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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Calls on President to Raise National Minimum Wage to $10

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) is calling on President Obama to keep his 2008 campaign promise to “stand behind” legislation that would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 per hour, reports The Daily Caller’s Nicholas Ballasy.

“In 2011, he wanted to see the minimum wage raised to $9.50. It is now 2012,” Rep. Jackson said as he announced his Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2012 bill Wednesday outside of the Capitol building.

“I’m calling on President Barack Obama to honor his campaign commitment of 2008 to stand behind legislation that raises the minimum wage for the American people a little more than he requested in 2008 because the numbers and the economy reflect that $10 is not an unreasonable starting point,” the Democrat state representative added.

Watch Rep. Jackson’s remarks (via The Daily Caller):

Standing with Rep. Jackson is former presidential candidate Ralph Nader (remember him?) who backs the measure because, he argues, it will spur the U.S. economy.

“Even by raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour, it would still remain below the minimum wage in today’s dollars in 1968,” said Nader.

Even Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich got in on the act, claiming that Rep. Jackson’s bill could be the president key to reelection.

“I’m here to say that President Obama could guarantee his election if he came out in favor of Jesse Jackson’s proposal — that President Obama could instill confidence again in the hearts of millions of Americans who are wondering, ‘Is this government really there for them or is it just there for Wall Street?’ This is an important moment,” he said.

But are they on the right track? That is, will raising the national minimum wage actually help the American people and the U.S. economy? Famed free market economist and 1976 Nobel laureate Milton Friedman would say “no”:

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  • Logic77
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pm

    Massive layoffs would be the result.

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    • Want our country back
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:04pm

      Jessie Jackson Jr another econimic genius…. you and Nancy Pelosi should get together and figure out home many low paying jobs were LOST because of this idea… Do you people live in the real world…

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:08pm

      Layoffs and price increases. Minimum wage is the ultimate fraud.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:08pm

      Chicago… must be so proud… of the Dumb A$$… people that they Elect!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:11pm

      Gotta excuse the adle minded fella…He gets his brains from his daddy.

      Hey Jessee…why not just make it 20.00? Maybe a 100.00…Whats wrong with a grand an hour? Fool!

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    • Pat Magroin
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:12pm

      If $10 per hour would spur the economy why not $50 per hour. Based on that logic think how great the economy would be? Geniuses!!

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:16pm

      The only layoffs would be people from the food stamp rolls.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:16pm

      I had a conversation with a liberal idiot not long ago. He said the Government should give everyone 100K. I knew this guy, he liked going to topless bars…I said OK…Let’s see what would happen. If all topless dancers had 100K in the bank, do you think your lap dances would still be 20.00? or do you think the price would be more like 200.00?

      I think a light came on in his head…..
      Liberal have no concept of the free markets. NONE!

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    • inblack
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:22pm

      JJJ should just change his initials to KKK.

      He will be doing as much damage, or more, to black people by raising the minimum wage.

      But then dems like blacks to be dependent.

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    • randy
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:28pm

      @MARYBETHELIZABETH My God you’re an idiot!
      Where do you come up with your nonsense?
      If minimum wage is raised to 10 an hour, five of my twenty employees will be losing their jobs.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:29pm

      Well… with all of that Monopoly money– fresh off the presses…. let’s play!

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:31pm

      DEMOCRATS
      Always willing to spend Other People’s Money

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:37pm

      I’m fine with them raising it to $10.00 as long as they REDUCE unemployment, EBT, Welfare by the same $109.00 a week the increase would amount to for a 40 hour work week.

      That would make it a double incentive for his “homies”, “bro’s” & “dawgs” to finally join the work force.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:49pm

      marybethelizabeth

      You do realize the last minimum raise insisted on by Dumbocrats and Odumbo resulted in teen unemployment going up to 25%. What do you have against our youth having summer jobs?

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:52pm

      and JJJ would be the first one to complain about the evil corporations when the price of his McDonalds’ food rose.

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    • Bryan B
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:57pm

      @marybethelizabeth

      A raise in the minimum wage, would wipe-out a majority of the small businesses that are left. It would cause them to lay-off all their employees, and that would add to the unemployment and food stamp rolls.

      And that would only leave large corporations like Walmart, and they would just raise the cost of everything in their stores, to cover the increase in minimum wage…..

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Food stamps and other means tested forms of federal aid are only business subsidies so people will take jobs that would otherwise go unfilled at the present wage rates.

      A higher minimum wage would only require businesses to pay the full cost of hiring.

      This is basic free market economics , Randy.

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:06pm

      a minimum wage rate increase does not cause unemployment or businesses to close.

      It’s not true.

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    • booger71
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:10pm

      marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Food stamps and other means tested forms of federal aid are only business subsidies so people will take jobs that would otherwise go unfilled at the present wage rates.

      A higher minimum wage would only require businesses to pay the full cost of hiring.

      This is basic free market economics , Randy.
      ====================
      I am begging you to get some professional help (in economics)

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    • booger71
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:11pm

      marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:06pm

      a minimum wage rate increase does not cause unemployment or businesses to close.

      It’s not true.

      —————
      How many businesses do you own?

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:13pm

      Like your posts, MBEat me…

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:14pm

      Mr *******71,
      I only own one business

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:17pm

      Cloward and Piven – overload the system. Keep piling on the strain until it collapses under the weight of Communist incompetence.

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    • seeker9
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:18pm

      @marybethelizabeth
      You live in a dream world. I am really speechless.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:19pm

      What a dreamer! Here in Oklahoma unemployment is 6% and 3.5% in my county. Everyone starts off at $8.50 an hr. – no takers. Home Depot, Solo Cup Co and Wal-mart have permanent signs up and can’t hire help. My sons start construction workers out at $10 an hr. & can’t keep help. Young kids come for job interview after getting a certificate from our local Vo-Tech and will tell you they can run anything – but won’t start for less than $21.00 and will not get off to run a shovel by hand. They really can’t run some of the equipment and who wants to trust a 20 year old with a $50 grand backhoe. The only way this would work is to stop unemployment. Most folks get extended unemployment and get more than $10 an hr. to sit at home and babysit their own kids, or go fishing or get a cash paying job and get rich.

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    • lylejk
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:21pm

      Agreed. The mandatory minimum wage will just make the job givers milk as much as posible with fewer resources (i.e., you and me). I’m all for the concept of the living wage, but that can be done through individuals using their feet, and yes, organized labor (for large businesses/corporations) in the private sector (note, I said private and not publich which I’m 100% against public sector jobs having unions) where that makes sense. I’m a Conservative, but private sector labor unions have their place. Small business can then compete for labor and folk will choose to or not too work based on their own individual needs. Businesses can also hire less capable workers and as they become more proficient, pay them more for that labor. The minimum wage only hurt the untrained workers; the poorest of the poor. The problem with the governments continued involvement with wages is that they assume folk don’t have free will. Folk will make choices for their own benifits and that’s the check that will keep folks from being abused. Not too many folk will continue to work for a company that doesn’t provide a living wage. The minimum wage never was a living wage anyway, and it becomes the excuse for businesses to raise their own price for products and for other consumables which leads inevitably to inflation. That’s why a Burger King Whopper, which cost $1 in 1991, now is nearly $4. Doesn’t make any sense. Of course the FED printing money is part of that, but not all. ‘Nough sa

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:22pm

      Why don’t you mind it? The phone’s ringing off the hook at Trolls-R-Us.

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:22pm

      This is another great Idea!!! You might as well go to all the businesses across America and drive stakes through the owners hearts! That will show the Jessie !! Makes you wonder why we gave people Freedom of Speech!!

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    • Bryan B
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:23pm

      @marybethelizabeth

      Small businesses have to be competitive, with not only other small businesses, but large corporations.

      I have friend that owens a paint store. He competes with Lowes and Home Depot. If the government raises the minimum wage, he will have to lay-off his last two employees, and close his business.

      You said “Food stamps and other means tested forms of federal aid are only business subsidies so people will take jobs that would otherwise go unfilled at the present wage rates.”

      There are no “ unfilled” Jobs for people to get, President Obama has made sure of that……

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:28pm

      So turkey 13 you are saying that a $10 minimum wage will have no effect on employment and will not result in lay offs and businesses closing.

      We agree.

      Unemployment compensation is an insurance policy.
      Cutting off unemployment insurance is just like a health insurance company cutting off your benefits if you go to the doctor too often.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Thanks, Comrad, what a great idea!

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Mr. Bryan B

      Mr. Beck is always telling me stories of heroic businessmen; that businessmen would rather go hungry than lay off an employee.

      He‘s lucky his business isn’t in Oklahoma where you can’t find anyone to work for under $21.00, according to a poster above.

      I bet your friend would not suffer the fate you see for him, and the country would benefit from fewer entitlements resulting from higher wage rates.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:41pm

      Rich black man born with silver spoon in his mouth talks veeeerrrrry stupid. Go work for beer distributorship, rich black man with ignorant chip on his shoulder, born with silver spoon in his mouth.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:46pm

      Stupid is as stupid does….
      This so-called Congressman is a crook, liar, and corrupted, just like his father. Guess the old saying is correct: The acorn doesn’t fall too far from the tree.
      Hopefully, the fine people of Illinois vote this corrupt politician out. Time to wake up.

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    • positive1
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:47pm

      Just remember who gets what… If 50% of the average income goes to ALL types of taxes and regulation, then the local, state, and feds government get $5.00 of every hour you work, to spend more, pay interest, welfare, obama care, and someone else’s government salary. And don‘t forget BIG MACenomic’s….If minimium wage is $10hr. a BIG MAC sandwich will cost $5.00

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:54pm

      You could raise it to $100/HR! There are no freaking jobs Mr Jackson Jr.!

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    • Bryan B
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:04pm

      @marybethelizabeth

      Every small business I know of, and a large majority of big corporations, are not hiring employees. In fact most of the corporations have hiring freezes. So even if the government raises the minimum wage, Where are the unemployed going to get a job at ????

      I believe Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.is doing, is nothing more then a distraction, and he’s just trying to make himself look good before other democrates.

      I have very good idea for Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., How about getting people back to work before you give them a raise……

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    • inblack
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:21pm

      @MARYBETHELIZABETH
      “Food stamps and other means tested forms of federal aid are only business subsidies so people will take jobs that would otherwise go unfilled at the present wage rates. A higher minimum wage would only require businesses to pay the full cost of hiring.”

      Sorry what?

      Food stamps and means tested programs are designed to allow people to turn down low wage jobs and sit on their butts instead.

      The reason we have out of control out of wedlock births is because of hand-outs. The reason all our jobs go to other countries is that the cost of doing business in this country is too expensive.

      The reason we need illegal aliens in this country is because as Vicente Fox said, “There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States.” Despite his impolitic generalization, he is largely correct.

      Why work your butt off in a field all day when you can make $10/hr in an air conditioned fast food store or just collect govt handouts.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:35pm

      He is suggesting a 33% increase in the wages of those currently making minimum wage. That means that 1 out of every 4 minimum wage earners will have to be laid off to compensate for the losses.

      On the other hand, that is the fastest way to force people into the welfare system.

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    • PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:53pm

      Why not give them $100.00 per hour? IT’s all just funny money – paper and ink backed by zero hard assets. In 2011 US taxpayers paid $83 billion in interest to the Federal Reserve Bank for this fraud.
      It’s the biggest scam since 1913. Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Schiffs, Warburgs, and Morgans have gotten filthy rich off this US Federal Reserve Bank scam. Between taxes and banker interest the chickens eggs are confiscated and the chicken will be cooked soon. Wakeup chickens. We are the majority. The American Revolution was fought over 14% tax. Most of American direct and indirectly are paying 50+%. America it’s time for a revolution.

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    • drbage
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:21pm

      This from the same genius who told us that if everyone in the hood was given an iphone and an ipod the unemployment rate would drop.

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:31pm

      What’s the point of raising the minimum wage IF THERE ARE NO JOBS
      Yes, it would also result in more layoffs.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:45pm

      I‘m pretty sure drug dealers don’t work on a wage scale nor do they pay taxes on income.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:56am

      @Marybethuneducated I didn‘t say that you can’t get qualified workers here in Oklahoma for $21.00 an Hr. There are many looking for work as I type. The problem that you didn’t catch was kids right out of the Vo-Tech expecting my sons to hire them with new certificate in hand and start out with people that have been there several years for same wage. My sons tried one of these idiots for $17.00 an hour and the repair bill on the Case backhoe was over $5,000.00 that he tore up. As for Insurence Co’s cutting off my benefits they just might as well have done so and I have good Union insurence. My Dr. at age 55 retired – said it wasn’t worth it. My new Dr. takes 2 months to see. My kids taught me that for all minor stuff, go to Emergency One. The most I have had to wait was 1/2 Hr. – They don’t take any thing but private insurence or cash – no Medicare or Medicade – they send them to the hospital emergency room.

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    • Theophilos
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 9:41am

      One would think that someone serving as a US Rep would have at least an ounce of economic common sense, yet these ignoramuses are about as absolutely clueless as it gets! If raising the minimum wage was such a great idea, why raise it to just $10 an hour–why not make it a hundred grand a year? A million a year? IDIOTS!

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 10:29am

      When i was younger, i used to complain about minimum wage being too low, and was always for the raising of it. I felt that way until i started understanding economics, and that everything is tied together.

      I don’t understand why that basic principle is not taught in schools. Raising minimum wage does nothing for an individual except make one feel better telling others how much they make. When minimum wage is raised prices of products go up (or lay offs happen) so in the end you are still in the same financial situation. You can still only buy things you could buy before.

      Obviously a lot more happens than that (nothing good though) but companies will have to find a way to compensate for the extra money they have to shell out to produce their products, and that can be done in many ways….

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  • blackfeather
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pm

    …“JJ”…another genetic fumble.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:19pm

      The best part of JJ ran down the inside of his mommas leg.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:16pm

      Why is it so hard for some people to understand that the Majority of the Ecomony is based upon the Small Business Model… which operates close to Bankruptcy… and where a 25% increase in Wages means Reducing Employment by 25% and demanding more productivity!

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pm

    I don’t have a problem with it as long as it comes out of his pocket. I bet he would be running backwards on that now wouldn’t he.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pm

    Go away Jackson.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:41pm

      All he will do is cause people to start hiring seniors to do jobs for $10 an hour, because no one wants a dummy doing anything more than sweeping or washing dishes, if they are capable of the challenge. I have the feeling, anyone worth their salt will make more than the minimum wage as soon as they prove themselves to be a valuable employee.

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  • barber2
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:51pm

    Just more of that Marxist economic lunacy of the Democrat Party. Wondered what Jackson had been up to now that Zimmerman is back in jail. Anything to stir up discord and division. This time it’s economic . Last time it was racial.

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:50pm

    Could he really be this stupid?

    hatchetjob  
    • CatB
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pm

      This is coming from Dems nationally … Michigan Dems just proposed doing the same thing … I wonder how many states are proposing this? I smell a RAT!

      This is a terrible idea ..

      UNION jobs are tied to the minumum wage .. and would be an INCREASE for UNION WORKERS .. and kill jobs for the REAL minumum wage workers. Another PAY OFF TO UNIONS OR >>LOOK WHAT WE TRIED TO DO FOR YOU >.. now vote for us.

      OMG 2012 LIBERTY.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:58pm

      I think he just proved it Hatchet!

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 9, 2012 at 5:25pm

      If history is any indication, he was never not…

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  • warr9553
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:49pm

    he is stupid just like his dad

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:48pm

    “Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Calls on President to Raise National Minimum Wage to $10″
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Why only $10 an hour? Why not $25 an hour?

    Oh that’s right, you have to perpetuate your own job just like that other ******* Sharpton, and if you weren’t needed you would become as relevant the parrot in the Monty Python video.

    Abolish the minimum wage. People would get paid what they are worth, and it would create motivation and competition to be better than “the next guy” in order to gain more personal happiness.

    When are politicians going to realize that you can’t legislate fairness. Life isn’t fair.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:59pm

      A man deserves a fair wage for his labor. Never forget that. Treat people as you would want to be treated. A man who cheats another man will go to ruin. A man who is a sloth does not deserve to be paid his wages, but may get them for the work he has done before he is fired. A person who cheats another and steals his labor is not worth the salt in his blood.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:03pm

      @ blackyb

      I agree. Let the man doing the labor negotiate his own fairness for the days work.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:38pm

      blackyb

      An employer who paid his employees $2.00 an hour would have employees not worth having. Either way he wouldn’t stay in business very long. Liberals just want their lazy, stupid, worthless constituents to be overpaid.

      Kind of like one of Life’s undeniable truths, “Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.”

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:45pm

    One more radical bent on the destruction of the nation.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:50pm

      Lets’ start by lowering congressional pay to 7.25 an hour. 1/2 hour for for lunch and no more than 50 hours a week.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:51pm

      It’s almost like a race to see who can destroy the nation the quickest.

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  • DrunkenDuck
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:45pm

    What a genius idea for creating more jobs . . . raise the minimum wage so many will receive no wage at all and be able to get unemployment . . . perhaps for life.

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  • dbilton
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:44pm

    That will really help the unemployment numbers….go up. It is hard to understand how they think this will help. In fact, maybe they should just raise it to $25 or even $100 an hour! Think of how great that will be! All those entry level jobs where they will now get a ‘fair’ wage…. “Thank you for your order, that will be $510…. please proceed to the first window.”

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  • Iron_Wyll
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:44pm

    Why not make everyone wealthy and raise the minimum wage to $100 per hour? Yea! Taht’ll do it. We’ll all be in the 1%! Sarcasm aside, these “community” leaders are so freekin’ stupid (Sharpton, Jackson, Corrine Brown, Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee on and on) I doubt they could find their own butts in the dark with a flashlight.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:00pm

      Sure they could as soon as the pulled their heads out it would be the first thing they see.

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  • CMDR6
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:43pm

    Jackson is a double POS. This would kill jobs. He is f’n stupid.

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  • GaryInTheMiddle
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:42pm

    What a great idea. Jesse you are truely a dumba$$.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:40pm

    OH, JUST in time for all those gov’t created “inner city” part time summer youth jobs! haha

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  • SolitudeBliss
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:40pm

    Oh yeah, that will do wonders for McDonalds and all the other businesses that will NOT be able to provide services or goods at a reasonable price. Jesse, lay off the crack !!!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:39pm

    Jesse, you babbling idiot. Do you have any idea how many jobs would be lost if the other idiot listened to you? Absolutely clueless.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:45pm

      Too many concussions.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:50pm

      So many “Others”

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    • Al J Zira
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:12pm

      I don;t know who is worse? Jackson for proposing this stupid idea or Rep. Dennis Kucinich for saying that it’s the key to an Obama re-election. I understand they’re both idiots just trying to figure out which one is the bigger.

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:39pm

    In a surprise setback to the Democratic party, the President instead raised the minimum IQ score for political service to 70. Emergency primaries within Democratic districts will begin on Tuesday.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:38pm

    Why not $100/hr? Surely THAT would solve our jobs problem. Stop thinking so small!

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  • Chevalier
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:38pm

    How many more small businesses will this kill. . .trying to force companies to pay moeny they don’t have will definitely close many more small businesses. . .this is nothing more than trying to buy votes with more “Obama” money. . .and more proof that the Dems could care less about small businesses.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:40pm

      Here’s a thought. This admin. will include that Food Stamps can be used for all fine dining. Fast-food places will not be allowed (Mrs. Obama request).

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  • CMDR6
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:38pm

    Goes to show that even stupid people can find people that agree with him. Raising the min wage is actually a job killer, the extra $2.50 per hour can easily be made up by someone working a 2nd job. I’ve done it, others do it. But these stupid people that have never worked a day in their lives believe that “$10 is good place to start”….what f’in planet did he grow up on?? Oh yeh, the Jackson planet. POS++++

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Better yet, why don’t people get some ambition and gain the skills needed to work a better paying job?
      Ambition? what is that? McDonalds isn’t ambitious?…lol

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  • JACKTHETOAD
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:36pm

    Maybe then, he‘ll get the first REAL JOB he’s ever had.

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:36pm

    yep, that will fix the economy dumba$$…

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  • blackyb
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:35pm

    Jesse don’t work, so how is it gong to help him? Does Jesse know what work is?

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    • rambosharley
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:45pm

      He’s just like his Dad……He is a moocher! He lives off the taxpayer and his Dad shakes down people for money! Just like all “community organizers”!

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  • blackyb
    Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:34pm

    Jesse wants more donations.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 5:17pm

      yea, yea, jesse Jr be goin to bat for us, he’s a good bro, he gonna get us ten dollars a hour, ye, yea uh huh. he’s fighting for us so we need to reelect him.

      So let me get this straight. The economy is in shambles yet this bozo wants to jack up minimum wage to $10.00 an hour? Real swift dingleberry!

      Anyone ever wonder why West Africa is an economic & humanitarian disaster?

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