USAToday(Jones) thinks raising the minimum wage is a winner for Dems

[papau]

Indeed, USA Today's Charisse Jones reports that attempts to raise minimum wage by congressional members could surge Democratic turnout on election day -and Pelosi has said raising the federal minimum wage for the 1.9 million workers — 2.5% of hourly earners — now earning the $5.15 (or less) is a priority if the Dems take control of Congress.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-09-minimum-wage_x.htm

States aim to raise minimum wage

By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

Campaigns to raise the minimum wage are gaining ground in a dozen states during an election year in which some political activists say the issue could help swell Democratic voter turnout.

Seven state legislatures have raised the wage this year, and efforts are underway in six states to put similar proposals on the November ballot.<snip>

As campaigns for governorships and congressional seats heat up, the issue could attract liberal voters in November, just as measures outlawing gay marriage galvanized conservative voters in 2004.

"That kind of effort can really draw voters out to not only support the minimum wage but to support the candidates who support the minimum wage," says Oliver Griswold of the liberal Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, an advocacy group based in Washington.<snip>

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Yesterday Al Franken was discussing the results in FLA since they

raised the minimum wage higher than the Fed Minimum.
Opponents, including Dimson's Pudgy Brother the Gov, said it would kill businesses.
In the 10 months since this was enacted, all the economic signs have improved.
People are making more $, spending more $, and therfore the economy is improving.
Franken used as an example, Henry Ford, who said he wanted to pay his workers enough to afford one of the Model-T's that he and they were making at the time.

[papau]

2. iI think it is a WINNER - a MUST HAVE in every 06 campaign

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