Hillary the ultimate waffler

[gabeana]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-minimum-wage_us_571143b0e4b06f35cb6f9f1e

For months now, Clinton has insisted that she supports the Fight for $15 — a national labor campaign calling for $15 per hour and union rights for all workers — but backs a more modest federal minimum wage hike, proposed by many Democrats, to $12 from the current $7.25. (As for how those two positions can be compatible, we’ll get to that later.)

Clinton has said she’s concerned that areas with lower costs of living, such as pockets of Upstate New York, can’t absorb a dramatic boost to $15 the way, say, New York City could. Plenty of economists share that worry, given that such a large nationwide hike would be unprecedented.

But on Thursday, Clinton started to crack on the issue. Standing across from her opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who unequivocally supports a $15 federal minimum, she ended up shifting from an economic argument against $15 to a political one.

“I think setting the goal to get to $12 is the way to go, encouraging others [cities and states] to get to $15,” Clinton said. “But, of course, if we have a Democratic Congress, we will go to $15.” In other words, if she thought $15 was politically possible in Washington, she would get on board with it — never mind that she’s been trying to make a nuanced case against it for months.

[djean111]

1. Good grief! Why would anyone believe she would stand by anything she says, at this point?

It is just campaign bullshit, from her.

[gabeana]

2. lol

there is a few on this sight,

[global1]

3. When She Goes To A 'Waffle House Restaurant' For Breakfast She Struggles With.....

Should I have the waffles? Or should I have the pancakes? Should I have the waffles? Or should I have the pancakes? Hmmmm... maybe I should just have ham and eggs with hash browns. No - I think I'll order the waffles. On second thought I'll get the pancakes. But wait - what is Bernie ordering - I have what he has.

[Waiting For Everyman]

4. Bull, $15 is good in rural areas, in NYC it should be doubled.

Hillary should show us she can live on even the full $15 an hour for a year, and donate all her past speaking fees to those small businesses she cares so much about, to help them absorb the higher minimum wage cost.

Stepping down $3 per hour, from $15 down to $12 as she wants to do, is getting 20% less. Yep, she sure does fight for struggling people alright, fights to get them paid 20% less. But that's no big deal, right? Why should they mind, what's $3 per hour to quibble over?

Even comparing at $15 per hour, she makes 15,000 times that for one of her speeches. One hour of her time is NOT worth the labor of 15,000 people for that hour. The truth is, they are being under paid BECAUSE people like her are being over paid.

She is the problem, not the solution. You don't elect the problem and expect anything to improve.

She is "concerned" quoting the article. I'll just bet she is -- for herself and her money sources.

[gabeana]

5. Crickets crickets crickets

from the sycophants, shouldn't they be interjecting, the pope, the taxes, you know their deflections, I'm looking for their mocking avatar of St Bernie, because they don't have substance

[vintx]

6. She is the polar opposite of a leader.

She is absolutely not what we need.