As the kid on 'The Simpsons' would say: HA HA!!!
Every time the federal minimum wage is increased, it needs to be raised again by the time it takes effect. But Connecticut lawmakers tried to make sure the minimum wage is only 7 years behind instead of 8 by increasing it to $8.25 an hour, effective in 2010.
Still, even this modest improvement was too much for the forces of loom and doom to handle. Republican Gov. Jodi Rell arrogantly vetoed the bill.
Uproariously, her veto was all for naught. Luckily, legislators overrode the veto. However, it was by only a 1-vote margin in each chamber, which must be especially stinging for the corporatists.
Tens of thousands of hard-working people in the Nutmeg State will see their wages go up as a result of this wage increase that Jodi Rell tried to deny them.
Now when is Kentucky going to finally raise the minimum wage?
(Source: http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-minimum0624.artjun24,0,1866295.story)
Monday, July 7, 2008
Minimum wage veto overidden
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I second your last statement Tim. Perhaps if minimum wage went up, I'd be able to afford the ridiculous gas prices required to take me back and forth to a job!
ReplyDeleteLikely to hurt small business owners and high school kids wanting part-time jobs than "corporatists."
ReplyDelete....but likely to help those who can't afford to live on $6.50 an hour (which means everyone).
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