Vermont Passes Highest Minimum Wage Law In U.S.
Click here for reuse options!“I will be proud to sign it,” Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) said of the bill. The final version will phase in the higher wage in order to win nearly unanimous support in both chambers. The state’s minimum wage was already indexed to inflation.
The Green Mountain state is the seventh to enact a minimum wage hike this year and the fourth to crack the $10 mark. Delaware and West Virginia lawmakers raised their wages above $8 an hour. Minnesota raised the minimum wage for most large companies to $9.50. And Hawaii, Maryland, and Connecticut each established $10.10 minimum wages.
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Anomaly 100 May 13th, 2014 at 14:18
W00t!
Anomaly 100 May 13th, 2014 at 14:18
W00t!
mea_mark May 13th, 2014 at 16:06
It is a baby step in the right direction but still not enough. We need something more like a 50 cent raise every 6 months until we hit the $15 mark. Maybe that way by 2020 we can have a strong economy and a growing middle class again.
Nobama May 14th, 2014 at 14:19
Didn’t Obama already fix that economy thing? Oh that’s right: the economy grew a whopping .1 % the first quarter of this year.
arc99 May 14th, 2014 at 14:27
compared to what he started with, the President is doing quite well
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/var/rgdp-qtrchg
Series Title: Quarterly Growth in real GDP at annual rates, Percent
2008 01 -2.6591
2008 02 1.9966
2008 03 -1·9654
2008 04 -8·3330
—————————————
2013 01 1·1452
2013 02 2.4817
2013 03 4·1341
2013 04 2.6266
2014 01 ·1079
mea_mark May 14th, 2014 at 14:33
If the republicans would quit blocking raising the minimum wage the economy would recover faster. More people would be spending more money, cranking up the economy.
Nobama May 14th, 2014 at 14:47
I agree but why did Hairy Reid let the unemployment extension die out? The states are raising the minimum wage as it should be. Biden’s home state raised it a tad over 8.00 an hour. That will be a big help for the poor. Now they can stop shopping at Goodwill and go to Neiman Marcus!
arc99 May 14th, 2014 at 14:53
the Senate passed the extension in April
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/07/senate-passes-extension-to-unemployment-insurance-bill-heads-to-house/?tid=pm_business_pop
Senate passes extension to unemployment insurance, bill heads to House
Nobama May 14th, 2014 at 15:37
Good. Should have never been allowed to expire. I would enjoy watching a few politicians get evicted and seeing their belongings get taken off the curb by thieves.
PostingID2014 May 26th, 2014 at 19:49
If people made more money they would spend it and the economy would grow.
Instead you rightwing nutballs think that giving money to a rich guy who will allow about 30 cents of each buck he allows to get back into the economy.
And you think that’s better: giving tax dollars to a group of people who do not NEED more income, in a fashion that causes the economy to get worse.
mea_mark May 13th, 2014 at 16:06
It is a baby step in the right direction but still not enough. We need something more like a 50 cent raise every 6 months until we hit the $15 mark. Maybe that way by 2020 we can have a strong economy and a growing middle class again.
Oblowz May 14th, 2014 at 14:19
Didn’t Obama already fix that economy thing? Oh that’s right: the economy grew a whopping .1 % the first quarter of this year.
arc99 May 14th, 2014 at 14:27
compared to what he started with, the President is doing quite well
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/var/rgdp-qtrchg
Series Title: Quarterly Growth in real GDP at annual rates, Percent
2008 01 -2.6591
2008 02 1.9966
2008 03 -1·9654
2008 04 -8·3330
—————————————
2013 01 1·1452
2013 02 2.4817
2013 03 4·1341
2013 04 2.6266
2014 01 ·1079
mea_mark May 14th, 2014 at 14:33
If the republicans would quit blocking raising the minimum wage the economy would recover faster. More people would be spending more money, cranking up the economy.
Oblowz May 14th, 2014 at 14:47
I agree but why did Hairy Reid let the unemployment extension die out? The states are raising the minimum wage as it should be. Biden’s home state raised it a tad over 8.00 an hour. That will be a big help for the poor. Now they can stop shopping at Goodwill and go to Neiman Marcus!
arc99 May 14th, 2014 at 14:53
the Senate passed the extension in April
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/07/senate-passes-extension-to-unemployment-insurance-bill-heads-to-house/?tid=pm_business_pop
Senate passes extension to unemployment insurance, bill heads to House
Oblowz May 14th, 2014 at 15:37
Good. Should have never been allowed to expire. I would enjoy watching a few politicians get evicted and seeing their belongings get taken off the curb by thieves.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak May 26th, 2014 at 19:49
If people made more money they would spend it and the economy would grow.
Instead you rightwing nutballs think that giving money to a rich guy who will allow about 30 cents of each buck he allows to get back into the economy.
And you think that’s better: giving tax dollars to a group of people who do not NEED more income, in a fashion that causes the economy to get worse.