Just a few hours before flying to Bangkok:
This is somewhere near KL Sentral. (tag)
p/s – Minimum wage is almost always counterprodutive to combat poverty. So, this is a good move:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 – Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation tying the first minimum wage increase in almost a decade to a decrease in the federal estate tax, denying Republicans a legislative victory as lawmakers head into a crucial month of campaigning before the November elections.
What surprises me is the fact that it’s the Republicans that are for wage floor increase and it’s the Democrats that fought against that raise. Ideologically, I’d expect the other way round.
Heh. Elections make pragmatic politicians.
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yeah, you’re right. I didn’t notice the other provisions what were attached with the minimum wage bill.
I think the Democrats are more concerned with the estate tax cut than the harm to the economy done by the minimum wage.