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Originally Posted by Sherry Wine

There's talk everywhere about minimum wage being raised. It's already happened in many states, and as far as I know, mine is the only one still debating it. Many think it's a good thing, but my mother has a point, which she took to the senator after receiving an e-mail from him that was meant to be for someone else. Here was her reply:

THIS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED IN ERROR BY (my mom) OF (small place), PA, EMAIL (E-mail was here) , who has been disappointed in senator santorum since reading on his website that he supports raising the minimum wage which is not just bad for the economy but is also a truly socialistic concept. raising the minimum wage does nothing but devalue the earnings of those, like me, who invested time and money into further education in order to ensure myself and my children a stable future. are you going to give me a raise, senator? no, by supporting an increase in minimum wage you will be giving me a pay cut. won't be long before the burger-flippers and stock boys of the world will be pulling in a paycheck like mine (which is not all that great, i make $29,000 per year gross for full time work in a mental health clinic in new castle, lawrence county). minimum wage jobs exist for the young, the students, and the retired folks who need to make a little extra pocket money. pennsylvania's middle class is already taxed half to death supporting the best paid state government in the country, now you want to further insult us by giving those who probably don't even pay income taxes and get child care credits, blah blah blah, a raise? when the wages and salaries in the middle class jobs have been stagnant for 3 years?? are you kidding? let me ask you, senator... who's more likely to get to the polls on election day? the educated middle class? or the burger-flippers?

~*my mom* RN
registered republican and true conservative


What are your views?

Your mother annoys me. No, raising minimum wage shouldn't be done casually and for no reason, however, without minimum wages, what do you get? Sweatshop wages. You can guarantee that employers will take advantage of such things and will then have no need for the orient if you catch my drift. Frankly, I doubt that your mother has in fact worked harder than anyone that makes minimum wage. She's worked longer perhaps, and harder than some maybe, but I know for a fact that there are plenty of people making minimum wage that work every bit as hard as she does (assuming she does in fact work hard and isn't just tooting her large conservative horn).