Money Matters

[bailunrui]

Bush Supports Democrats' Minimum Wage Hike Plan

President Bush for the first time endorsed a specific plan for raising the federal minimum wage yesterday, as he embraced Democratic calls to boost it by $2.10, to $7.25 an hour, over two years

Comments

[capthek]

he wants historians to have one thing to point to

[roguetailkinker]

Blackmail. It's the only explanation.

[thisficklemob]

I think it's a matter of knowing it will pass the House and the Senate, and Bush not wanting to use his veto power on such a popular measure. Republicans are perfectly ok with being miserly Scrooges, they just don't want to be caught out at it.