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Category: Basic Human Decency • Democrats
Posted on: August 31, 2009 10:18 AM, by Mike
To set the context, in 2007, the Republicans in the Senate were using all sorts of parliamentary maneuvers to prevent a bill from reaching the floor for a vote--the bill raised the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour (TEH SOCIALISMZ!!). It gets really good around 4:00.
Of course, I'm sure there are GOPniks who will claim that "Teddy didn't want" a livable wage...
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Comments
Yes, that the RepubiCANT party - obstructionists, racists and only for the wealthy.
Posted by: NewEnglandBob | August 31, 2009 11:36 AM
And oddly, my first thought was of Teddy Roosevelt; who, as a progressive, probably would have supported one. However, minimum wage laws were new and state level experiments during his presidency; federal minimum wage was his cousin FDR's handiwork circa 1938. And the Republican Party have pretty much disowned the Progressives since then....
Posted by: abb3w | August 31, 2009 1:11 PM
It's greed all the way down.
Posted by: llewelly | August 31, 2009 11:41 PM
erotik market
Posted by: erotik market | October 1, 2009 4:58 PM
The Dems have controlled Congress most of the time for a long time. Why have they not indexed the minimum wage? There is no reason for it to remain a political football, subject to debate time and time again, because it has not kept up with inflation or average income.
Posted by: Min | December 25, 2009 7:35 PM