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On 10/25/14 11:12 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:34:39 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/25/14 5:59 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Hillary in Boston on Friday:

Now she's claiming that as a senator she voted to increase the minimum
wage in 2007 and "millions" of jobs were created.

She neglected to mention that the only way the 2007 minimum wage bill
was approved by the Senate was by offsetting the cost to businesses by
providing additional tax breaks over the next 10 years.

Then she went on to say that corporations and businesses *don't* create
jobs. Really?

If people like arrogance over competence in their leaders, vote for
Hillary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nbFYP3xB6k

1. Indeed, she voted to raise the minimum wage.
2. Her point was that raising the minimum wage didn't cost jobs, as
opponents of such raises like to claim.
3. Her comment about corproations and businesses was directed at the
Republican idea that "trickle down" economics works, and of course, it
doesn't.

But, hey, nice try. The righties here will snap it up.

I think the relevant point is it was a small incremental increase in
the minimum wage, not the quantum leap folks like you advocate. That
would cost minimum wage jobs.
We already had the discussion in the fast food thread that it would
not take much to cause fast food joints to cut their staff through
automation. It may happen anyway, simply because of health care costs.
That would ripple through the other jobs done by unskilled labor.

If I was really worried about workers, I would be trying to figure out
a way to create higher skill, higher paying jobs anyway, not simply
trying to increase the cost of unskilled labor.

Just what "quantum leap" in the minimum wage do you think I advocate?

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chocolate and make the other 100 kids split a Tootsie Roll.