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18. Perhaps there should be a rule in which, for the first month of any Congressional or Senate service,

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:07 PM

Feb 2021

they should ALL have to be paid minimum wage. No perks. No side benefits or gifts from friendly donors or other goodies. Minimum wage. PERIOD.

So they can say they’ve walked in their constituents’ shoes and they FULLY and PERSONALLY know how hard it is to get by on minimum wage. Maybe it will soften some of the hearts of the hard-hearted.

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Pic Of The Moment: While Arguing Against Minimum Wage Hike, Thune Makes Case For Minimum Wage Hike [View all] EarlG Feb 2021 OP

Eff him. Line cooks generally work long hours, Holidays, and have no benefits. I know. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #1

Now, now 😉 Dream Girl Feb 2021 #16

Ok Grandpa samplegirl Feb 2021 #2

It's just like a repug to give an example form fifty years ago, and Oldem Feb 2021 #3

My daughter is 38 samplegirl Feb 2021 #5

It gets worse... Grins Feb 2021 #8

It wasn't even a real example Major Nikon Feb 2021 #6

yup. i was a waitress in those yrs. tipped wage was $1.48 irrc. mopinko Feb 2021 #7

Minimum wage was $1.05 an hour or very close to that in 1972. louis-t Feb 2021 #26

For restaurant workers it was $1.60 in 1971 Major Nikon Feb 2021 #27

That can't be right. I think I still have some of the paystubs. louis-t Feb 2021 #28

Depends on who you worked for Major Nikon Feb 2021 #29

Most people may not pick up on that fact. Whoopsie! ffr Feb 2021 #4

In 1955 I got 85 cents an hour clerking in a store. BarbD Feb 2021 #9

I wrote about this a while ago. Grins Feb 2021 #10

+1 pandr32 Feb 2021 #14

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2021 #11

Did he get a percentage of tips? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2021 #12

I made the dollar equivalency argument to a millennial pandr32 Feb 2021 #13

When discussing minimum wage I relate a story JohnnyRingo Feb 2021 #15

I love it when people like Thune mention their restaurant jobs, heckles65 Feb 2021 #17

Perhaps there should be a rule in which, for the first month of any Congressional or Senate service, calimary Feb 2021 #18

it was ok to cut the taxes of the most wealthiest , but its too expensive to have the $15 minimum AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #19

In 1982 I was making $5.50 an hour as an assistant manager at an auto parts chain store. rickyhall Feb 2021 #20

Sometimes, I'll demonstrate the "showing your age" thing with people I'm thrown together with. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #21

It's theiR 'trickle-down' theory... Justice matters. Feb 2021 #22

If John Tune will show us where, in South Dakota, houses and food can be bought for 1970s prices DFW Feb 2021 #23

Here's my question... yuiyoshida Feb 2021 #24

Here's a thought Fritz Walter Feb 2021 #25

Kick orangecrush Feb 2021 #30

Trickle down? No, let's try trickle up! Aussie105 Feb 2021 #31