Michael Ramirez,  Nancy Pelosi

Michael Ramirez on the Minimum Wage Increase

January 17, 2007 /

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Pelosi moves to close Samoa wage loophole

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday said Democrats will close a loophole in the House-passed minimum wage increase that exempts American Samoa — an action taken after it was revealed that one of the U.S. territory’s main employers is based in her congressional district.

“I have asked the Education and Labor Committee as they go forward with the legislation to make sure that all of the territories have to comply with U.S. law on the minimum wage,” Mrs. Pelosi said.
The decision follows criticism over the exemption, reported earlier this week by The Washington Times, to allow tuna canneries in American Samoa to continue paying $3.26 an hour — nearly $4 less than the $7.25 minimum wage passed by the House Wednesday.

Republicans, after the vote, pointed out that StarKist Tuna, one of two companies that employs about 75 percent of the Samoan work force, is owned by Del Monte, which is headquartered in Mrs. Pelosi’s San Francisco district.

So much for Speaker Pelosi and the Culture of Corruption.

Now, does anyone think that a minimum wage increase if it is bad for American Samoa that it may be bad for other areas of the United States?

Nahhhhhhh those young folks don’t vote anyway…….

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