Obama: Republicans blocked his bid to raise the minimum wage

[yota691]

Obama: Republicans blocked his bid to raise the minimum wage

 

May 1, 2014 7:21   Last Updated: May 1, 2014 7:21

 

 

 

 

Carrying U.S. President Barack Obama strongly on the Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday after a few hours of obstructing one of its priorities the main legislative, a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009. Said Obama, who was speaking at the White House, "They (the Republicans ) prevented the increase in pay for the twenty-eight million Americans are working hard. said no to help millions of working to lift themselves out of poverty. "according to Reuters in the vote came outcome largely in line with party affiliation project received the support of 54 members while the opposition at 42. failed peer Obama Democrats to get the sixty votes necessary to pass a bill that raises the minimum wage from its current level of $ 7.25 per hour to 10.10 dollars over the next three years and then increase it based on the index of inflation in the future. joined Republican and only one is Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee to Democrats in voting for the bill. and about Democratic Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate, his voice from yes to no to retain the right to submit a draft law to vote on it again. According to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office - which is a non-partisan - the bill will increase wages 16.5 million dollars and will take away 900 thousand of them out of poverty. , but is also expected to cause the loss of about a million dollars for their jobs because companies probably will not be able to pay their wages. ridiculed Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican leader of the Senate Democrats, saying, "They are no longer even pretend to be serious on jobs 

 

[AmericaInc]

that ought to help the democrats all across the board in the mid term elections

Republicans have shot themselves in the foot again protecting big business and screwing main street again...

[Indraman]

Don't the Dems control the Senate? I thought they only need 50 votes (+1 tie-breaking vote from Biden) to move legislation? So this must mean that some of the Dems sided with those nasty Repubs, doesn't it?

 

Oh well, the Dems have their low-information voter propaganda item to go into the election with this fall. This way they can deflect, delay, blaim others for all of the so-called trumped-up scandals. Can't wait to see what they are going to do for the other hot-ticket items in this country: 1) blame repubs for income inequality...I mean, the war on women, 2) amnesty for illegals...I mean "Immigration Reform", 3) voter suppression by Repubs...I mean legal lawsuits against the states who have passed voter ID laws, 4) global warming...I mean global change...awe I can't remember what the environmental wackos are calling it today.

 

Indy

[pattyangel]

Indy,  I like the way you think, right up my alley.    +plus for you my friend.   Oooops I plus myself. 

Edited May 1, 2014 by pattyangel

[sportfisher]

at obama's current gas prices, even $20 / hr wouldn't lift anyone out of poverty.

that ought to help the democrats all across the board in the mid term elections

Republicans have shot themselves in the foot again protecting big business and screwing main street again...

nothing will help all the mentally ill treasonous loons in the democratic party.

[AmericaInc]

Don't the Dems control the Senate? I thought they only need 50 votes (+1 tie-breaking vote from Biden) to move legislation? So this must mean that some of the Dems sided with those nasty Repubs, doesn't it?

 

Oh well, the Dems have their low-information voter propaganda item to go into the election with this fall. This way they can deflect, delay, blaim others for all of the so-called trumped-up scandals. Can't wait to see what they are going to do for the other hot-ticket items in this country: 1) blame repubs for income inequality...I mean, the war on women, 2) amnesty for illegals...I mean "Immigration Reform", 3) voter suppression by Repubs...I mean legal lawsuits against the states who have passed voter ID laws, 4) global warming...I mean global change...awe I can't remember what the environmental wackos are calling it today.

 

Indy

well sure there were some paid off defectors in the Dems

but as usual the Repubs stood firm and together on keeping down the lower class

at obama's current gas prices, even $20 / hr wouldn't lift anyone out of poverty.

nothing will help all the mentally ill treasonous loons in the democratic party.

I drove in France in 2011

gas was $7.50 a gallon

Perhaps if you drive a truck in the US of A that gets 15 mpg...

 

Obama doesn't control gas prices - the capitalists do.

[Mountain Girl]

I'm glad it didn't pass. The owner of the small restaurant that I work at already informed us that if the minimum wage goes up to $10 an hour, all of the servers will be laid off. She will have no choice but to go to counter service. If it goes up to $15 an hour, like they are talking about doing here in Washington, she will have no choice but to close the restaurant. Raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt the big businesses, they can handle the cost. What it hurts are all of the small businesses that can not. Weird part is, she's a Democrat. Big Obama fan. It's just weird to me, to vote for people that are always trying to put you out of business.

[George Hayduke]

Republicans "said NO to help millions of working to lift themselves out of poverty."

 

 

Progressives define 'Help' as a financial handout.

Financial handouts stagnates the economy and devalues the dollar which lessens purchasing power.

 

Conservative define 'Help' as opportunity.

Opportunity taken energizes the economy and stabilizes the dollar and increases purchasing power.

 

Like it or not, sometimes, NO is the best answer.

Obama doesn't control gas prices - the capitalists do.

Sooo... if Obama isn't a capitalist, what is he...?

Edited May 1, 2014 by George Hayduke

[sportfisher]

I drove in France in 2011

gas was $7.50 a gallon

 

oh a frenchman.......................no wonder.................hahaha......................

Obama doesn't control gas prices - the capitalists do.

dream on oh blind one.  keep telling yourself that his agenda and policies have nothing to do with it 

[sportfisher]

Obama doesn't control gas prices - the capitalists do.

in an accidental, indirect way this is the only true thing you have ever stated, "Obama is not a capitalist" (even though he loves spending, and giving our capital to the enemy) he is a muslim brotherhood terrorist foreign agent of destruction, giving our capital to his people..............our enemies. You are correct, not a capitalist, not American. But, his mission to destroy the US (his agenda) and his policies (most of which fail by design) do have a huge impact on gas prices in the USA.

 Since you are a dis-informationist yourself, you will most assuredley deny it all. 

[bigwave]

[Sage449]

Allegedly a full time person works 2080 hours per year annually - so for a FT person to move to $10.10 per hour, that makes that annual salary $21,008 before taxes - not exactly lifting anyone out of poverty as O indicated. Last time I heard anything FT under $25,000 still is considered below poverty or at poverty level. So if this means that FT will be moved to PT say 30 hours per week – then 52 weeks x 30 hours x $10.10 = salary of $15,756 before taxes are taken………how does this lift anyone out of poverty?

I don't consider this a hand up but a kick in the face and keep you down bro.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Sage449

[gymrat76541]

Republicans traditionally represent big business & since raising the minimum wage would cost them Billions............................................it's worth a couple million in contributions to re-election funds to block this legislation. LOL

[cranster]

that ought to help the democrats all across the board in the mid term elections

Republicans have shot themselves in the foot again protecting big business and screwing main street again...

Or, option B is that Republicans want to avoid the necessary tremendous increase in the costs of goods, and services to cover the wage hike. Contrary to popular opinion there are no free lunches here. A wage increase would have to be covered somehow, and businesses aren't going to cover it out of their own pockets, they will pass it on to us.

[caz1104]

Both parties represent big business..........................difference being one side doesn't lie about it.

[sportfisher]

Both parties represent big business..........................difference being one side doesn't lie about it.

which one ?   

[caz1104]

If one side(republicans) has "traditionally", one can surmise I wasn't speaking of them. 

Sage449,

 

STOP your making sense and confusing those that this bill was supposed to save. Remember Math is one of the weaker area's for Americans, especially those on the lower end of the economic spectrum.  

[dontlop]

that ought to help the democrats all across the board in the mid term elections

Republicans have shot themselves in the foot again protecting big business and screwing main street again...

Why is that protecting big business

I really don't get that statement at all

Could you please explain how that's protecting big business

If ya let the businesses grow the demand for employees grows and it start wage wars

It always has and always will

Stifling business never does anything for the working class

[Indraman]

Why is that protecting big business

I really don't get that statement at all

Could you please explain how that's protecting big business

If ya let the businesses grow the demand for employees grows and it start wage wars

It always has and always will

Stifling business never does anything for the working class

Logic is not a part of the socialist thought process.

 

Indy

[dontlop]

capitalism is regarded as an economic system distinguished by certain characteristics whose development is conditioned by still other elements.

The basic characteristics are:

(1) private ownership of the means of production,

(2) a social class structure of private owners and free wage-earners, which is organized to facilitate expanding accumulation of profit by private owners; and

(3) the production of commodities for sale.

Conditioning elements are:

(a) a certain division of labor;

( institutional arrangements to insure a dependable supply of wage labor;

© a degree of social productivity sufficient to permit sustained investment;

(d) commercial organization of the market—including banks—whose scope is adequate to the productivity of the community;

(e) a political process whereby economic power can become translated into governmental policy;

(f) a legal structure that is protective of private property; and

(g) a certain toleration—at the least—of new ways of making a living.

Edited May 1, 2014 by dontlop

[Indraman]

Logic is not a part of the socialist thought process.

 

Indy

And when I say 'socialist', I am not referring to any one person, but the general movement and ideology.

[dontlop]

What I don't get is how a socialist gets himself involved in this capitalistic adventure in dinar land

Trying to capitalize at Iraqi expense

[dontlop]

Businesses use standard business platforms

They do not make less money when a govt raises taxes or minimum wage

They make 8 % before the tax hike and they make 8% after the tax hike

So raising taxes gives big business a raise , thTs right they make more money if you raise their taxes

They make 8% off the net

So if they made 100 dollars before the tax hike

They made 8 dollars profit

Say you raise taxes 50%

So the next year they make 150 dollars and because they will make 8% off the standard business platform they all use

They will now make 12 dollars profit after a tax hike

The bad part about raising taxes is they pass along costs to the consumer automatically with these standard business platforms so they still make their 8% profits

So instead of you paying a dollar for a hamburger like you used to you now pay 1.50

A 50% hike in your price of a hamburger

So who's paying the tax increases that the democrats put on businesses ?

You are , not them

It's the same thing when any costs go up

It's added in and the profits go higher for the businesses

Its bad for the working man

Raising minimum wage only increases your costs so you can give the money to the big businesses to pay for the added expenses

You cannot ever change anything by raising taxes or minimum wage

You just fixed something that still needs fixed problem is it was never broken

The only ones that vote for those policies are those with out the ability to think things thru

The low information voters

Our govt knows that

That's why when the democrats win they put out more money into the educational programs because there's to many dumb people , they know this simply because the democrats won

You need some dumb people to clean Sewers , load trucks , sweep floors , no brain jobs

So every country has low information people by design

But they try to maintain a majority of intelligent people

So if the dems win it means to many dummies

Fix that

.

Edited May 1, 2014 by dontlop

[jonjon]

Minimum wage ............Gas Price..............Milk Price

 

........$ 1.65..................$ 0.25.....................$ 0.50

........$ 3.50..................$ 1.00.....................$ 1.00

........$ 5.00..................$ 2.50.....................$ 2.50

........$ 7.25..................$ 3.50.....................$ 4.00

........$10.10.................$ 7.00.....................$ 8.00

........$20.00.................$20.00....................$20.00

.......$100.00...............$150.00.................$150.00

.......$500.00..............$1000.00...............$1000.00

......$1000.00.............$5000.00...............$5000.00

 

Raising minimum wage will never make the poor man rich.

But it will sure bond the stupid people to the politicians raising it. 

[dontlop]

I'll bet bill and Hillarious both voted for Romney

Most democrat polititions do vote republican

They won't ever tell you

The things the democrat polititions say never make any sense and that too is by design

They just need to know if there's more dumb people that smart people

This whole new welefare health care bill of obamas makes no sense for a capitalist country

The 5 biggest capitalist country's are ;

first place Germany

Then the USA

Then china

Then India

Then japan

It's the way it is

Only a dummie could vote for a democrat