They seriously want us to think that Paul Krugman is as extreme as LaPierre? As he states: How many times does he have to be right and the others wrong?

Along these lines are the discussions on raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation.

From the NY Times.

I’m hearing over and over from the conservatives that we can’t raise the minimum wage because it will mean there will be massive layoffs, hours cut, blah, blah blah.  People can.not.live. on minimum wage! They cannot meet even their basic needs.  But that doesn’t seem to bother these people…all that matters is that the profits keep rolling in.

And, as always, they make exceptions for “their” folks–some of them need a pay increase, but entry-level folks, well, they’re just SOL.

This is an old piece, but bears repeating.  It’s always amazing to me that members of Congress tell the American public that we cannot afford to raise the minimum wage, while stating that they cannot afford to live on the measily $100k that they earn under false pretenses.

Here’s an updated version.  Note how they have increased their wages by $20,000 in a short time period.  The raises alone cost the American public $2 million!

The latest here.

And yet these people will browbeat the American public for holding out their hands and asking for the same treatment–wage increases to a point that they could actually afford to live more than just week to week.

Finally, the perks that we thought were gone…well, not so much…