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To: John Vosilla who wrote (135019)	7/26/2013 12:16:22 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Respond to of 149317

Good ideas.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (135019)	7/26/2013 3:07:14 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Great ideas!

To: John Vosilla who wrote (135019)	7/26/2013 3:15:52 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

how about we phase out welfare for corporations first rather than people who live in poverty give me a fucking break "In the midst of all the discussion about welfare reform, it turns out that the major welfare beneficiary in our country is the Walton family of Wal-Mart fame. The wealthiest family in America is worth more than $100 billion. One way they got so rich is by paying workers so little that tens of thousands of Wal-Mart employees use food stamps to feed their families and Medicaid to pay doctor bills. So with the number of Americans living in poverty in America near a 60-year high, with the gap between the rich and the rest of us growing wider and with youth unemployment in America at staggering levels, one proposal Bernie backs is raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. It’s been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. In addition to helping workers, a catch-up raise would have a side benefit. There would be “real savings for taxpayers who would not have to subsidize Wal-Mart because of its low wages,” Bernie told Chris Hayes on MSNBC. Some Republicans don’t just want to keep the minimum wage from going up. In a blunt exchange at a Senate hearing, Sen. Lamar Alexander told Bernie the minimum wage, on the books since the 1930s, should be abolished." - Senator Bernie Sanders <bernie_sanders@sanders.enews.senate.gov>;