When the energy bill was on the floor, the energy companies came in and wanted massive subsidies and no crackdown on pricing. It was their day, and they got it.
When the tax bill was on the floor, the wealthiest people in the country, people making more than $300,000 a year, wanted massive tax breaks. It was their day, and they got it.
I'm sorry to disappoint the opponents of the minimum wage, but this is not your day. This is the day for the people who empty the bedpans, change the bed linens, sweep the floors, and do the hardest work of America.
After a 10-year wait, even though they don't have the lobbyists here, even though they don't have the political action committees here, this is their day....
When the tax bill was on the floor, the wealthiest people in the country, people making more than $300,000 a year, wanted massive tax breaks. It was their day, and they got it.
I'm sorry to disappoint the opponents of the minimum wage, but this is not your day. This is the day for the people who empty the bedpans, change the bed linens, sweep the floors, and do the hardest work of America.
After a 10-year wait, even though they don't have the lobbyists here, even though they don't have the political action committees here, this is their day....
REP. ROB ANDREWS (D), New Jersey
http://www.house.gov/andrews/
http://www.house.gov/andrews/
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최저 임금은 시장 경제 원리로는 맞지 않는 정책이고, 이러한 정책은 포퓰리즘이라는 견해가 있다.
최저임금을 책정함으로서 현재 존재하는 직장에서 급여를 올려주지 않고, 오히려 있는 직장 자리까지 없앨 수 있기도 하다.
그러나, 시장 경제이기 전에 인간답게 살 권리가 있다.
하루에 몇백억씩 버는 사람이 있는 반면, 하루에 몇백원이 없어서 밥도 굶는다는건 모순이지 않는가.
물론, 미국의 경우는 빈곤국에 살고 있는 사람들보다는 돈도 많고 삶의 질도 높겠지만, 이러한 문제는 비교 대상을 그 사회 테두리에서 봐야한다.
ps. 이 사회에는 나보다 경제적 능력이 낮은 사람이 많다는 것. 항상 인식하고 살아가자.
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