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It still amazes me that people don't understand the minimum wage is a tool used by racists to keep poor minority's from competing for White, mostly Union jobs.
It's not my opinion or some right wing hyperbole, it's a historically accurate fact. Canada, Australia, South Africa, United States. All enacted Minimum Wage to order to protect White, Union jobs.
You could argue that the original intent of the minimum wage is antiquated & no longer is intended to disenfranchise minority's. The problem with that argument is the results. In 1950 Blacks were employed at an equal or greater rate than Whites. Since the minimum wage was enacted, Black unemployment is double that of Whites.
I'm not surprised O'Reilly supports it at all. I'm surprised Liberals do!
People refer to Bill O'Reilly as a conservative, or a rightwinger, all the time. This is wrong.
Bill O'Reilly is a dyspeptic crank. He is right in there with Ralph Nader and Trumka on trade issues, for example. As an economic illiterate, it makes perfect sense that he embraces the counterproductive minimum wage increase.
I think it reasonably probable that in the next two years, congressional Rs will do something to massively tick off the american public.
In that case, a minimum wage increase, to something like $10 or $12, might well be something they would do. They would need Ds to get it passed, and then they could yell "see? yes, we can too do bipartisan"
It still amazes me that people don't understand the minimum wage is a tool used by racists to keep poor minority's from competing for White, mostly Union jobs.
It's not my opinion or some right wing hyperbole, it's a historically accurate fact. Canada, Australia, South Africa, United States. All enacted Minimum Wage to order to protect White, Union jobs.
You could argue that the original intent of the minimum wage is antiquated & no longer is intended to disenfranchise minority's. The problem with that argument is the results. In 1950 Blacks were employed at an equal or greater rate than Whites. Since the minimum wage was enacted, Black unemployment is double that of Whites.
I'm not surprised O'Reilly supports it at all. I'm surprised Liberals do!
This is true. During the reconstruction period after the US Civil War, newly freed blacks that migrated north would underbid whites for jobs to get their foot in the economic door. The unions would put "Look for the Union Label" on their products to let people know they were built with "white" labor.
Personally I think the best answer would be to allow anyone working for less than $1.00 above minimum wage vote for what they think minimum wage should be with voting confined to only those earning near minimum wage.
At a minimum it would be a lesson in basic economics.
It still amazes me that people don't understand the minimum wage is a tool used by racists to keep poor minority's from competing for White, mostly Union jobs.
It's not my opinion or some right wing hyperbole, it's a historically accurate fact. Canada, Australia, South Africa, United States. All enacted Minimum Wage to order to protect White, Union jobs.
You could argue that the original intent of the minimum wage is antiquated & no longer is intended to disenfranchise minority's. The problem with that argument is the results. In 1950 Blacks were employed at an equal or greater rate than Whites. Since the minimum wage was enacted, Black unemployment is double that of Whites.
I'm not surprised O'Reilly supports it at all. I'm surprised Liberals do!
This is such bull. We have a large number of minorities (including myself) that earn union wages and great benefits, and that includes positions like foremen and general foremen.
I believe the Republicans already agree that 9-10 per hour is reasonable and would help the economy. Romney has already come out in favor of a raise. I don't know why this would be news two years later.
It's that $15 hour target that Pubs can't get behind.
Yes it is, as it should be. The federal government minimum wage is just a guideline.
No, this is moving the goalpost.
$15 / hour was not proposed... $9 / hour was proposed first (Pubs rejected it), now $10.10 / hour (Pubs still reject it). Don't re-write history to pad your argument.
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Originally Posted by Mason3000
It still amazes me that people don't understand the minimum wage is a tool used by racists to keep poor minority's from competing for White, mostly Union jobs.
It's not my opinion or some right wing hyperbole, it's a historically accurate fact. Canada, Australia, South Africa, United States. All enacted Minimum Wage to order to protect White, Union jobs.
You could argue that the original intent of the minimum wage is antiquated & no longer is intended to disenfranchise minority's. The problem with that argument is the results. In 1950 Blacks were employed at an equal or greater rate than Whites. Since the minimum wage was enacted, Black unemployment is double that of Whites.
I'm not surprised O'Reilly supports it at all. I'm surprised Liberals do!
So you suggest repealing the minimum wage will somehow help blacks?
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Originally Posted by Driller1
O'Reilly hated being poor......he does not hate the poor.....he was one of them.
So was I.
There has to come a day when people decide not to be poor.
They will rise to the occasion........just let them.
Someone will always be somewhat poor. Someone will always be rich. If everyone is rich no one is rich. If everyone is poor, no one is poor. Make sense?
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