on that side of the political aisle -whether Iraqis or Americans. And I thought conservatives had a good moral compass. Silly me.

Other than that, TGIF. I will go home, hug my kids and hope they never have to face either joblesness, hunger, or a military occupation -with everything it entails.

Checking out in 3.. 2.. 1..

]]> By: ChildrenofLir http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394058 ChildrenofLir Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:49:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394058 halbert You are pathetic. You care nothing for America, just your ego. You are so like your President halbert
You are pathetic. You care nothing for America, just your ego. You are so like your President

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394053 trueblue Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:48:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394053 <em>Comment by halbert holmert — </em> How wonderful of you to have your life's plan clearly in front of you. Comment by halbert holmert —

How wonderful of you to have your life’s plan clearly in front of you.

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394027 trueblue Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:43:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394027 Hi Gregor. I was trying to lure him in to admitting the points you just stated. Guess he didn't take the bait. :( How are you? Hi Gregor.

I was trying to lure him in to admitting the points you just stated.

Guess he didn’t take the bait.
:(

How are you?

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1394011 Gregor Samsa Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:38:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1394011 <i>Any other advice, other than working hard? Thst’s something I’ve always done but nothing much has come of it. Comment by trueblue — January 5, 2007 @ 8:22 pm</i> Many of the millionaires didn't have to work a day to get all their wealth; they inherited it. Millions of poor across the US work very hard in two, three jobs, with very little in the way of financial success. But conservatives would have you believe the poor are poor because they are lazy, and the rich are rich because they work harder than anyone else. And maybe this is what really grates me about the conservatives' rants on how "hard work" is the only key to financial success: The self-congratulatory attitude they ooze as if they had accomplished their achievements in a vacuum, with no government intervention. Ever. They fail to see that behind that success lies an enormous social, legal infrastructure that made it possible for them to go to school, get a job, bargain for a better salary, travel safely, get medical treatment, etc. Any other advice, other than working hard? Thst’s something I’ve always done but nothing much has come of it.
Comment by trueblue — January 5, 2007 @ 8:22 pm

Many of the millionaires didn’t have to work a day to get all their wealth; they inherited it. Millions of poor across the US work very hard in two, three jobs, with very little in the way of financial success. But conservatives would have you believe the poor are poor because they are lazy, and the rich are rich because they work harder than anyone else.

And maybe this is what really grates me about the conservatives’ rants on how “hard work” is the only key to financial success: The self-congratulatory attitude they ooze as if they had accomplished their achievements in a vacuum, with no government intervention. Ever. They fail to see that behind that success lies an enormous social, legal infrastructure that made it possible for them to go to school, get a job, bargain for a better salary, travel safely, get medical treatment, etc.

]]> By: ChildrenofLir http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1393974 ChildrenofLir Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:27:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1393974 "you folks don't have faith in American people" Kevin It's you who don't have faith in America. Quit projecting your selfishness and laziness on America. America will take care of worthless scum like you in due time. We are only just pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps after the severe beating we just endured from the right-wing Republicans. And when we rise up, you and your kind better watch out. The truth is gonna bite you right in the arse. And you know you can't take the truth, no how, no way. “you folks don’t have faith in American people”

Kevin
It’s you who don’t have faith in America. Quit projecting your selfishness and laziness on America.

America will take care of worthless scum like you in due time. We are only just pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps after the severe beating we just endured from the right-wing Republicans.

And when we rise up, you and your kind better watch out. The truth is gonna bite you right in the arse. And you know you can’t take the truth, no how, no way.

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1393946 trueblue Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:22:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1393946 <em>Nothing keeping that “unskilled” worker from bettering him/herself and getting a better job. I was poor and I worked hard and was able to move up in the world. You folks don’t have faith in the American people. Oh. I got a raise today. My hard work pays off. Comment by Kevin — </em> Please, Kevin, I am interested. How did you achieve your success? Point by point would be great, so that us unskilled folks, me included, can learn. I'm really interested. I'm tired of being poor. Any other advice, other than working hard? Thst's something I've always done but nothing much has come of it. Thank you. Nothing keeping that “unskilled” worker from bettering him/herself and getting a better job. I was poor and I worked hard and was able to move up in the world. You folks don’t have faith in the American people.

Oh. I got a raise today. My hard work pays off.

Comment by Kevin —

Please, Kevin,
I am interested. How did you achieve your success?
Point by point would be great, so that us unskilled folks, me included, can learn.
I’m really interested.
I’m tired of being poor.
Any other advice, other than working hard? Thst’s something I’ve always done but nothing much has come of it.
Thank you.

]]> By: Republicans are the fear and smear party http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1393915 Republicans are the fear and smear party Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:10:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1393915 <em>Oh. I got a raise today. My hard work pays off.</em> Nice of you to disparage people who are less fortunate than you on the day you got a raise. How does that make you feel? Superior? Better than "those" people? Oh. I got a raise today. My hard work pays off.

Nice of you to disparage people who are less fortunate than you on the day you got a raise. How does that make you feel? Superior? Better than “those” people?

]]> By: ChildrenofLir http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1393913 ChildrenofLir Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:10:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1393913 Mandolin and Kevin This is class warfare, regardless of the bs coming from the right about how Americans aren't interested in discussing class... Yeah we are interested, and we know it's about class. It's always been about class. And you guys don't have any class. Mandolin and Kevin

This is class warfare, regardless of the bs coming from the right about how Americans aren’t interested in discussing class…

Yeah we are interested, and we know it’s about class. It’s always been about class.

And you guys don’t have any class.

]]> By: ChildrenofLir http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-1393909 ChildrenofLir Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:08:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/05/state-of-the-minimum-wage/#comment-1393909 Mandolin Raising the minimum wage will hopefully put elites out of work, but then they never did an honest days work anyway, so what does it matter. Mandolin
Raising the minimum wage will hopefully put elites out of work, but then they never did an honest days work anyway, so what does it matter.

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