The US has the hide to pay the poor mexicans even less than minimum wage,what a disgrace. Posted 10/20/2005 @ 5:13pm
Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage
Today's edition of the New York Times devoted exactly one sentence (on
page A18) to one of the most important news stories of the day. "No
Rise in Minimum Wage," the headline read. The nation's minimum wage
has, shockingly, been stuck at $5.15 an hour since 1997. Yesterday,
two proposals--from both Democrats and Republicans--were rejected in
the House.
The Democrats' proposal, introduced by Edward Kennedy (MA), called for
an increase to $6.25 over an 18-month period. A Republican proposal
provided the same $1.10 increase and added various tax incentives for
small businesses. Both measures went down in flames as did the hopes
of working people coast to coast that they might finally be more
fairly compensated for their labor. Moreover, as Kennedy rightly
insisted, it's "absolutely unconscionable" that in the same period
that Congress has denied a minimum wage increase, lawmakers gave
themselves seven pay raises worth $28,000.
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