Simple Solution: Tie Minimum-Wage Increases To Congressional Raises

[Nbadan]

Election-year stunt or not by Demos, minimum wage increases should be tied to Congressional raises to themselves...

Democrats ratcheted up their election-year push for an increase in the federal minimum wage Tuesday by promising to block a congressional pay hike unless some of the lowest-paid hourly workers get their first raise in nearly a decade.

"Congress is going to have earn its raise by putting American workers first: A raise for workers before a raise for Congress," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

Reid refused to spell out exactly how he will block a $3,300 pay raise scheduled for January 1 for members of Congress, who currently earn $165,200 annually. He said with 40 Senate Democrats backing the maneuver, "We can stop anything they (Republicans) try to do with a congressional pay raise."

Democrats in the House and Senate want the $5.15-per-hour federal minimum wage, in place since 1997, to rise in 70-cent increments to $7.25 by January 1, 2009.

CNN

Doesn't the guy at the bottom deserve a cost-of-living adjustment too?

[Dimm-O-Crap]

lefty leftist hippie left-leaning dimmocrap!

Anything I can do you for?

[xrayzebra]

I agree, lets raise minimum wage to 20 bucks an hour and tie in a COLA so we
will never, never have any poor people again. Especially the highschool kids
working at Wendy's, Burgerking and McDonalds. Problem solved.

[fyatuk]

Election-year stunt or not by Demos, minimum wage increases should be tied to Congressional raises to themselves...



CNN

Doesn't the guy at the bottom deserve a cost-of-living adjustment too?

Please don't tie minimum wage to anything. A constantly increasing minimum wage will cause a of a lot of damage...