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Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t the Minimum Wage Triple What it is Today?

Illbay Wrote: Mar 20, 2013 12:06 PM
Here's the real purpose behind Warren's comments. It resonates with the voters of her state. She doesn't care if YOU think it's stupid. The unionists and the liberals in Massachusetts love **** like this, and so she spoon feeds 'em. People who get mad at politicians for doing what politicians do, are just being foolish. These aren't petit nobility, these people are elected. Turn your ire on those who VOTE for them. Otherwise, you're like the dogs barking at the caravan. The caravan moves on heedless.

There is no doubt in my mind that liberal Democrats want nothing more than to see the working poor succeed and prosper. They believe in social justice, of course, and wholeheartedly agree that with a little help from government, poor people can magically escape a life of poverty and dependence. However, the policies they invariably propose almost always have the exact opposite effect they intend them to have. Enter Elizabeth Warren’s latest mind-numbing recommendation for raising the standard of living in the United States (via NRO):

In a hearing of the Senate Committee...