Hillary Clinton Waits Until $15 Minimum Wage Passes in New York and California to Endorse It

[NWCorona]

"This week, California and New York passed landmark bills that would increase the states’ minimum wages to $15 an hour. Hillary Clinton joined New York governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday to celebrate the win—despite advocating for only a $12 minimum wage since at least October.

Speaking to the bill’s supporters, Clinton said, “It’s a result of what is best about New York and what is best about America. And I know that it’s going to sweep our country.” This is curious, considering the fact that Clinton previously refused to endorse a national minimum wage of $15, something the Democratic party leadership did in August.
Last summer, she told Buzzfeed:

I think part of the reason that the Congress and very strong Democratic supporters of increasing the minimum wage are trying to debate and determine what’s the national floor is because there are different economic environments. And what you can do in L.A. or in New York may not work in other places.

More curious still is the former Secretary of State’s work on minimum wages in other countries. In 2009, Haiti wanted to increase the minimum wages at its textile factories to $5 per day. After American manufacturers protested, the State Department intervened"

http://gawker.com/hillary-clinton-waits-until-15-minimum-wage-passes-in-1769031084

#WhichHillary

[ViseGrip]

1. I've lost interest in anything she has to say.

[Betty Karlson]

21. The message is always a lie, but the words are wirth remembering.

Because they inform us of the character we are dealing with (it's an ugly one verging on psychopathology).

[virtualobserver]

2. She is "right behind us" every step of the way

[frylock]

3. That's our little leader.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. Our Champion

[Betty Karlson]

22. She is not a leader, she is a follower - and I don't trust

the people she chooses to follow.

[onecaliberal]

4. She is on the record in the first or second debate against it. The ad writes itself

With her own mouth saying it.

[timmymoff]

5. No matter how much

you polish a turd, it's still a turd. She's the democratic party's favorite turd though, so let's reward her lack of effort and fight. Sickening

[artislife]

6. She can't help herself...it is a condition. nt

[longship]

7. Nonsense! Let's get on with the coronation!

Hail Hillary! Hail Government Sachs!


sarcastic, but very serious. Do some Democrats actually support this person for POTUS?

[jillan]

8. #WhichHillary - This Hillary.....

[NWCorona]

9. That was too funny!

[applegrove]

10. I love a candidate who adjusts their stance to circumstances rather

than someone who is doctrinaire. After all our knowledge is expanding exponentially every year.

[jillan]

13. Adjusts their stance from a couple of weeks ago? Lol. Sounds a bit more opportunistic than anything.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/opinion/hillary-clinton-should-just-say-yes-to-a-15-minimum-wage.html?_r=0

[NWCorona]

14. And let me repeat that point. From a couple weeks ago!

It amazes me that people will eat this up and will now act like it was her idea all along.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

11. lol

and she is not happy about it

she fought against it to the bitter end

[highprincipleswork]

12. Again representing the very worst of political expediency. How can one trust in support like that?

[NWCorona]

15. Hillary's not even hiding it

Evolution in real time.

[Fuddnik]

16. The weathervane finally moved, after the hurricane passed through.

And people buy into her bullshit.

[Marr]

17. Hillary is always there for you, right after you need her. /nt

[GreatGazoo]

19. New slogan -- "I'm with Them"

Cuomo looks awkward here.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2588165.1459794400!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/clinton.jpg

[NWCorona]

23. He does!

[Recursion]

20. You mean $12.50 minimum wage

Outside of the City and Westchester county, the minimum wage will be $12.50 in 2022, at which point the state legislature's budget committee will "consider" raising it to $15.

I can't believe how quickly DU falls for crap like this... one self-serving press-release, and people go head over heels.