minimum wage needs to be raised to $10.10

[luckyleftyme2]

As we know the infamous "alec", "tea party" and the "heritage groups" all funded by some of the richest people and corp. to suppress the worker and increase their wealth are against anything that would benefit the majority! A perfect example of more money than values is the idiot racing on the beach (Bieber) in a rented sports car! I mean really how much is enough for these a-holes? Of course you know what happens overseas when it gets to top heavy=blood gets spilled! How many times has economies failed and the riots begin often with bloodshed!
The minimum wage today has less buying power than it did fifty years ago. That’s just wrong.

We can change that. The Fair Minimum Wage Act would increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, up from $7.25 today, and provide a raise for tipped workers (who've been stuck at $2.13 an hour since 1991.)

Sign the petition and tell Congress: It’s time to raise the minimum wage.

Just as important, the Fair Minimum Wage Act would tie the minimum wage to the rate of inflation so working families earning minimum wage never lose a penny in buying power down the road. We've done that here in Oregon with our minimum wage, and it’s been a critical factor supporting our working families.

In the last several years, the top 1% have taken home some 95% of the economic gains. A stronger minimum wage means a stronger economy for all of us and better opportunities for working families. It’s a critical step towards making sure our nation's prosperity reaches everybody, not just the lucky few.
We must expose these venues the filthy rich use to keep the unknowing in the dark!
where's our tabor boy terry bragdon now? He skipped the state after wasteing millions of mainers pay (no on minimum wages) no on raises to keep pay low while gas and food was skyrocketing! He filled his pockets while the fools that listened to him went in debt!
I,M SURE MY SHADOW THE SHEEPLE WILL RUN RIGHT TO HIS MASTER WITH THIS =SO HERE'S MY MESSAGE =YOUR MINE NOW AND I'M GONNA COLLECT!

[LiberalEsto]

1. $10.10 is not enough

It should be at least $15

[kiawah]

2. My wife waited tables for $2.13 for a while.

She didn't like it, so she found a job in an office that paid $12.50....

[luckyleftyme2]

3. waitresses and pay

some do well depending on location, cook staff and cleanliness; We tip well because my wife was a waitress when I met her. She done well and at the time she was a licensed nurses aid in the largest hospital in Maine! But she could make more working in a dinner as a waitress. You must remember that $10.10 is entry level pay and long over due. If you live in Maine you know that wages are low -to f'n low to survive with out both working. Look at the wages in the other New England states they make as much as 10-12k more than us. Ever shop in New Hampshire-prices cheaper wages higher! MA. SAME THING,CT SAME THING VERMONT ABOUT A SAME. SO when you hear that loud mouth in the coffee shop or at the water cooler or break room see if he isn't the boss's snitch, mr brown nose or a distant relative. I use to luv to listen to one guy rant and rave about how much
labor cost, he was a deacon in his church and the town moderator at town meeting(u young'uns don't know what thatis) well we had our pay ck'd on an interstate job because it was federaly funded(90% oh that was a republican who made that uncle sugar pay 90% we called him Ike) and low and behold the company was getting $2 a day for our lunches in expense money. Since at 19 I was elected to be on a committee for employees MY IMMEDIATE BOSS MADE ME ADDRESS THE OWNER WHICH I DID WITH HIM STANDING BESIDE ME. WELL CAMILE GOT A LITTLE EXCITED SO HE BLURTED OUT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD STEAL FROM US-YOU BEING SUCH A STRONG BABTIST. SO THE BOSS SAID TO ME WHAT DO YOU THINK JOE " AND I REPLIED I THINK CAMILE HAS A POINT AND THE BOSS REPLIED I THINK ITS JUST GOOD BUSINESS. AND I REPLIED WELL YOU OWE ME OVER 20WEEKS AT $10 A WEEK AND THEIR WERE 12 OF US ON THAT PROJECT SO THATS QUITE A BIT OF MONKEY BUSINESS TO PAY BACK! THE SHORT END OF IT WAS THEY HAD TO GO BACK 3 YEARS AND PAID -BUT WAS CAUGHT AGAIN THE YEAR AFTER I LEFT THEM FOR NOT PAYING TIME AND ONE HALF ON A FEDERAL MILITARY BASE! AND THATS HOW SOME MAINE BUSINESSES OPERATED IN THE 50'S!