Ravenwood - 12/31/04 08:30 AM
With a new year comes new laws. After all, politicians have to justify those 6 figure salaries. In Illinois, they offered protection against frivolous lawsuits.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said: "Crime is a serious problem in Illinois. ... But blaming a gun dealer for criminal activity is not the answer."Oh wait, I made a mistake. They are protecting the fast food industry, not gun manufacturers and dealers. Here's what Gov. Blagchft really said:
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said: "Obesity is a serious problem in Illinois. ... But blaming a restaurant for weight gain is not the answer."Meanwhile, in New York lawmakers expect people to be able to earn a comfortable living on minimum wage, so they raised it.
And in New York, legislators overrode Gov. George Pataki's veto to give minimum-wage workers a $2 raise -- lifting their pay to $7.15 an hour in phases over the next two years.Why not just make it $100 an hour so we can all go work at McDonalds?"It's ridiculous in one of the most expensive cities in the world to have to survive on $5.15," said Rafael Duran, a Manhattan restaurant worker. "Pataki doesn't know what it's like to live on that."
As of midnight tonight, Washington State's minimum wage WILL be $7.15.
You said earlier that "All is not right in Washington".
Yep, and it has (D) written all over it.
Posted by: AnalogKid at December 31, 2004 8:06 PMI can see an area Wal-Mart store rounding up their employees now... "The good news is that you are all getting $2 an hour raises. The bad news is that 5 of you are fired to pay for it."
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