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   From: markp@NOSPAMmail.com   
      
   On 2/28/2013 12:59 PM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   > "Oglethorpe"  wrote in   
   > news:afqdndyzd4BJJLPMnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@mchsi.com:   
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   >> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >> news:XnsA17481612F33Ahopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>> Jeanne Douglas  wrote in   
   >>> news:hlwdjsd2-430D7E.01161627022013@news.giganews.com:   
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   >>>> In article   
   >>>> ,   
   >>>>   Jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:   
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   >>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>> Jeanne Douglas  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> In article   
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   >>>>>> ,   
   >>>>>>   Davej  wrote:   
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   >>>>>>> On Feb 26, 5:49 am, Kurt Nicklas  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> the minimum wage by some paltry amt, Why not $100 per hour?>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Most "liberals" are socially liberal but are at the same time   
   >>>>>>> fiscal conservatives.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The President put it best:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Nobody who works hard 40 hours a week should live below the   
   >>>>>> poverty line; therefore, the minimum wage should be high enough   
   >>>>>> to achieve that.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> When I worked at Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppe, they raised the   
   >>>>> minimum wage. The result was that the prices of all items on the   
   >>>>> menu were raised so that Long John Silver's could pay the higher   
   >>>>> wages.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> what is my point? It will cause inflation and a higher unemployment   
   >>>>> rate since employers will not hire very many new employees or   
   >>>>> expand their businesses.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Except that decades of data PROVES that this particular right-wing   
   >>>> talking point is nothing but a lie.   
   >>>   
   >>> Then you should have no problem producing some of that data, Jeanne.   
   >>>   
   >> http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2013/02/27/inority-viewb   
   >> y-walter-e-williamsrelease-wednesday-february-27-2013-n1519819   
   >   
   > It's called the wage-price spiral.   
   >   
   Wages are the last ones to catch up.   
      
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