Bush Cut Wages Illegally

[Rose Siding]

The President's Gulf Coast Wage Cut
By Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
From: TPMCafe Special Guests

The President suspended wage standards for workers on the Gulf Coast before he declared a national emergency. That means he was so focused on cutting the wages of people who'd be returning to the Gulf Coast to rebuild their lives and their communities that, in order to hasten the suspension, he failed to follow the law. And at the same time the White House was cutting workers' wages, it was busy awarding no-bid contracts. The President has proven once again that he's more interested in governing for the few than in governing for all of us.

The President's pay cut affects tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of Americans who desperately need a decent income to rebuild their lives. People working construction jobs in the Gulf Coast might only have earned $7 or $8 in the first place; now, the only protection left for them is the federal minimum wage, which is a disgraceful $5.15 an hour because Republicans repeatedly refuse to increase it.

What the President has done is immoral.

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/9/16/20551/6136

[Missy M]

1. It might be a good idea to give a pay cut to every politician in the...

country, also make them contribute a big chunk to their health care, it would save lots of money that could go to the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast.

[Burning Water]

3. Good idea???

IT'S A GREAT IDEA!!!! I love it. Politicians are overpaid, anyway, and I hate that they get to give themselves raises. Tell me how we do this, and I'm in.

[confludemocrat]

2. A Roberts court would rule on this once legal action goes, gotta stop him

and they would rule on a lot of stuff like this. Impending disaster with this confirmation if it goes. Only one option: filibuster.

[Silverhair]

4. We don't have the 41 votes needed for a filibuster. We lose. NT

[Wizard777]

5. Is now a good time to discuss Bush's 100% pay raise?

Sorry Bill. But that is one particular piece of Clinton legislation that needs to be repealed immediately if not sooner. In fact I want a refund on what Bush has already collected.

[blogslut]

6. before?

Oh man. Before?

[B Calm]

7. Reagan froze wages for workers in the 80s. It's the republican

party who started this class war!