The train has left the station, UNLESS the republicans can tell people that eventually they will come for YOUR money regardless of how little you make. Take this issue on paying the minimum wage raise with taxpayer dollars. New York just did it. If the republicans can't demonstrate how this is a government out of control and offer a better solution, then they don't deserve to win. Last one leaving New York, please turn out the lights. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A hike in New York's minimum wage is a big win for Democrats, but a provision buried inside the tentative state budget shows taxpayers will be paying much of the bill. The "minimum wage reimbursement credit" is spelled out at the bottom of a revenue bill in the budget separate from the minimum wage measure. The credit would reimburse employers for part of the difference in wages from the current $7.25 minimum wage as it rises to $9 an hour by 2016. Once it reaches $9 an hour, employers would pay 40 cents and taxpayers $1.35 of the extra $1.75 an hour workers are paid. Employers including big-box department stores and fast-food chains will get tax credits for seasonal employees, ages 16 to 19, who are still in school, which some advocates for low-income residents say will hurt adult workers. The cost of the measure approved in closed-door negotiations between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders won't be known publicly until after the budget gets final legislative approval, which is expected by the end of this week. Early estimates are between $20 million and $40 million, with no cap on the total.
The Clinton media machine is already 100% geared up. The repubs have an upward hill to climb if they want to defeat it. They can gain an edge if the economy tanks since Hillary was part of the admin, but if the situation is at least okay, they will have trouble. Just look at the make up of the media. Chelsea Clinton works at NBC, and George Step works at ABC. These two networks do not even try to act as if they not in the tank.
Yesterday, 16 out of the first 20 threads belonged to pspr, all started within two days. There is something so wrong with that behavior that I think most rational people have left this room to the winger nutters that inhabit it.