The Carpetbagger Report: “It hasn’t generated a great deal of attention, but congressional Dems are keeping Republicans on the defensive over a minimum-wage increase. At this point, the GOP leadership looks a little flustered.
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $2.10-an-hour increase to the minimum wage, despite the demands of Republican leaders, when the committee took up a spending bill for labor, health, and education programs. Seven House Republicans joined the Dems on the increase, but House Speaker Dennis Hastert responded by indefinitely putting the appropriations bill on hold.”
Seems to me if the Republicants don’t want to see the minimum wage raised to a livable wage, maybe what we need in this country is a “maximum wage” law. Let’s lock the maximum a person can see his wage increase to the same percentage as the minimum wage increase each year. And just for the fun of it let’s lock congress into a wage increase at half of the minimum increase…