Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

I assume most democrats on here will emphatically say %26#039;Yes%26#039; . That%26#039;s fine . Cause it%26#039;s true . It got republican votes too , but undoubtedly Congress is controlled by Democrats . Dems deserve the %26#039;credit%26#039; .

So don%26#039;t you think they should also take %26#039;credit%26#039; for their 3% approval rating on the handling of the Iraq war ? Yes it%26#039;s 3% .

The president%26#039;s approval rating on the war is at 24% , not good but one must recognize that it%26#039;s 8 TIMES HIGHER than Congress .

But let%26#039;s hit an even bigger discrepancy . Iraqi Parliament . The Iraqis have passed over 60 new %26#039;bills%26#039; this year . Yet our Democratically controlled congress and senate have the audacity to demand much more from the Iraqis in this short period of time , and our own damn Congress hasn%26#039;t done as much as the Iraqis .

Hypocrisy ?

Denial ?

Or. . . . . Nothing to see here people , everyone look the other way. .. . afterall , we%26#039;re on our much deserved vacation even though we chastised the Iraqis for taking vacation when they DID MORE

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Of course they should take credit for their agenda to increase union wages, thereby driving more manufacturing jobs overseas and cause more small, struggling companies to go out of business because they can%26#039;t afford to pay that high of a minimum wage!

The absolutely only *real* rationale for an increase in the minimum wage is to provide a higher floor for union wages increases and I%26#039;m sure their primary reason for increasing the minimum was to get more political donations from the union bosses!

Over 75% of minimum wage jobs go to high school and college students for summer and part time jobs students and for entry level laborers. If anyone ever does a study on minimum wage jobs and makes the results public to the general populous, as Rush Limbaugh has done for his listeners, one could easily find that factory workers generally stay at the minimum wage level for six months or less! By then the non-student workers are either fired or given raises and don%26#039;t usually have families to support until a few years later, when they are earning a lot more money!

BTW: President Bush%26#039;s approval rating has climbed to 33% in the latest polls; but I don%26#039;t know what Congress%26#039; current approval rating is! Maybe minus figures?

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

You mean the %26quot;credit%26quot; or the %26quot;blame?%26quot;

Interesting question....

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

The democrats voted against a minimum wage increase 2 times before. Why? Because the republicans wanted cuts in other taxes.

http://www.cbpp.org/7-28-06tax2.htm

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

I think it is funny how much some folks wish to blame everyone else...

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

It would be more like taking the blame, no?

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Democrats are not for the small business man/ or woman so I say yes give them the credit.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

I think congress should work for minimum wage and take credit only for being the most useless non productive group of employees Ive ever seen, we need to make Donald Trump the speaker for a day and the pres pro tem just long enough to say %26quot;your fired%26quot;

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

yes

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

The 3% approval rating reflects American%26#039;s attitudes towards this horrific and wasteful war.

No hypocrisy. No denial.

No winners either.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Does the 3% approval rating suck? No doubt.

Is the congress 100% democrat? No. It%26#039;s about evenly split between both parties so there is plenty of dissatisfaction to go around for both parties.

As for the Iraqi parliament, what were the new bills they passed? How many of them were procedural? For the non procedural bills, what exactly were they for and how many of them are the type of bills you would expect from a government essentially starting from scratch?

No denial or hypocrisy. Just more thought than went into the original question.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

I do believe they should take the blame, er credit. The minimum wage is nothing more than a sham. After all, if people truly feel that government should mandate some kind of minimum (liveable) wage, why not suggest $100,000 per year?

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Feel Good Legislation at best

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

The 3% approval rating is not surprising. Most democrats don%26#039;t think they are doing enough and most republicans don%26#039;t like them trying to do anything at all.

The Iraqis need to get their butts in gear. They have to build a government more or less from scratch. we don%26#039;t. But if you want the dems in our congress to do more, take away Bush%26#039;s veto stamp. I suspect that you don%26#039;t REALLY want a bunch of dem legislation going through though.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Please spell out exactly what you are trying to blame on the democrats. You have so many disconnected thoughts here, I really don%26#039;t know which one to answer and will not waste the time to answer them all.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

of course...if it were left up to the Reps, there would be NO minimum wage.

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

The Democratically controlled Congress is trying to do things in order to get our troops home, with as many still alive as possible. And as pulling out the troops has been voted down, their next option was to set benchmarks in order to prove or disprove to the average American citizen that progress was being made in Iraq.

I%26#039;m not too happy with Congress either these days, but that%26#039;s more to do with bills for change being killed on the table or vetoed. Which would put the blame on the Republicans in Congress... and Bush.

How about we make the Presidency and Congress (both parties, of course) into positions with middle-class salaries, no benefits, no perks, and then see how much they actually get done for the American people?

Do You Think Congressional Democrats Should Take Credit For The Minimum Wage Increase ?

Yes, they can take the credit/blame.

In my state most of the people working for minimum wage are teenagers.

The kids all thank congress for the kickin new wordrobe and spending cash.