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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:19 PM Original message |
Minimum Wage Increase In Oregon Did Not Cost Jobs |
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datadiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nor in California n/t |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nor in Florida (last year) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. True, from what I observed |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. And you don't credit any of that raise in lunch special price to transportation costs? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. A local TV report pointed out a problem with increasing |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. All those fixed dollar amounts for benefits eligibility are at the state level |
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mcking (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Unfortunately, I can't speak to food stamps, but Medicaid... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. It NEVER DOES |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. I just turned 58 a few months ago |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly the point I make everytime |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, Republicans were wrong on something? Get outta here! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. If giving poor people a raise would hurt the economy |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, funny how the old "hurt the economy" rant never comes up... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. It NEVER does |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. It has NEVER cost jobs. In fact, raising the minimum wage creates jobs. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Posted this information on another minimum wage thread... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yep. I paid my legal temps more than market plus OT... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What minimum wage means... |
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ktlyon (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. they always trot that horse out when the subject comes up |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. nor did it in Mongtomery County, MD |
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SanCristobal (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Unless this statistic also takes average prices and work hours into consideration |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think there are more than 30,000 in oregon getting minimum wage |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Not here |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The job losses take around 3-6 months to show up after |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It was $6.00 in 1998 |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Prices were pretty stable until middle of 2006. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Cost of goods |
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