LIE OF THE WEEK: 04-21-2006
Senator Hillary Clinton on raising the minimum wage:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who earlier this year compared Congress to a plantation, said Thursday that lawmakers should know what it feels like to be working poor and going years without a raise.
THE TRUTH: Most federal lawmakers are millionaires - many due to misuse or outright abuse of their public positions for personal gain. Even for those not earning a cent over their salary won't "feel like the working poor" by forgoing a raise on their $160,000+ annual salary plus expense accounts, very generous benefits, etc. Discussing the appropriate minimum wage is an excellent topic, but this is political demagoguery at it's worst.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who earlier this year compared Congress to a plantation, said Thursday that lawmakers should know what it feels like to be working poor and going years without a raise.
THE TRUTH: Most federal lawmakers are millionaires - many due to misuse or outright abuse of their public positions for personal gain. Even for those not earning a cent over their salary won't "feel like the working poor" by forgoing a raise on their $160,000+ annual salary plus expense accounts, very generous benefits, etc. Discussing the appropriate minimum wage is an excellent topic, but this is political demagoguery at it's worst.
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