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Satire from Facebook this afternoon:
Andy Borowitz
Wednesday, April 30 at 2:31pm ·
Millionaires Unite to Defeat Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON - A broad-based coalition of millionaires converged on Washington today to defeat a bill that would have increased the minimum wage for American workers to $10.10 an hour. Leaving their mansions and yachts behind, the millionaires were motivated by what they saw as an existential threat to the country, said Mitch McConnell, a spokesman for the millionaires. "People who've tried to pin a 'do nothing' label on us are dead wrong," McConnell said. "When it comes to stopping workers from being paid more, we spring into action."
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Minimum wage to $15.50 per hour.
Zambero
(8,954 posts)Increase the minimum wage above the poverty level OR increase the top tax bracket rate to 50% or more, to cover social service needs for those being underpaid. The so-called gentlemen in the picture no doubt are content with the status quo, or "let them eat cake" option.
TBF
(31,919 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 30, 2014, 07:16 PM - Edit history (1)
We need to GOTV this fall. This Congress is an embarrassment.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)It's almost not-satire.