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Miller opposes minimum wage increase, and I like that
Jana Lunceford
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Opinion
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Robbing Peter to pay Paul - that's exactly what happens when there is a minimum wage increase. I find it amazing that a room full of men and women spending hundreds of hours deciding on issues crucial to the American working class could even throw this shoddy bill out on the table. I am talking about the bill passed last week in the House of Representatives that recommended raising federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25.
So forgive me if I give Congressman Jeff Miller, our local representative, high marks for not wanting to screw me and my fellow American by opposing a bill that would put more money into the pocket of the high school dropouts, and increase everyday expenditures for the hard working.
I am tired of hearing about how the wage increase is going to help put food on the table of poor families, how this will help the minimum wage employee acquire a more reliable income.
Most of all, I am sick to think that welfare checks will still be handed out to the minimum wage employee who has a wardrobe Versaci would be jealous of. I know that your natural and liberal programmed mind wants to say I am full of it. I know you want to rebut with, "Not every welfare recipient abuses the check they receive."
But that is not who I am talking about.
I am talking about welfare recipients who drive around in a brand new car, and could be featured on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." We all know these people are out there.
Now, for all of those who automatically take the side of the trusty Democrat, and think that I support the Republican ideas that founded Wal-Mart, well, I do.
I believe that gas should be less than a buck a gallon, double cheeseburgers should be $1, and you shouldn't have to pay over two bucks for processed cheese in a can.
But throw the guy flipping burgers at the What-A-Burger an extra two bucks an hour and I can assure you that your culinary confection of Cheese Whiz and Captains Wafers will be like dining out at Copeland's. Joe Schmoe, the short order cook, will get extra cash in his pocket, but where do you think that extra cash is coming from? That's right, every other American who has to pay extra to purchase everyday items, including cheese and crackers.
So forgive me if I give Congressman Jeff Miller, our local representative, high marks for not wanting to screw me and my fellow American by opposing a bill that would put more money into the pocket of the high school dropouts, and increase everyday expenditures for the hard working.
I am tired of hearing about how the wage increase is going to help put food on the table of poor families, how this will help the minimum wage employee acquire a more reliable income.
Most of all, I am sick to think that welfare checks will still be handed out to the minimum wage employee who has a wardrobe Versaci would be jealous of. I know that your natural and liberal programmed mind wants to say I am full of it. I know you want to rebut with, "Not every welfare recipient abuses the check they receive."
But that is not who I am talking about.
I am talking about welfare recipients who drive around in a brand new car, and could be featured on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." We all know these people are out there.
Now, for all of those who automatically take the side of the trusty Democrat, and think that I support the Republican ideas that founded Wal-Mart, well, I do.
I believe that gas should be less than a buck a gallon, double cheeseburgers should be $1, and you shouldn't have to pay over two bucks for processed cheese in a can.
But throw the guy flipping burgers at the What-A-Burger an extra two bucks an hour and I can assure you that your culinary confection of Cheese Whiz and Captains Wafers will be like dining out at Copeland's. Joe Schmoe, the short order cook, will get extra cash in his pocket, but where do you think that extra cash is coming from? That's right, every other American who has to pay extra to purchase everyday items, including cheese and crackers.
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