Comments on: A precarious moment to raise the minimum wage http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/ Headlines from the Hot Air authors Sat, 25 May 2013 14:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rsherwd65 http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273781 rsherwd65 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:57:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273781 Are they really thinking? Obama, Reid, Pelosi et. al, talk in these glorious platitudes with no thought for the ramifications for their ideas if implemented. I mean, are they really that smart? They are appealing to a low information based and don’t reveal the truth of anything until it smacks reality. Case in point – the sequester is coming and the Senate hasn’t produced a budget. These folks can’t be thinking at all – their entire platform is based on emotion.

]]> By: The Rogue Tomato http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273746 The Rogue Tomato Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:03:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273746

Every policy decision made by the Obama White House is purposefully designed to inflict maximum damage upon the American economy, and therefore the American Republic.

It’s not that they’re ignorant or stupid, they’re evil bastards who are doing this with full malice aforethought.

turfmann on February 15, 2013 at 3:37 PM

^This. If only media would report it that way, we might have a chance to survive.

]]> By: Xavier http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273744 Xavier Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:59:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273744 Another straw on businesses’ back, along with obamacare. If this doesn’t break the free enterprise system, they’ll come up with another PC punishment. Can’t wait to see what the black teen employment rate looks like in a few months.

]]> By: rw http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273739 rw Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:45:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273739 Full time employment, probably with multiple employers, at that rate would exceed 150% of poverty level for individuals with no dependents. They would no longer be eligible for expanded medicaid and would have to pay for obamacare premiums or the tax for not having insurance.

Why is Obama trying to raise taxes on the poor?

]]> By: ReformedDeceptiCon http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273737 ReformedDeceptiCon Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:41:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273737 The minimum wage is immoral. It creates unemployment. It disproportionately impacts the uneducated, the young, and the poor. These are the very people that Obama pretends to want to help.

He is either too stupid to know this (but then again so is your average economist that shows up on CNBC) or too ingrained in his ideology to care to understand it, or both.

]]> By: letget http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273735 letget Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:41:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273735 Yes it is a ‘precarious moment’ to raise ANY taxes! But a great number of those brain dead feel good soak the rich dc bunch will probably vote for one?
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]]> By: nazo311 http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273734 nazo311 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:40:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273734 A better idea is to eliminate the minimum wage and get the government out of the way. The free market will control wages…no government is needed.

]]> By: turfmann http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273731 turfmann Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:37:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273731 Every policy decision made by the Obama White House is purposefully designed to inflict maximum damage upon the American economy, and therefore the American Republic.

It’s not that they’re ignorant or stupid, they’re evil bastards who are doing this with full malice aforethought.

]]> By: forest http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/15/a-precarious-moment-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/comment-page-1/#comment-2273730 forest Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:37:24 +0000 http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243130#comment-2273730 But does it poll-test well?

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