So what’s his problem?
Washington Post’s probably most left-wing op-ed columnist Harold Meyerson doesn’t like that the Republican controlled Congress is doing what it can to not increase the federal minimum wage. Here’s what he has to say:
So the solutions for national problems get kicked downstairs. To date 23 states have passed minimum-wage standards higher than the feds’ — and none of them in statutes designed to subvert themselves or play gotcha with the opposition party. States have begun to enact universal health insurance plans, while cities are passing living-wage ordinances.
That’s exactly how the Union is upposed to work, in my opinion: States and municipalities tackle the issues they confront, rather than have the federal government tackle issues it sees in some places but not others. The fact that a majority of states don’t have minimum wage rates that tops the federal rate suggests that the latter isn’t as out of whack with most of the state labor markets as Mr. Meyerson seems to think.
August 18th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Its strange how local government is better at handling local issues. I can’t find the logic there. Could it be that the locals have a better understanding of what is happening at their level than the federal government? I still can’t beleive there are people out there who beleive that one idea from the federal government will work from New York to Washington. Its a scary thought that people like that have the ability to gain power. I pray every night that our leaders will see the wisdom the founders past down to us, and start ruling the way they were ment to rule.