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Gary Varvel

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  1. SpicyNacho

    SpicyNacho said, 4 months ago

    Gotta get more voters to secure that Hillary gets in in 2016.

  2. Mephistopholes

    Mephistopholes said, 4 months ago

    When will the government learn to stop interfering with the Laws of Supply and Demand. Many workers aren’t worth $9 an hour to their employer.

    And all of this is built on the myth that people can only work 40 hours a week.

  3. Chillbilly

    Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

    How about a Maximum Wage Decrease then?

  4. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent said, 4 months ago

    More far “right” b s.

  5. SeaFox10

    SeaFox10 said, 4 months ago

    Just the way Al-obama wants it!

  6. Richard Flaskamp

    Richard Flaskamp said, 4 months ago

    Ahh, life in the Fix News bubble

  7. ODon

    ODon said, 4 months ago

    The minimum wage in San Francisco is over $10/hour yet somehow businesses there continue to succeed.

  8. Paul Harvey

    Paul Harvey said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    And what does a cup of coffee cost? The gub’mint should not mandate a minimum anything.

  9. Harrison_Bergeron

    Harrison_Bergeron said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    I used to live out in that area, near San Jose. What a horrible place to be one of the working poor, unless you’re one of those who uses personal irresponsibility to sponge off people like me. That’s why I left, enjoy watching your state and cities devolve into a third world sewer.

  10. Harleyquinn

    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    oh, wow. typical lib. I can not have nor achieve therefore you should not also.

  11. Harleyquinn

    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    The minimum wage in San Francisco is over $10/hour yet somehow businesses there continue to succeed."

    really? And how much is a burger? how much for a cup coffee? How much work can a teenager get in that state.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/california-unemployment-r_n_933393.html

  12. Harleyquinn

    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @Dogbert the Great

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/california-unemployment-r_n_933393.html

  13. Bruce4671

    Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    OK my brother, first CA minimum wage is $8/hr according to this:

    http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/labor/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx

    So OK that’s fine. The rate in Fla is $7.79 close enough.

    Now go to these two sites and compare cost of living.

    http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+States&city=San+Francisco%2C+CA

    http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+States&city=Tampa%2C+FL

    The wife and I can eat out at a generic (Ruby Tuesdays?) restaurant for about $40 in FL while you have to fork over $60.

    If I was to rent an apartment in the city (3 bed) I have to pony up $1400. on average: you $3800.

    Now neither one of us will do that on minimum wage.

    $8/hr = $1408 (before taxes) for 22 day month
    $7.79/hr= $1371 (before taxes) for 22 day month.

    Can you say two jobs with OT?

  14. John Orr

    John Orr said, 4 months ago

    Funny (not really), but the whole premise behind the Right’s tax cuts for the rich is that if they have more money, they will create more jobs. In other words: Give them more money and they will spend it, helping the economy. Why doesn’t the same principle work for the working class who demonstrably spend a far greater proportion of their income? The rich do not ‘create’ jobs out of some sort of altruistic largesse. Only increased demand for products creates jobs. Where does increased demand come from? Joe Six-pack who has a bit more disposable income.

  15. brent

    brent said, 4 months ago

    A warning written entirely by Republicans. Thus the yellow label.

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