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KamaAina

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11. Well, we can't, at least not here in San Jose

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 01:52 PM

Feb 2014

because we already did it the first of the year. And believe it or not, the sky has not fallen. To my knowledge, no businesses have left town, not even the ones who squawked about doing so while trying to sink the ballot measure.

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Morning Joe crew is saying we can't raise Minimum Wage to $10/hour tomorrow [View all] CreekDog Feb 2014 OP

Everytime the minimum wage goes up yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #1

Fine. I'll see their 10 and raise it to 15. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #2

From one perspective melm00se Feb 2014 #3

We need to stop the corporate welfare avebury Feb 2014 #4

While there are corporations melm00se Feb 2014 #5

Quite true seveneyes Feb 2014 #6

things like that melm00se Feb 2014 #7

you're trolling the issue here, no better than Joe himself CreekDog Feb 2014 #9

A teen minimum wage can have other constraints Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #12

a minimum wage is not a bad thing CreekDog Feb 2014 #13

Of course not seveneyes Feb 2014 #14

so you fire one and reduce the business' income by 1/3rd? CreekDog Feb 2014 #15

You are not following seveneyes Feb 2014 #19

in how many years will it take you to starve to death? CreekDog Feb 2014 #20

Immediately seveneyes Feb 2014 #21

where is the proposal for the immediate $15/hour minimum wage? CreekDog Feb 2014 #22

No idea, not my point seveneyes Feb 2014 #23

yes, if your hypothetical example is bullshit, then it's not relevant CreekDog Feb 2014 #24

bullshit exists until it doesn't seveneyes Feb 2014 #25

basically our argument is because you're a conservative CreekDog Feb 2014 #26

The Miller-Harkin proposal is to be phased in. progressoid Feb 2014 #18

that SC guy was being hypocritical. He was against the min. wage going to $10.10 all at once when CTyankee Feb 2014 #8

and that's the other problem --thinking that you can get elected lying about the president and party CreekDog Feb 2014 #10

Well, we can't, at least not here in San Jose KamaAina Feb 2014 #11

Joe & Mika hit the fainting couch, stressing about how much more they'll bullwinkle428 Feb 2014 #16

the part i watched, Mika was supporting the increase CreekDog Feb 2014 #17