Doug Powers, writing at MichelleMalkin.com on Hillary's address in Detroit to potential SIEU members over the $15/hour wage they think they deserve...
QuoteGreat moments in political speech backdrops:
Ronald Reagan: Brandenburg Gate
Hillary Clinton: Golden Arches:
Image is EVVVVVRYTHING in politics, right?
Powers offers a spinoff from the Politico press-release lauding Shrill's fervent desire to be friendly with the same people she herself forgets to tip...
QuoteService Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry told the crowd that Clinton's call shows "how powerful people around the world are listening to this movement to change our world."
The appearance marks the Clinton campaign's latest attempt to shore up her left flank and de-emphasize the centrist pragmatism that marked her husband's presidency and her own record as senator and secretary of state.
Sunday's appearance is also a powerful overture toward labor groups like the SEIU, which backs the Fight for $15 with millions of dollars. SEIU's Henry said "now is the time" to raise living standards for the American workforce — and also nodded to 2016. "In this presidential election, this is the time for us to put forward an agenda to raise wages and restore prosperity for all," Henry said.
Clinton has been making efforts recently to shore up union support. Last week she met with the American Federation of Teachers, where she said she believed that "unions are part of the solution" to the country's education problems.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/clinton-to-fast-food-workers-i-want-to-be-your-champion-118708.html
...leading Powers to observe:
QuoteAs primary season nears, Hillary will take this message global in a major speech in Berlin, where she will declare "Ich bin ein burger flipper!"
What Clinton didn't mention while promoting unions and praising cities that have adopted $15 per hour minimum wage regs is that unions that pushed for the law in Los Angeles are now seeking an exemption from it. It's Hillary-style hypocrisy so she's obviously totally on board.
Hillary's plan to help fast food workers financially includes not advising them to take unpaid internships at the Clinton Foundation or to have too much faith in the tip jar after they've waited on her.
http://michellemalkin.com/?p=166239
Enjoy that $22 Big Mac. For $15/hr., though, don't expect the ingrate behind the counter to serve it with even a smile.
Those dumbasses don't know about Federally subsidized housing-regulations, do they?!?
http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2015/06/13/unintended-consequences-of-new-seattle-minimum-wage-workers-requested-reduced-hours-to-stay-in-subsidized-housing/comment-page-1/
Workers requested reduced hours to stay in subsidized housing.