Posted by: McQ on Thursday, January 25, 2007 You just have to learn to "appreciate" (see through?) reporting like this. According to the New York Times: Prospects for an increase in the minimum wage suffered a setback today in the Senate, where a move fell short, at least for now, to raise the minimum by $2.10 an hour without tax breaks for small businesses.Yes, that's just a horrible "setback", isn't it? And who's the only Senator quoted? Heh ... Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, expressed disappointment over the Senate vote. “Our colleagues in the House came together — Democrats and Republicans — and they passed a minimum wage bill with no strings attached,” he said.Actually both Kennedy and the NYT both know why there were "no strings attached". That's because Democrats in the House refused to allow debate, consequently the bill either passed as written by the Dems or it didn't. Low-wage workers “deserved the same respect from the Senate,” Mr. Kennedy said. “We should have passed this bill today and put it before the president for his signature this afternoon. We will not rest until we do right by working families.”But one of the primary engines of the economy? Screw 'em. No word on whether Kennedy finds it equally important that the jobs necessary to pay this new wage continue to exist. |
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