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Old 02-06-2013, 04:05 PM
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Here's something to boost the economy.

Raise the minimum wage.

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Old 02-06-2013, 04:08 PM
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I've been saying for years the raises the elected get should be tied to the minimum wage. Raise one the other goes up also!

Problem solved!



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Old 02-06-2013, 04:20 PM
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"But the fascinating thing is that Ron Unz, the eclectic libertarian activist who publishes the American Conservative magazine, is seeing Nader’s $10 and raising him to $12. In a smart paper on the topic for the New America Foundation, Unz argues that it’s time to admit that for average workers, “decades of economic policy have largely failed.”

Just when I start believing that Libertarians are pond scum, once again.
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