We ask ourselves; "Why do Rs vote against their own best interests". [View All]

[LynnTheDem]

Who here is unhappy that the minimum wage bill failed?

You should be VERY HAPPY that it did fail.

"The Patriot Act"

"Clear Skies Initiative"

"No Child Left Behind"

"Healthy Forests"

"Operation Iraqi Freedom"

....."MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE".....

All of the above are the same; Orwellian rethug-speak bushit.

It was a trojan horse bill. While it would have increased the minimum wage for 1.2 million Americans, it would ALSO have totally taken away ALL min. wage protections (along with overtime pay & 40-hour workweek) for 6.8 million Americans.

In other words;

1. It legalized sweatshops

2. It was just like all the republican's other bills, such as the "Clear Skies", "NCLB", etc. Ie: total bushit.

Several people even here on DU fell for the name, and didn't bother to actually read through the bill & amendments. If DUers had been the ones to vote on that bill, would it have passed?

READ THE BILLS. That's YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY. "BY THE PEOPLE".

Republicans don't bother...and that is why they constantly vote against their own best interests.

Santorum Offers Trojan Horse for Workers
http://www.epinet.org/newsroom/releases/2005/03/050304-Minimum_Wage.pdf