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To: SilentZ who wrote (206641)	10/15/2004 11:14:49 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573930

If you haven't noticed, corporations appear to be the more likely ones to pay minimum wages... fast food chains, Wal-mart, et al... Geez. Brilliant. It isn't the nature of the employer that determines whether minimum wage is paid. It is the job that is being done. Walmart, fast food, car washes -- all have one thing in common -- they use totally UNSKILLED labor. They give people jobs who don't have skills to do something else. I see no way in which the Bush policies are helping anyone other than the rich in any substantial way... and no, Dave, a few hundred bucks each year doesn't help all that much. You say this because you've heard Kerry say it. But it simply isn't factual. Bush has given the working poor and middle class the only relief they've had in 20 years from the burden of a flat payroll tax that consumes them. I appreciate your good intention and that you are an intelligent kid. But you are so ignorant of this area, and so ready to buy into Kerry's bullcrap, that you really have no chance to be adequately informed. Turn off the TV, get away from the liberal websites, and do some real homework. You only have 20 days left to figure this out.

To: SilentZ who wrote (206641)	10/15/2004 12:41:31 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573930

Z, If you haven't noticed, corporations appear to be the more likely ones to pay minimum wages... fast food chains, Wal-mart, et al... Regardless, small businesses will be the ones screwed over by the increase in minimum wage, and corporations will still thrive. Think the CEOs of fast-food chains and Wal-mart will pay themselves less to compensate for higher labor costs? Think they'll sacrifice their "ill-gotten" profits to pay for it? Not a chance. They'll adjust in ways that can be predicted by microeconomics, and you'll still have the "rich vs. poor" stratification. I see no way in which the Bush policies are helping anyone other than the rich in any substantial way... I once thought "trickle-down" Reaganomics was the wrong way to go, because not much actually gets trickled down, and the rich will keep theirs. I now see that the idea was a lot deeper than what the label "trickle-down" hinted at. Without a strong overall economy, no one benefits. Bush's policies, IMO, have halted a recession created by the 2000 bubble and softened the blow on the overall economy. A more liberal policy would have dragged this nation even deeper into debt and recession ... and the "rich" would have still gotten theirs. Tenchusatsu

To: SilentZ who wrote (206641)	10/15/2004 7:06:53 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573930

wrong If you haven't noticed, corporations appear to be the more likely ones to pay minimum wages... fast food chains, Wal-mart, et al... Walmart pays above the minimum wage here and provides health insurance. walmartstores.com Small businesses pay minimum wage or less. Go down to a new housing developement and ask around what some of the contractors are paying and if they have insurance.... McDonalds pays above minimum wage here and provides insurance.. mcdonalds.com