Minimum Wage Increase: They Never Talks About the SALES

[Toddsterpatriot]

That's fine if you really believe that, but understand that means a ton of low-skill labor will be unemployed.

McDonald's will move to automation, as they have been doing in other countries.... and the rest will be closed. The unemployment will sky rocket just like it did in 2008, and the economy will suffer.

It will solve the illegal immigration problem, so I'll grant you that.

(ever notice the double standard by these mindless leftists? They demand evidence. We give them evidence. They make a counter claim, and we demand evidence. Their response? "you lie"... That's 'evidence' in leftist world)

one thing you are wrong on Andi and Loki... is unemployment DID NOT IN ANY WAY, sky rocket in 2008 due to the minimum wage. hike.

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Legislative history
The act was a component of the new Democratic majority's 100-Hour Plan in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced into the House on January 5, 2007, by George Miller (D-CA) and it was passed by the House on January 10. All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them. 116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote. President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote. Once tax cuts were added to the bill, the Senate passed the amended bill 94-3 (3 Republicans opposed and 1 did not vote; 2 Democrats did not vote) on February 1, 2007.

The act initially did not amend the Fair Labor Standards Act in regards to American Samoa—its minimum wage would have continued to be set by a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor until changes were made to the act.[2][3] After accusations by Republican lawmakers that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was unethical because Del Monte (parent company of StarKist Tuna which owns one of the two tuna canneries in Samoa) is based in her district, she instructed a House committee to have Samoa be included. Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega noted that the territory has not been subject to the mainland minimum wage and said, "...the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy...".[4]

Final passage
The minimum wage was passed by the House and the Senate on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the supplemental aid to the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $257 million worth of tax breaks were given to small business over a 10-year period to offset the wage increase.[5] The bill was thus ultimately enacted as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill on the next day.[6]

Proposed amendments

• The bill S. 256, To amend Public Law 93–435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (S. 256; 113th Congress), is a bill that was introduced into the 113th United States Congress. S. 256 would amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act to provide for no Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands minimum wage increases in 2013 and 2015.[7]

Omissions
The minimum wage increase did not change the tip credit for tipped employees. Originally, it was automatically increased by being pegged to a percentage of the regular minimum wage. However, that changed during the 1990s. The federal tip credit, therefore, remains at $2.13. However, as even tipped employees are subject to the higher of State or Federal wage by law tipped staff effectively benefit from the minimum wage increase just the same.[8][9]

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

 

[paulitician]

Yes, yes. We've been over just how minimum wage laws benefit the rich. The question is whether minimum wage laws benefit the poor.

Like i said, i seriously doubt you greedy fat white Republicans care whether or not it does. But once again, the sky won't fall. You guys will be proven wrong. But that won't stop you from screeching 'Sky is Falling' Bullshit the next time it's raised too. You would think you guys would be tired of being so wrong so often. It's bizarre.

Again with the cut-n-paste. You know I'm not a republican, and that I don't support greedy corporations. Indeed - I see them behind the fraud you're supporting. But you won't acknowledge that. You simply fall back on canned insults that don't even apply to me.

That, unfortunately, isn't bizarre. Or unusual. It's par for the course. And utter bullshit.

Oh yeah. Most of these big corporations are going to make billions off of raising the minimum wage, because it's the small mom&pop stores that don't have the capital to compete. The mom&pop shop doesn't have the money to pay for kiosks. McDonald's does.

So the mom&pop shop will have to jack up their prices, while McDonald does not. Customers go for the cheaper option, and McDonalds makes billions more, as the competition is weeded out.

Every time these leftwingers babbles about sticking it to the 'rich fat white people'... I find that hilliarious, because it's themselves who are sticking rich fat white people with their money. They are the ones who make the rich richer, and poor poorer.

That ship already sailed. Corporations own you and your Government. The good ole mom & pop days are gone. The Corporations can afford to pay an American Worker a survivable wage. And they will.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

It's the law. Do you hate America or something?

 

[paulitician]

You fat greedy old white Republican dudes have had it very well for many many years. Better than anyone else has. So now you gotta give a little back. Oh well, deal with it.

You're doing a good thing. I mean, when's the last time you guys did any good for anyone other than yourselves? So you'll pay workers a survivable wage now. It's about time.

Now the real motivations, envy and revenge, come to light.

Yup. Y'all deserve it. Now just shut up, and pay up. Life isn't fair. Deal with it.

It'll be a shame when a hike causes low skilled idiots like you to lose their jobs. Maybe you could whine some more?

Uh yeah, we already covered that lie. You guys have predicted the sky falling over Minimum Wage numerous times in the past. It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now. Man, don't you guys ever get tired of being wrong?

And the real shame is, you greedy wankers hoping & wishing for fellow Americans to lose their jobs. Your hateful comment summed you wankers up perfectly. I don't need to say anything more. You said it all.

I never predicted the sky would fall. I predicted more business failures and more unskilled unemployment. The best thing we could do to help our low skilled citizens, even the whiners like you, is to seal the border and deport the millions of illegals competing for those few jobs you are qualified for.

Guess you didn't get the memo. Fat greedy old white Republicans love Mexican Slave Labor. Why would they secure the border?

 

[paulitician]

one thing you are wrong on Andi and Loki... is unemployment DID NOT IN ANY WAY, sky rocket in 2008 due to the minimum wage. hike.

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Legislative history
The act was a component of the new Democratic majority's 100-Hour Plan in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced into the House on January 5, 2007, by George Miller (D-CA) and it was passed by the House on January 10. All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them. 116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote. President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote. Once tax cuts were added to the bill, the Senate passed the amended bill 94-3 (3 Republicans opposed and 1 did not vote; 2 Democrats did not vote) on February 1, 2007.

The act initially did not amend the Fair Labor Standards Act in regards to American Samoa—its minimum wage would have continued to be set by a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor until changes were made to the act.[2][3] After accusations by Republican lawmakers that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was unethical because Del Monte (parent company of StarKist Tuna which owns one of the two tuna canneries in Samoa) is based in her district, she instructed a House committee to have Samoa be included. Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega noted that the territory has not been subject to the mainland minimum wage and said, "...the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy...".[4]

Final passage
The minimum wage was passed by the House and the Senate on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the supplemental aid to the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $257 million worth of tax breaks were given to small business over a 10-year period to offset the wage increase.[5] The bill was thus ultimately enacted as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill on the next day.[6]

Proposed amendments

• The bill S. 256, To amend Public Law 93–435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (S. 256; 113th Congress), is a bill that was introduced into the 113th United States Congress. S. 256 would amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act to provide for no Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands minimum wage increases in 2013 and 2015.[7]

Omissions
The minimum wage increase did not change the tip credit for tipped employees. Originally, it was automatically increased by being pegged to a percentage of the regular minimum wage. However, that changed during the 1990s. The federal tip credit, therefore, remains at $2.13. However, as even tipped employees are subject to the higher of State or Federal wage by law tipped staff effectively benefit from the minimum wage increase just the same.[8][9]

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

It's the Law. Greedy old fat white dudes are just gonna have to deal with it. Movin on...

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Legislative history
The act was a component of the new Democratic majority's 100-Hour Plan in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced into the House on January 5, 2007, by George Miller (D-CA) and it was passed by the House on January 10. All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them. 116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote. President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote. Once tax cuts were added to the bill, the Senate passed the amended bill 94-3 (3 Republicans opposed and 1 did not vote; 2 Democrats did not vote) on February 1, 2007.

The act initially did not amend the Fair Labor Standards Act in regards to American Samoa—its minimum wage would have continued to be set by a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor until changes were made to the act.[2][3] After accusations by Republican lawmakers that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was unethical because Del Monte (parent company of StarKist Tuna which owns one of the two tuna canneries in Samoa) is based in her district, she instructed a House committee to have Samoa be included. Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega noted that the territory has not been subject to the mainland minimum wage and said, "...the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy...".[4]

Final passage
The minimum wage was passed by the House and the Senate on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the supplemental aid to the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $257 million worth of tax breaks were given to small business over a 10-year period to offset the wage increase.[5] The bill was thus ultimately enacted as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill on the next day.[6]

Proposed amendments

• The bill S. 256, To amend Public Law 93–435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (S. 256; 113th Congress), is a bill that was introduced into the 113th United States Congress. S. 256 would amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act to provide for no Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands minimum wage increases in 2013 and 2015.[7]

Omissions
The minimum wage increase did not change the tip credit for tipped employees. Originally, it was automatically increased by being pegged to a percentage of the regular minimum wage. However, that changed during the 1990s. The federal tip credit, therefore, remains at $2.13. However, as even tipped employees are subject to the higher of State or Federal wage by law tipped staff effectively benefit from the minimum wage increase just the same.[8][9]

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

It's the Law. Greedy old fat white dudes are just gonna have to deal with it. Movin on...

No matter the harm caused. Now back to your fry basket!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Now the real motivations, envy and revenge, come to light.

Yup. Y'all deserve it. Now just shut up, and pay up. Life isn't fair. Deal with it.

It'll be a shame when a hike causes low skilled idiots like you to lose their jobs. Maybe you could whine some more?

Uh yeah, we already covered that lie. You guys have predicted the sky falling over Minimum Wage numerous times in the past. It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now. Man, don't you guys ever get tired of being wrong?

And the real shame is, you greedy wankers hoping & wishing for fellow Americans to lose their jobs. Your hateful comment summed you wankers up perfectly. I don't need to say anything more. You said it all.

I never predicted the sky would fall. I predicted more business failures and more unskilled unemployment. The best thing we could do to help our low skilled citizens, even the whiners like you, is to seal the border and deport the millions of illegals competing for those few jobs you are qualified for.

Guess you didn't get the memo. Fat greedy old white Republicans love Mexican Slave Labor. Why would they secure the border?

That's right. Mexicans work harder than you, for less!

 

[paulitician]

Stop whining and just do the work yourself. Don't hire any workers. We'll see how far that gets you. Good luck.

If I wish to accept wages below the level you deem proper, upon what moral authority do you declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do you deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do you deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed is worth?

You fat greedy old white Republican dudes have had it very well for many many years. Better than anyone else has. So now you gotta give a little back. Oh well, deal with it.

You're doing a good thing. I mean, when's the last time you guys did any good for anyone other than yourselves? So you'll pay workers a survivable wage now. It's about time.

Now the real motivations, envy and revenge, come to light.

Yup. Y'all deserve it. Now just shut up, and pay up. Life isn't fair. Deal with it.

You do realize, don't you, that the wealthy will simply take their marbles and go home? You don't seem to grasp the obvious, that the wealthy are not going to sit there and let you take what they have earned. Businesses will not operate at a loss, unless the owners anticipate a future gain from doing so. Make labor too expensive, and they'll just shut down, leaving everyone out of work. Like I keep saying, if raising the MW doesn't cost any jobs, we would just raise it to $100/hr and make everyone rich.

Ha, so delusional. The wealthy need their slaves. Seriously, the sky won't fall. Trust me.

 

[paulitician]

Angry greedy white Republican dudes crack me up. They've been the most privileged among us for centuries in this country. Yet they constantly bitch & moan when others less fortunate, catch a break once and awhile.

They'll even attempt to play the 'poor victim.' Their hate & greed consumes them. But i don't get angry at em anymore. I actually just laugh at em now. They're going extinct. Their day is coming to an end. The People don't want their hate & greed. They're movin on.

Shouldn't you be dropping some hash browns into the fryer?

Ah shut up, and then pay up. It's the Law. You angry greedy white Republicans are gonna have to deal with it and move on. Capisce.

 

[paulitician]

Yup. Y'all deserve it. Now just shut up, and pay up. Life isn't fair. Deal with it.

It'll be a shame when a hike causes low skilled idiots like you to lose their jobs. Maybe you could whine some more?

Uh yeah, we already covered that lie. You guys have predicted the sky falling over Minimum Wage numerous times in the past. It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now. Man, don't you guys ever get tired of being wrong?

And the real shame is, you greedy wankers hoping & wishing for fellow Americans to lose their jobs. Your hateful comment summed you wankers up perfectly. I don't need to say anything more. You said it all.

I never predicted the sky would fall. I predicted more business failures and more unskilled unemployment. The best thing we could do to help our low skilled citizens, even the whiners like you, is to seal the border and deport the millions of illegals competing for those few jobs you are qualified for.

Guess you didn't get the memo. Fat greedy old white Republicans love Mexican Slave Labor. Why would they secure the border?

That's right. Mexicans work harder than you, for less!

Ha, a little truth slips out. You white Republican fat asses love Mexican Slave Labor. So quit bitchin about securing the border. You're frauds.

 

[paulitician]

one thing you are wrong on Andi and Loki... is unemployment DID NOT IN ANY WAY, sky rocket in 2008 due to the minimum wage. hike.

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Legislative history
The act was a component of the new Democratic majority's 100-Hour Plan in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced into the House on January 5, 2007, by George Miller (D-CA) and it was passed by the House on January 10. All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them. 116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote. President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote. Once tax cuts were added to the bill, the Senate passed the amended bill 94-3 (3 Republicans opposed and 1 did not vote; 2 Democrats did not vote) on February 1, 2007.

The act initially did not amend the Fair Labor Standards Act in regards to American Samoa—its minimum wage would have continued to be set by a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor until changes were made to the act.[2][3] After accusations by Republican lawmakers that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was unethical because Del Monte (parent company of StarKist Tuna which owns one of the two tuna canneries in Samoa) is based in her district, she instructed a House committee to have Samoa be included. Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega noted that the territory has not been subject to the mainland minimum wage and said, "...the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy...".[4]

Final passage
The minimum wage was passed by the House and the Senate on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the supplemental aid to the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $257 million worth of tax breaks were given to small business over a 10-year period to offset the wage increase.[5] The bill was thus ultimately enacted as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill on the next day.[6]

Proposed amendments

• The bill S. 256, To amend Public Law 93–435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (S. 256; 113th Congress), is a bill that was introduced into the 113th United States Congress. S. 256 would amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act to provide for no Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands minimum wage increases in 2013 and 2015.[7]

Omissions
The minimum wage increase did not change the tip credit for tipped employees. Originally, it was automatically increased by being pegged to a percentage of the regular minimum wage. However, that changed during the 1990s. The federal tip credit, therefore, remains at $2.13. However, as even tipped employees are subject to the higher of State or Federal wage by law tipped staff effectively benefit from the minimum wage increase just the same.[8][9]

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic greedy white Republican dudes bitch & moan all day about paying Americans a survivable wage. Because it's the law. Deal with it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Legislative history
The act was a component of the new Democratic majority's 100-Hour Plan in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced into the House on January 5, 2007, by George Miller (D-CA) and it was passed by the House on January 10. All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them. 116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote. President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote. Once tax cuts were added to the bill, the Senate passed the amended bill 94-3 (3 Republicans opposed and 1 did not vote; 2 Democrats did not vote) on February 1, 2007.

The act initially did not amend the Fair Labor Standards Act in regards to American Samoa—its minimum wage would have continued to be set by a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor until changes were made to the act.[2][3] After accusations by Republican lawmakers that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was unethical because Del Monte (parent company of StarKist Tuna which owns one of the two tuna canneries in Samoa) is based in her district, she instructed a House committee to have Samoa be included. Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega noted that the territory has not been subject to the mainland minimum wage and said, "...the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy...".[4]

Final passage
The minimum wage was passed by the House and the Senate on May 24, 2007 as part of HR 2206, the supplemental aid to the Iraq War. As part of the deal, $257 million worth of tax breaks were given to small business over a 10-year period to offset the wage increase.[5] The bill was thus ultimately enacted as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill on the next day.[6]

Proposed amendments

• The bill S. 256, To amend Public Law 93–435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (S. 256; 113th Congress), is a bill that was introduced into the 113th United States Congress. S. 256 would amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act to provide for no Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands minimum wage increases in 2013 and 2015.[7]

Omissions
The minimum wage increase did not change the tip credit for tipped employees. Originally, it was automatically increased by being pegged to a percentage of the regular minimum wage. However, that changed during the 1990s. The federal tip credit, therefore, remains at $2.13. However, as even tipped employees are subject to the higher of State or Federal wage by law tipped staff effectively benefit from the minimum wage increase just the same.[8][9]

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic greedy white Republican dudes bitch & moan all day about paying Americans a survivable wage. Because it's the law. Deal with it.

The economy will do fine, even if low skilled whiners like you are priced out of your jobs.

 

[paulitician]

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

It's the Law. Greedy old fat white dudes are just gonna have to deal with it. Movin on...

No matter the harm caused. Now back to your fry basket!

What harm? None of you greedy whiners have yet to present a shred of evidence showing the Minimum Wage adversely effecting the Economy. We're still waiting for you guys to present just one business that went under due to the Minimum Wage.

 

[paulitician]

I'm sorry Loki, but you have been wrong on indicating that the minimum wage hike is what caused unemployment to go up in 2008/2009 and posting the graph of the economies unemployment rate with a chart showing the boom in unemployment and 'saying' this was due to the minimum wage hike....that is utterly ridiculous....can't you see that your premise on this is WRONG, WRONG and WRONG?

Small employers were given a 10 yr tax break, written in to the minimum wage hike bill, to cover the hikes in minimum wage for their employees....this does not expire until 2017...

And as far as the American Saloma and raising their minimum wage and killing their Tuna industry, you are correct....this island is not America and should have never been raised with our Minimum wage....

BUT GUESS WHAT? This was due to REPUBLICANS who INSISTED that they be included in the min wage hike as well...so it was the Republicans who made certain of killing the American Salmoa tuna industry as they pointed fingers at Pelosi of favoritism for NOT including them originally in the min wage hike bill...God bless those little suckers, NOT.

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic greedy white Republican dudes bitch & moan all day about paying Americans a survivable wage. Because it's the law. Deal with it.

The economy will do fine, even if low skilled whiners like you are priced out of your jobs.

Ha, you greedy fat asses would just love more Americans poor and unemployed, huh? Then your Slave Labor fantasies could really kick into gear. You're not Americans. You're very Un-American.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I haven't been been wrong about anything I've claimed. Yet you cannot be right about your actions until you validate your premises.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic greedy white Republican dudes bitch & moan all day about paying Americans a survivable wage. Because it's the law. Deal with it.

The economy will do fine, even if low skilled whiners like you are priced out of your jobs.

Ha, you greedy fat asses would just love more Americans poor and unemployed, huh? Then your Slave Labor fantasies could really kick into gear. You're not Americans. You're very Un-American.

If I wanted that, I'd support the minimum wages laws.

 

[paulitician]

The economy's doing fine. But even if it wasn't, Minimum Wage wouldn't be the cause. It never has been, and it never will be. As always, you guys will proven wrong again. We'll still have plenty of Millionaires & Billionaires n this country. Bet on that.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic legislation further harms low skilled workers.

The economy will do fine, even if idiotic greedy white Republican dudes bitch & moan all day about paying Americans a survivable wage. Because it's the law. Deal with it.

The economy will do fine, even if low skilled whiners like you are priced out of your jobs.

Ha, you greedy fat asses would just love more Americans poor and unemployed, huh? Then your Slave Labor fantasies could really kick into gear. You're not Americans. You're very Un-American.

If I wanted that, I'd support the minimum wages laws.

Yet the sky has never fallen as a result of raising the Minimum Wage. Go figure? You guys have always been wrong. And you still are. Businesses will survive and thrive. Just as they always have.

So, you can stop wishing for more Americans to lose their jobs. Because it ain't gonna happen. The economy will be fine. Bet on that.

 

[LOki]

Think that those who are against higher minimum wage would be okay with getting paid minimum wage? I don't think congress deserves getting paid minimum wage. Founding fathers would start another revolution against congress wages.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I don't care if you work for free, but I do object to cons making others live in poverty. if you want to live in a banana republic, move to Mexico.

No one is forcing anyone to live in poverty.

Funny I worked for MW when I moved out of my mother's house at 17 and I managed to pay rent keep a car on the road go to school and eat 3 meals a day.

I just worked as much as I had to to earn the money I needed to pay my bills.

WHy is it you think that only one 40 hour a week job is all one should have to work in order to pay their bills?

When minimum wage is below the poverty level, it's forcing all those making that wage live in poverty. Your shit don't flush.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

 

[LOki]

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

 

[paulitician]

Think that those who are against higher minimum wage would be okay with getting paid minimum wage? I don't think congress deserves getting paid minimum wage. Founding fathers would start another revolution against congress wages.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

I don't care if you work for free, but I do object to cons making others live in poverty. if you want to live in a banana republic, move to Mexico.

No one is forcing anyone to live in poverty.

Funny I worked for MW when I moved out of my mother's house at 17 and I managed to pay rent keep a car on the road go to school and eat 3 meals a day.

I just worked as much as I had to to earn the money I needed to pay my bills.

WHy is it you think that only one 40 hour a week job is all one should have to work in order to pay their bills?

When minimum wage is below the poverty level, it's forcing all those making that wage live in poverty. Your shit don't flush.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

It's the Law. Deal with it.

 

[LOki]

Like i said, i seriously doubt you greedy fat white Republicans care whether or not it does. But once again, the sky won't fall. You guys will be proven wrong. But that won't stop you from screeching 'Sky is Falling' Bullshit the next time it's raised too. You would think you guys would be tired of being so wrong so often. It's bizarre.

Again with the cut-n-paste. You know I'm not a republican, and that I don't support greedy corporations. Indeed - I see them behind the fraud you're supporting. But you won't acknowledge that. You simply fall back on canned insults that don't even apply to me.

That, unfortunately, isn't bizarre. Or unusual. It's par for the course. And utter bullshit.

Oh yeah. Most of these big corporations are going to make billions off of raising the minimum wage, because it's the small mom&pop stores that don't have the capital to compete. The mom&pop shop doesn't have the money to pay for kiosks. McDonald's does.

So the mom&pop shop will have to jack up their prices, while McDonald does not. Customers go for the cheaper option, and McDonalds makes billions more, as the competition is weeded out.

Every time these leftwingers babbles about sticking it to the 'rich fat white people'... I find that hilliarious, because it's themselves who are sticking rich fat white people with their money. They are the ones who make the rich richer, and poor poorer.

That ship already sailed. Corporations own you and your Government. The good ole mom & pop days are gone. The Corporations can afford to pay an American Worker a survivable wage. And they will.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

It's the law. Do you hate America or something?

The law is OBVIOUSLY--for OBVIOUS reasons--no moral authority.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

 

[paulitician]

Again with the cut-n-paste. You know I'm not a republican, and that I don't support greedy corporations. Indeed - I see them behind the fraud you're supporting. But you won't acknowledge that. You simply fall back on canned insults that don't even apply to me.

That, unfortunately, isn't bizarre. Or unusual. It's par for the course. And utter bullshit.

Oh yeah. Most of these big corporations are going to make billions off of raising the minimum wage, because it's the small mom&pop stores that don't have the capital to compete. The mom&pop shop doesn't have the money to pay for kiosks. McDonald's does.

So the mom&pop shop will have to jack up their prices, while McDonald does not. Customers go for the cheaper option, and McDonalds makes billions more, as the competition is weeded out.

Every time these leftwingers babbles about sticking it to the 'rich fat white people'... I find that hilliarious, because it's themselves who are sticking rich fat white people with their money. They are the ones who make the rich richer, and poor poorer.

That ship already sailed. Corporations own you and your Government. The good ole mom & pop days are gone. The Corporations can afford to pay an American Worker a survivable wage. And they will.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

It's the law. Do you hate America or something?

The law is OBVIOUSLY--for OBVIOUS reasons--no moral authority.

If I wish to accept wages below the level YOU deem proper, upon what moral authority do YOU declare it illegal for me to accept such wages? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny someone else my services? Upon what moral authority do YOU deny me that employment?

Upon what moral authority do YOU decide for OTHERS what their work (either offered or performed) is worth?

Bitch & moan all you want. But follow the Law. Case closed.