Comments on: Pelosi’s minimum wage hypocrisy – and other Dem low points

By: Ted Remington

Ted Remington — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:53:07 +0000

As Paul Harvey would say, and now the rest of the story:

According to this web site, there ARE federal minimum wages in Samoa, but they have been traditionally far below those of the rest of the United States. http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/americanSamoa/ASminwage.htm

The minimum wage rates for American Samoa are set by a special industry committee (29 U.S.C. 205, 29 C.F.R. Part 511) appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor, as required by the Act.

If you look at the minimum wage rates published therein you will find:

Bottling $3.19/hour
Construction $3.60/hour
Finance and Insurance $3.99/hour
Fish canning $3.26/hour
Garment manufacturing $2.68/hour
Government employees $2.91/hour
Hotel $3.00/hour
Petroleum marketing $3.85/hour
Printing $3.50/hour
Hospitals and education $3.33/hour
Publishing $3.63/hour
retail, wholesale, warehousing $3.10/hour
Ship maintenance $3.51/hour
Shipping $3.88 – $4.09/hour
Tour and travel services $3.48/hour
Miscellaneous $2.70/hour

So, don’t you think that the Washington Times might have, as usual gotten its facts wrong either accidentally or (dare I say it) on purpose?

This was a hatchet job, pure and simple. The new minimum wage law merely continued the status quo, as anyone who wanted to determine could find out with less than ten minutes internet work.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:03:08 +0000

So, technically, the Democrats didn’t really raise the “minimum” wage. The minimum wage is whatever they are paying workers in American Samoa.

By: The American Pundit - Political News and Opinion with A Conservative View-Since 2006 » So, technically, it’s not a “minimum” wage

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:01:24 +0000

[...] That’s the Left for you though, always looking out for the little guy – that is, unless it helps them personally or politically to screw the little guy in favor of a big corporation like StarKist. In this case, it looks like it might be a little of both. Sister Toldjah is hesitatantly reporting that Speaker Pelosi may be a major investor in StarKist. So when it comes to choosing between helping the little guy or her own stock portfolio, Nancy Pelosi is only going to look out for herself. Very nice. [...]

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:47:50 +0000

Don’t worry everyone, I’m sure our media we’ll be all over this one………………………….

Ok, ok, I could’nt say that with a straight face.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:29:34 +0000

Absolute Power corrupts absolutely.

Culture of Corruption.

For special interests not the people.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:27:39 +0000

Democrat hypocrisy??

Well, well, well.House Republicans yesterday declared “something fishy” about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week. “I am shock…

By: PCD

PCD — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:08:47 +0000

Barbara “Check Bouncer” is an hypocritical idiot. She ran for the Senate to escape the House Bank Scandal.

By: Lorica

Lorica — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:00:05 +0000

These are the comments of a person who’s wish is to unify?? Where was the personal sacrifice of FDR?? How about Truman?? Speaking of Dem Prez’s that got us into a war, how about LBJ?? Hello Babs??? Where was LBJ’s personal sacrifice for the Vietnam war?? That war cost us almost 60,000 lives and years and years of sacrifice and pain from those that were there. You know if this is the criteria of making the hard decisions, then no wonder the Dems only make the simpliest decisions. – Lorica