Which Texas Candidate is the Strongest Advocate for a Fair Wage Law?

This is an issue that we must prioritize:

Can have so little compassion and empathy for the working man and woman. Oh I know it's because so many of them are rich. They have no concept what it is to be working poor. Everything you need to survive costs more- housing, medical, food, etc yet the purchasing power of your minimum wage keeps going down.

This better be an issue that Americans hold them accountable for. The House passed a raise for themselves of $3,300 a year just last week, and today they won't even give the working American a raise at the lowest level. The minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 for almost 10 years. This is outrageous! :mad:



Sonia

to hear that none of them will want to champion a fair wage law. Since it's a "red" state, if they won't support it they'll use the excuse that it'd alienate too many people here.

*sigh*

Hope I'm wrong, and regardless of whether they support it or not, I'm fully prepared to harrangue them to get on the right side of this issue once they're elected, and lobby others to do the same.

Here is a great article: <http://pewresearch.org/obdeck/?ObDeckID=18>

Here's an excerpt:

"By an overwhelming margin (83% to 14%), the American public favors raising the federal minimum wage to $7.15 per hour -- a hefty $2.00 an hour increase. And nearly half (49%) say they strongly support such an increase. While there are differences in the extent of support across political and socioeconomic lines, raising the minimum wage receives widespread support from both Republicans and Democrats, wealthy and poor.

... In the 30 states where the federal $5.15 minimum applies, 82% say they support a $2-increase to $7.15, while just 16% are opposed. In states where a minimum wage of $7.15 or more has already been passed, 88% are in favor, a difference that is not statistically significant.

Democrats express more support for minimum wage hikes, but the gap between Democrats and Republicans is relatively small in this era of intense partisanship. Raising the minimum wage by two dollars to $7.15 is nearly universally supported among Democrats – 91% favor the idea and just 8% are opposed. Independents agree by an 87%-to-11% margin. A larger proportion of Republicans (24%) opposes an increase to $7.15, yet still 72% are in favor."

Here are a few more graphics:

just like with single-payer insurance in the run-up to the 2004 elections, I'm betting the party leaders (or whoever decides these idiotic things) will still say it's a 'losing issue'.

Almost enough to break one's spirit, it is.

Here is a good issue discussion from Bell's website: <http://www.chrisbell.com/blog/011906_index>.

Bell should seize upon Frist's sabotaging of the Kennedy's federal minimum wage bill as reason to push this idea on the state level. It is a great wedge issue that separates Perry (and Strayhorn) from the mainstream GOP voters.

Bell should pick up on that republican sabotage. Chris should come out strongly for real working families, in Texas. Frist and his rich Congressional colleagues won't stand up for Texas families but Chis Bell will. It's time to give hard working families a better wage, and we don't have to get Frist's permission.

And this issue does have wide bi-partisan support with voters. It's only Congress who is so beholden to business interests that won't budge. They're too busy being corrupted to worry about the average American.

Sonia

issue is his perfect vehicle.

Hair Spray and c4n3p are allergic to any idea that might actually benefit the working people and they so couldn't touch Bell on this issue, and Kinky's campaign is allergic to addressing actual substantive issues (other than Kinky's bold stance against cat declawing) to touch this issue.

Bell should be hitting this hard (and BAR should be busting KBH's chops over this issue, too).