Jan Schakowsky tries minimum wage - Sarah Smith - POLITICO.com

Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 9 months ago to Business
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I just saw this bonehead on Neil Cavuto talking about "Living the wage".... I'm speechless! She's so out of touch she actually thinks people shouldn't have to worry about what they pay when they grocery shopping and how maybe having to put something back on the shelf because you don't have enough money for it is just so hard to do and no one should have to live like that. OMG! This way of thinking is very scary to me.


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  • Posted by edweaver 10 years, 9 months ago
    Well, she might be right in the fact that they don't have to live that way. If they work hard enough they won't have to. :)
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  • Posted by 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Such a damned inconvenience to have to budget...or THINK, isn't it? I couldn't believe what I was hearing listening to her go on...and was annoyed that Cavuto didn't nail her on it as if she was making a valid point. Who said life was easy? It's work, lady! You get what you work for, how is anything else remotely 'fair'. And this "living wage" argument.... these jobs were never supposed to be life long careers. If you can't live on it, then get another job...no one owes you a thing!
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 10 years, 9 months ago
    I love the part about noting is spontaneous - you have to plan everything. Yeah - and?
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That was why the following Star Wars clip was so significant.

    "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause." - Padmé Amidala
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  • Posted by 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Until it hits them personally it doesn't exist. Radical schmadical. They don't 'consider' much of anything out side of their entertainment choices.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Look at how much freedom we have lost and few care about it. I never thought talking like this would be considered radical by most people.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, I think they thought people would keep the press honest. I also think they thought people wouldn't lose their appreciation for freedom. I think the only way to keep that alive is to lose it, unfortunately....and the rest of us get dragged down with them.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is one of those times the press really drops the ball. This is so blatant and obvious that once Cavuto exposed her stupidity it should have been reported everywhere. The founding fathers knew a free press would be a great weapon against corrupt politicians. They just didn't realize that the press would willingly surrender their freedom.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I thought so too. (That last part about union contracts. And probably that's what ALL of this is about...Unions, time to pay the fiddler.) Cronyism, Corruptions, Communism...the three C's that are killing this Country.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 9 months ago
    She said America needs a raise but she has no clue how to do it. Since Obama has been in office the wealthy have done great and the poor and middle class are getting crushed. The policies she endorses are hurting the poor and raising the minimum wage will just make things worse. BTW, I am thinking the 28 million figure she quote is a result of union contracts tied to the minimum wage. Some union members get paid a set amount over the minimum wage and so they too would get a raise.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
    Wait until they start lowering the minimum wage so that we can be brought down to the level of the rest of the world.
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