Sen. Tom Coburn: Why not raise minimum wage to $20, $25, or $100?

[Street Knowledge]

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, said he doesn’t believe in a national minimum wage, and if Democrats wanted to prove a point with their Wednesday vote on the issue, they might as well have put the threshold at $100 per hour.

Mr. Coburn said arguments from Democrats that Republicans turned their back on hardworking Americans by filibustering a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour were “malarkey.”

Sen. Tom Coburn: Why not raise minimum wage to $20, $25, or $100? - Washington Times

 

[ExodusNirvana]

This is why Hillary will win in 2016....the GOP has fully accepted idiocy as their party platform

 

[Poppa_Dock]

what is his plan? He seemed to not have shown out any alternatives to immediately get american workers the money they need to support themselves.

 

[Scientific Playa]

@Sen. Tom Coburn and all of Congress

 

[tmonster]

why not indeed:yasure:

 

[the cac mamba]

although i feel like im more of a 'republican' than a 'democrat'..

i just cannot fukkin side with this party in the slightest degree

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

what is his plan? He seemed to not have shown out any alternatives to immediately get american workers the money they need to support themselves.

This strategy is the root of the GOP's platform

They don't do anything... they just complain about what the Democrats do

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

although i feel like im more of a 'republican' than a 'democrat'..

i just cannot fukkin side with this party in the slightest degree

Agree. Sad state of affairs..and things ain't gonna improve until the Neo-Cons and their sphere of influence leave the scene completely..Bushes/Rove/Cheney are out of the spotlight but they still exert a lot of force in GOP actions/platforms/rhetoric.

 

[superunknown23]

Maybe we should also let the free market (i.e, voters) decide congressmen' salaries

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

shyt if minimum wage was $20/hr then no one would go to college



But I'm pretty sure everything would be expensive

 

[DEAD7]

I've heard serious arguments from politicians and people on this board for $25+ min wage... what's so crazy about it?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

This is why Hillary will win in 2016....the GOP has fully accepted idiocy as their party platform

Yet the people they trample over continue to champion them from their trailers.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

shyt if minimum wage was $20/hr then no one would go to college



But I'm pretty sure everything would be expensive

The cost of living would also increase. As someone pointed out minimum and livable wage are different. That is more of a livable that minimum wage. We also can't let the lazy amongst us joy ride thru life with no effort. People need incentives to work hard.

 

[Brown_Pride]

Logical Fallacies- Truth Seekers Beware...
#16

GOP needs to keep this list on an index card and read it daily.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

although i feel like im more of a 'republican' than a 'democrat'..