Newspaper Editor Liars

The Daily Tar Heel, a paper from the heavily socialist state university system, weighs in and lies about the minimum wage. The editors celebrate the State Treasurer's opinion that the state minimum wage is too low. Then they proceed to lie about it.

more than 100,000 North Carolinians to try to pay the bills on about $893 per month before taxes.

Implied lie. First, if you're only making $893 a month, you're not only not paying taxes, but you're getting tax credits -- or cash -- from the government. And the only bills you have when you're earning that much is how much to spend at the mall -- the vast majority of people earning that are kids living at home.

Moore's increase would bump that number up to almost $1,070, meaning fewer residents would have to rely on public programs to make ends meet.

Wait a minute! Just one sentence ago, they implied that people working for minimum wage get ONLY $893 a month. If they're on public programs, then they're ALREADY getting more than $893 a month now, aren't they? Damn those facts!

Workers would keep the same constant buying power - and businesses aren't forced to deal with sudden minimum wage jumps of almost 20 percent for inflationary adjustment every time legislators remember that it's an issue. Everybody wins.

No, workers do not get the same constant buying power -- those who are working for minimum wage DO NOT REMAIN THERE! People get raises, they get educations, they change jobs -- minimum wage jobs are ENTRY LEVEL YOU SOCIALISTS.

If all minimum wage laws were removed today -- as they should be -- how many jobs do you think will pay less than the current minimum wage? I'd be willing to be almost none -- no one will work for $2 an hour, you idiots!

Damn socialist crap.

Posted by: Ogre at 03:05 PM

Comments

1 ogre, you're just heartless. think about the starving children, darn you.

wait, ogres eat children. Never mind.

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Posted by: birdwoman at January 19, 2006 06:42 PM (vR7Sl)

Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 08:45 PM (/k+l4)

3 I totally agree with you. If you are supporting a family, on a minimum wage job, #1) you're a moron... #2)you shouldn't have children.

I'm all for a repeal of minimum wage.

Posted by: James at January 19, 2006 08:54 PM (gqJc1)

4 I thought Ogres were like onions, now it's "ogres eat children"? What about the puppies? Is EEEEVILLLL GLENNNNN left to eat every puppy on earth ALONE!?

BTW - I'm with you here, I have only earned min wage at ONE JOB in my life, and it was my job during high school, meaning (like you said), the only "bills" I had were lunches on school days, and my "liesure" bills (TOYS AND GADGETS!)

Posted by: Smoke Eater at January 19, 2006 09:03 PM (K7uqT)

5 James, I think #2 is a direct cause of #1...

Smokey, don't onions eat children, too?

Posted by: Ogre at January 19, 2006 09:41 PM (+Gl1m)

6 Crap, I wish I was a kid today. Can you imagine being 16 and making that kind of money per hour?

I used to make $3.35 per hour and try to make it though college, on my own. That means no goberment hand outs.

Posted by: Machelle at January 20, 2006 01:47 PM (ZAyoW)

7 No kidding. My first job was even lower because I got paid by the newspaper I delivered -- no hourly rate at all.

And every single job I've had since then has paid more. Funny how that works.

Posted by: Ogre at January 20, 2006 02:15 PM (/k+l4)

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