jdona wrote:

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Without the federal minimum wage, which really isn't a living wage at all, but is better than than nothing, there would be more people would be in poverty, more homeless, more tent cities, more hunger, so what was his solution to those problems?

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Don't post much anymore here, but will respond to this as this article is a clear propaganda piece filled with typical misinformation and snipets taken out of context.

To clarify, Joe Miller actually said this:

 

He said in the interview that minimum wage standards were "clearly up to the states" and that regulation of those rates was "not within the scope of the powers that are given to the federal government." "The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that determination," Miller said. "The minimum level again should be the state's decision."

 

Which means, he wants to leave it up to the states to decide upon what the minimum wage should be and it is not in the scope of the federal government to set a minimim wage.  Sounds like a very good idea and has my support.

He is absolute NOT advocating abolishing the minimum wage.  He is saying leave it up to the states.  Period.

So, contrary to what this article states, it does not mean Miller is against a minimum wage.  I am so tired of far-left wing propaganda taking words out of context that totally mis-leads the public.  The  article is written and readers believe it without doing due diligence in research and that is how the fear-mongering rumours are spread.

Just setting the record straight on this one.  Miller is a Constitutionalist and that is what America needs now. The truth is that each individual state, by way of the Constitution, is supposed to have more power than the combined power of the federal government.

Source for quoted bolded material: 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20018474-503544.html

and, the same quote also appears at the originally sourced site also, but was not included.  And, this is why "Context Matters".

And, by reading the comments made on the article, a vast majority of people only read the headline and jumped to the incorrect conclusion that Miller wants to end minimum wage, without reading the entire story.  People will read a headline and assume it is the truth without reading the ENTIRE article.


-- Edited by Calico on Monday 4th of October 2010 07:27:59 PM

-- Edited by Calico on Monday 4th of October 2010 07:43:05 PM