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In reply to the discussion: Candidate Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage to $9.50/hour by 2011. [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)49. I'm going to guess because he was preoccupied with the economy teetering on the brink
and bailing out Wall Street.
And then he couldn't bring it up because he needed to win his 2nd term, so couldn't afford the wrath of the banksters, who cry if you call them a bad name while handing them trillions of dollars to pay off their gambling debts.
Now, he can use it as a cattle prod going into the midterms because he doesn't need the banksters to finance another campaign.
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Candidate Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage to $9.50/hour by 2011. [View all]
El_Johns
Jan 2014
OP
For the umpteenth time...he only had the Super Majority (of 60) for a couple of months...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#1
And he doesn't have it today, chum. He has even less. One can be forgiven for thinking that
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#4
It's not a rant. It's a question. Why didn't the President bring up minimum wage when he first
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#6
Why didn't he BRING IT UP? As he did last night, or in any of the many other speeches he made
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#8
and it would do what exactly? It has been a priority....but what could be done?
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#11
"Today much of the legislation considered by Congress originates in the executive branch
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#12
"Reagan managed to change the face of America with a R MINORITY during his entire term."
OilemFirchen
Jan 2014
#33
I was not wrong. Congress is not just the Senate. Congress had a D majority throughout reagan's
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#35
We KNOW this about the D Senate.. But they cannot MAKE the Congress pass their laws...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#46
It takes more than a couple of months to pass and sign a minimum wage bill?
Freddie Stubbs
Jan 2014
#57
That supermajority lasted two whole months. And the big project then, while Kennedy was alive,
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#13
And he used those D's to get the ACA passed. You don't seem to understand how things
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#18
They could have tied it to extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich in 2010
RandiFan1290
Jan 2014
#15
That's bipartisanship for you. Even had a record number of GOP in his cabinet.
joshcryer
Jan 2014
#16
Raising the minimum wage would be nice, but let's not kid ourselves. It's not much.
reformist2
Jan 2014
#26
If we want to be at least marginally fair, here is a link to the Obamameter at Politifact
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#28
Thanks for spreading RW disinfo! He has brought up minimum wage in the past:
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#29
I'm going to guess because he was preoccupied with the economy teetering on the brink
magical thyme
Jan 2014
#49