House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and this morning she tweeted this cartoon by Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle to make her case:
#1010Means support for working Americans who are trying to make ends meet. Why would anyone oppose #raisethewage? pic.twitter.com/l1ItBMuF1s
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 30, 2014
Get it? American businessmen are rich, fat, loud, and eeeevil. Workers, by contrast, are polite and meek.
Mind you, Pelosi probably doesn’t think the minimum wage should apply to her family’s vineyard workers. But she can’t understand how anyone could possibly oppose an increase in the minimum wage for everyone else. Twitter users, of course, are always ready to help explain:
@NancyPelosi Because the impact of layoffs, then slower hiring growth rates will outweigh the impact of the raise.#1010Means #RaiseTheWage
— Tom (@BoreGuru) April 30, 2014
@NancyPelosi Because we understand what "value for value" means to an economy and you do not.
— Moshe Kaye (@moshek258) April 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/AmGovDotCom/status/461516540475473924
https://twitter.com/NAAPC/status/461516613863632896
@NancyPelosi Because it is a job killer! #Economics101
— A Meh Gal ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@GallSueJoe) April 30, 2014
Then there’s this:
.@NancyPelosi refusal to close border has flooded market w/ commodity (workers) & u demand businesses pay more? doesn't work ECON 101
— BHall (@consunite) April 30, 2014
Come to think of it, few public officials have more energetically supported amnesty in recent weeks than Pelosi:
Sounds like @SpeakerBoehner needs to heed his own words, and bring #immigration reform up for a vote: http://t.co/p8pzqOzzUk #TimeIsNow
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 25, 2014
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Glad to join NYC immigration advocates for a discussion on CIR’s importance to our families & nation. #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/mVVDJzRSz9
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 31, 2014
So far, 158 House Dems have signed the #DemandAVote petition to pass immigration reform. Make your voice heard: http://t.co/UZNkxho6E8
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 27, 2014
Joined @AmericaFerrera & House Ds to #demandavote on immigration reform. Lend your voice → http://t.co/C9latNmsRL pic.twitter.com/JnbeqoCf0Q
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 26, 2014
If you want to pass immigration reform, @SpeakerBoehner, bring it up for a vote. It'll pass. #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/nTHYILgtxH
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 25, 2014
I am signing the House petition to #demandavote on immigration reform. You can make your voice heard too: http://t.co/D42i7JSR2e #TimeIsNow
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 26, 2014
Because nothing shows concern about “working Americans who are trying to make ends meet” like the importation of millions of low-wage workers from Third World countries. Right, Ms. Pelosi?
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