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The right-wingers are true fiscal conservatives - they’re always eager to tighten someone else’s belt.
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the first wages that should be lowered are politicians wages. Take all the benefits away too since they can afford to pay for their own perks if they want them.Tired of subsidizing their lives and lifestyles.
Erick, Son of Erick told him the minimum wage was a sign of moral weakness.
All republicans what to gut the minimum wage. Why would they want their corporate buddies to pay their employees when they can get us (the taxpayers) to pay them instead, with our tax dollars via welfare?
You libs just don’t get it! By making the rich even richer and giving them all the leverage they need (no minimum wage; no unions, zero corporate tax rate, low or zero capital gains, no estate tax), they will be in a better position to create more jobs. Why, we’d be living in utopia already if it weren’t for the incredibly oppressive tax system which is currently in place.
(yes, that is snark)
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Since I don’t follow Illinois politics, the answer to this question is not at all obvious to me: how could Quinn possibly be losing to this guy? He seems like the ideal candidate Democrats would choose to run against.
A week? Rauner looks pretty shitty, but Quinn going for a week, this late in the campaign, looks like what it is. A publicity stunt. He should have gone on a monthlong minimum wage and food stamps without housing or transportation if he really wanted to make a point.
Note that Rauner didn’t say the STATEMENT was a mistake, just that FOCUSING on it was.
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WellDuh, Rauner.
How long did it take to figure out the minimum wager earners can still vote???