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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    There's nothing free about working a full time job.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Re: SOTU Address: In countries where the government controls the oil, yes those countries get a large chunk of that revenue. The US only gets money through taxes from the sale of that oil The companies are making hundreds of billions of dollars in profit.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    More sickening comments from conservatives. EVERYONE that works full time hours should have a basic living wage. It's called being human and having empathy. I can't believe how little people here care about others. It's all everyone for themselves. So disgusting. It makes me literally...
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    I don't know what guest workers have to do with this. Raising the minimum wage is more likely to create jobs because it will put money into the hands of people that can not afford to spend who will now be able to. You will have people that could not afford to buy a house or rent who will now...
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Lol, that's funny considering that's exactly what Romney tried doing in the debate but we're getting off topic here. I explained what I meant so maybe you should respond to that instead of spouting off nonsense about something that was answered. Austrian economics is a joke in a fantasy world.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Re: SOTU Address: Because obviously all the oil we use comes from there.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    I said exactly why. You cut it out of the quote. The point is, companies will go for as little wages as possible no matter the cost to society or the people they hurt. We are asking for a basic living wage that adjusts to inflation. We are not asking to live in luxury or to take a living from...
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    No...they were not. Federal Minimum Wage Rates, 1955 This shows the rates adjusted for inflation from the same source you provided. You are wrong.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Yes, that is exactly the problem. But the conservative problem is that you believe the bad part of that is the government and not the horrible private wages. Minimum wage hikes throughout history have not caused any significant increase in unemployment. Prices will rise no doubt, but the wage...
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    It's very relative. The point is that if wages do not rise while costs continue to rise, we continue to approach virtual slavery. Creating a living wage is nowhere near asking for $1,000/hr. It's asking for a right to live a basic living.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Why must I start from 1990? Did everything not exist before then?
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Re: SOTU Address: ....The oil companies are the suppliers....
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    If companies could use slaves for work they would. Which is why they want wages as close to slave labor as possible.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Technically I was right because I said 1968 but as for 1970 yes. My point still stands that inflation has not kept up compared to either of those years.
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    SOTU Address:[W: 378; 1310; 1451]

    Unions in Germany pay their auto workers far far far more than in the US. I don't see German auto industry dying.
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