Dean at SEIU Rally...."I think Bush should be paid $10 an hour!"

[madfloridian]

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--healthaides-strik0608jun08,0,1136221.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

SNIP..."At a rally in midtown Manhattan Monday, union president Denis Rivera asked workers if they would agree to postpone the second and third days of their strike and give the remaining agencies 30 days to reach agreements with the union, but the workers responded with boos.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, one of many politicians and celebrities to address the rally, told workers $10 hour is "barely above minimum wage" and added, "I think President Bush should be paid $10 an hour." END SNIP

[Radical Activist]

1. Why so much?

Bush doesn't deserve a living wage. He should get minimum. Better yet, he should take no pay at all since he is a millionaire.

[madfloridian]

2. Good thought.

:hi:

[wysimdnwyg]

3. Bear in mind...

At $10/hour, Bush would make about $12,000 a year. That's 40 (weeks, not hours) multiplied by 30 (hours, given five 6hr days/week), multiplied by $10. Take out taxes, and he'd bring home about, $8-9,000.

[GiovanniC]

4. Let Him Live the Way America Lives

Give him $10 an hour, tell him that his medical insurance plan is to "pray to God you don't get sick", and no more of this "month-long vacation" bullshit.

[Morning Dew]

5. That's the Reality Show I want to see...

Bush and Cheney as roomies in a slummy apartment. They both have to get minimum wage jobs and try to support themselves for a year.