tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post6676926405058443862..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: The Faux Noise Unemployment PlanTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-45557299018461819342009-12-18T08:04:24.013-08:002009-12-18T08:04:24.013-08:00Thanks, RJ. It all comes down to ripping pennies ...Thanks, RJ. It all comes down to ripping pennies from the poor and middle classes to give them to millionaires.<br /><br />To quote one of your most vocal readers, Graves, you swine! ;-)<br /><br />Lisa, what a great idea!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-6678171548351752002009-12-17T05:23:02.855-08:002009-12-17T05:23:02.855-08:00if you follow the links from this link you'll ...if you follow the links from this link you'll see how seriously this idea is being debated among the econ wonks: <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/12/should-we-cut-the-minimum-wage.html" rel="nofollow">Should we cut the minimum wage?</a>rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-17680104670356690402009-12-16T17:23:08.702-08:002009-12-16T17:23:08.702-08:00Now they are recycling old ideas - really? I don&...Now they are recycling old ideas - really? I don't think these people have had a new or good idea in their entire lives.<br /><br />I want that speech of Ted Kennedy's, when they were fighting for the increase that he was so passionate about, played 24 hours a day to all of the Republicans, until they stop with this nonsense. That's my own personal form of torture (since they seem Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-40753922660561889612009-12-16T08:40:38.006-08:002009-12-16T08:40:38.006-08:00Without those pennies, how can the millionaire cre...Without those pennies, how can the millionaire create jobs for the poor? Why do you want America to fail?Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-40681471386352755752009-12-16T06:17:35.668-08:002009-12-16T06:17:35.668-08:00this idea has been popularized on the right wing &...this idea has been popularized on the right wing "the market solves all ills" blogs over the past few weeks...these are the same people who say unemployemnt comp creates unemployment by encouraging laziness...the want to end unemployment comp and minimum wage and let the "supply" of low priced labor reach a level where "demand" puts people back to work...<br />(ie, rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.com