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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:23 AM Original message |
#1 on Economic agenda - tie Federal minimum wage to inflation rate just like Social Security |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wages Should Always Reflect Inflation.... |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds good at first blush, but |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No. It just keeps the wage stable and in line with what is happening with |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. prices are now falling. therefore your wages should fall as well? hmmm nt |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No. There just would be no increase. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. prices aren't yet falling on a year-over-year basis |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oregon did this a few years ago... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Good for Oregon. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Social Security is not tied to "real" inflation. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I know. I mentioned that in my post #5. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. 2008 has been a nightmare for SS recipients. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. My mother is 90, and her expenses on food, utilities, transportation, insurance, |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. they do NOT excluded food and energy |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. kick for evening crowd. |
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