Ted Kennedy Attacks GOP for Stalling Minimum Wage Increase

[oneirishpoet]

gawd how I love this man, he never stopped speaking truth to these idiot Repigfuckers and calling them out on their corporate whoring...when does the greed stop indeed

[TheGatesOfFire]

which idiots keep voting for republicans over there? it just shows that dumbing down the american public worked the way the wanted it to

[oneirishpoet]

@TheGatesOfFire yep Idiocracy has truly come to Repugnant America

[cracks21229]

I came here to listen to Sen. Kennedy because I miss him so much. He was at his best arguing a case on the Senate floor. "What is the price!" Great stuff.

[samkurz]

We need more men like this in the senate. Great man.

[nhaluta]

We need you now more than ever Mr. Kennedy.

[Marvhagler]

Great man, I miss Teddy K.

[wgilroy]

Boy, do we need you now Mr. Kennedys! your voice is very much missed.

[koolchloe]

I'm starting to think they just don't make them like that anymore. Ted Kennedy was not perfect, none of us are,..... We miss you Ted!

[RockawayRiotSquad]

Great Senator...great man.

[aflunky]

RIP and Thank you.

[sinterics]

Teddy was a tough guy... He is chewing the legs off the GOP here.

[Paradox244]

Ted Kennedy had something that is sorely lacking in the modern Democratic party: Gonads. He will be missed.

[ApFaqTech]

All Democrats lack gonads....Republicans however...they all lack souls.

[PitoDaddy]

@Paradox244 Bernie Sanders from Vermont is the closest thing that we have to Ted Kennedy today.

[aikidoka149]

k3304 - here's a relevant and famous quote from a person you likely refer to selectively when it serves what you THINK is in your best interest...

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Ted Kennedy was working against his own personal interests to aid others. He felt that since he came from privilege that he had a BIGGER responsibility to give back rather than a right to rape the people more.

More like the dude I quote than most of us.

[flibbledeejibbitz]

Strike that. Reverse it.

Ted Kennedy was working to aid himself to the detriment of young, inexperienced, undereducated workers.

Sixty years of economic research (Card/Krueger shenanigans aside) have shown that the minimum wage hurts the most vulnerable among us.

But, Teddy knew that most people don't get economics and like the sound of higher wages. Create an "us against them" mentality among voters and use it to keep yourself in office. Works like a charm but is not admirable.

[jaymzb1979]

@flibbledeejibbitz So...as the dollar devalues and erodes the earnings/savings of these workers, what do you suggest as the solution? Right...the increase of the minimum wage would just KILL those that are most vulnerable...how can we be so inhuman!

[debfult85]

God be with you Senator Kennedy, I respect, thank you for you years of service! I admire and respect your family, and my prayers are with you always.

[k3304]

Why has this guy been in politics since 1969 ?

[Hagenbroktellem]

Because the voters of Massachusetts's put him there. Because this Country needs people like Ted Kennedy; to shake the foundation of apathy and ignorance that consumes the hearts and minds of movers and shapers today.

Thank you Uncle Ted, We will always have a special place in our hearts. You are a great man.

[GHOSTSHADOW1]

i agree with Hagenbroktellem (ted kennedy is a great man..who will take his place lets here names..

[debfult85]

Ted Kennedy, thank you for your hard work.

[OgLoC2]

im sorry did I miss something. isnt that the state governments have to set minimum wage laws? (article I section 8)

[jalalabad1983]

Both the federal and state governments set a minimum wage. Employers must pay the higher of the two, where there is a difference, to be in compliance with the law.

Some states like Kansas set their minimum lower than the federal amount, some states like California and Washington set theirs higher, but the most common choice states take is to either set their minimum wage equal to the federal number or just peg it to that number, meaning it changes along with the federal number.

[OgLoC2]

I see...

[jacatl1]

Ted Kennedy should worry about more pressing issues than the minimum wage. But I guess he'll cross that bridge when he gets to it.

[k3304]

jacatl1, he couldnt cross the Chappaquidick bridge, so how is he going to cross the minimum wage bridge ?

[tireironman]

@jacatl1 More pressing issues? Like giving tax breaks to the rich? Like creating loopholes so companies can get tax credits for shipping jobs overseas? Like creating laws that deny working people the right to organize? Tell that to a single mom working two minimum wage jobs to keep a roof over her head. Go ahead, tell her that she can keep working double shifts because we need the time for a law that says English is our official language. You've obviously never lived on minimum wage.

[391083]

Goodtimes22 ( i trust that's not a reference to the tv show!),

Less than two percent of all working people still includes over 2 million people. So it helps those people. The tax cuts for the wealthiest people was for around the same amount. Small business overstate their case, typically, and do not compute for the gains made by people having more purchasing power to buy small business goods. So that's a wash. The case of the state of Oregon puts that to rest.

[Cyrus255]

Doesn't he realize the best way to send all the immigrants home is just that.

Let's raise it to $10 an hour. Watch the illegals have no more jobs.

[quinnsullivan1234]

woah why are you yelling at me