Photo of GEORGE BUSH (candid)Senate Rejects Higher Minimum Wage
Congressmen Voted over $30,000 for Themselves since 1997 PLUS LIFETIME HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THEIR FAMILES EVEN AFTER LEAVING OFFICE and PENSION PLANS
IN THE UK, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $9.00 an hour.
More Than 300,000 Americans Have Been Forced to Get a Second (Or Third) Job Over the Past Year. (And Bush wonders why Americans are "addicted to oil." Driving to work is a must for most people.) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of Americans working more than one job at the same time has increased by 306,000 from June 2004 to June 2005 - increasing to 5.4 percent of all working Americans. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t13.htm
COMMENT BY LARRY: The Senators and members of Congress have no problem arranging for airline tickets at taxpayers expense. These same officials have no problem getting food allowances for themselves at taxpayers expense.
These same elected officials have no problem allowing taxpayers to pay for dinner and a few drinks for themselves and their "companions". These same elected officials have a problem forcing businesses, to pay their workers more money so they can pay for the higher cost of living.
Isn't there something wrong with this picture of Bush's America?
Photo of Jack and Kevin(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Harry Reid said people who work full time should not be living in poverty, and he said that's reason enough to raise the minimum wage. The Senate disagreed, however -- rejecting a proposed hike in the minimum wage by a vote of 52-46. Four of the eight Republicans who voted to hike the minimum wage are running for re-election in November, wire reports said. House leaders, meanwhile, have refused to allow a vote on the issue. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) noted that Congress has received about $30,000 in pay hikes since the last hike in the minimum wage -- in 1997. "When the Democrats control the Senate, one of the first pieces of legislation we'll see is an increase in the minimum wage," Kennedy was quoted as saying. Read News on the Web
Sidebar: Nine Years and Counting
(CNSNews.com) - The federal minimum wage, originally established in 1933, declared unconstitutional in 1935 and then re-established in 1938, was 25 cents at first. There have been many increases since then, but none lately. Read today's Fact-O-Rama
