"...Just For Political Reasons" (A Republican Congressman on Raising the Minimum Wage)
The Republican Party really has no desire to enact policies that are beneficial to the average American; hence their downright hostility to raising the minimum wage.
But Republicans recognize that in this election season, even if they don't WANT to raise the minimum wage, they need to "just for political reasons."
Republican Congressman Mike Castle of Deleware says "Whether people like it or not, we need to go ahead with it. There's a general agreement among Republicans (opposing the raise) that `maybe we don't like it much, but we need to move forward with it just for political reasons.'"
The Democrats in Congress have been begging and pleading to raise the minimum wage, and some have even threated to block their own pay raises until the minimum wage is raised. And now, it seems that although the GOP will try to hold a vote on raising the minimum wage, but at a price.
They want to entrap the Democrats into having to vote AGAINST the bill, by adding "poison pills" and sweetheart deals for their business allies.
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