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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 02:52 PM May 2016

JUST F---KING STOP IT, WOLF BLITZER

Donald Trump said he favors a higher minimum wage but it should be left up to the states. That is not the same as saying he is in favor of a higher minimum wage as you suggest. It is essentially tantamount to favoring no minimum wage at all.






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Nay

(12,051 posts)
1. Exactly. Leave it to the states to decide minimum wage? Oh, you mean those
Tue May 10, 2016, 02:59 PM
May 2016

very same states that fall all over each other to offer sweet deals and tax money to any corporation that brings 16 jobs to the state for 1.5 years, and then leaves?? Yeah, good plan. Let's leave it up to the states.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
4. Back in the 1800s, the minimum wage in many states was zero.
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:30 PM
May 2016

But thanks to "states' rights" slavery was perfectly legal.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
3. Every time I hear or see Wolf Blitzer's name, I
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:28 PM
May 2016

remember his stellar performance on "Jeopardy"and instantly disregard anything he says.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
5. Was he bad? He has an M.A. From Johns Hopkins so he can't be a total idiot, I think.
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:31 PM
May 2016

What annoys me most is his breathless style of reporting.

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)
6. "bad" doesn't describe it
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:48 PM
May 2016


And even that picture doesn't do justice to the fail that he displayed that day. He was AWFUL
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