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| Massachusetts To Be Set Apart As A State Without Small Businesses |
| 2006-03-04 |
| After a three-month stalemate, Massachusetts House and Senate leaders yesterday agreed to charge assessments on businesses that do not provide health insurance to their workers, clearing the way for the Legislature to enact a sweeping healthcare bill and make the state eligible for $385 million in federal Medicaid money... Next, hopefully, they will follow Taos, NM in raising the minimum wage to $15/hr. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 Can jizya and zakat be far behind? |
| Posted by: .com 2006-03-04 19:11 |
| #10 New Hampshire will be New Hampachusetts w/i 10 years. Yeah, all those Massholes moving in. Maybe the Free Staters can start to make a dent by then. (I can dream, can't I). |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-03-04 18:55 |
| #9 New Hampshire will be New Hampachusetts w/i 10 years. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-04 17:08 |
| #8 taxes, xb....taxes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-04 17:04 |
| #7 Bad enough that Mass. has lost residents for the past two years, and now the Dem controlled Legislature pulls this stunt. I know I'm getting itchy to leave the Peoples' Republic of Mass, and it ain't the weather I can't stand. (except for Raj, who's gonna move to Vermont) Really? Vermont's even even moonbattier that Mass. New Hampshire still has some of the "Live Free or Die" attitude, though. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-03-04 16:54 |
| #6 One last note, after 2008, the minimum wage will be indexed to inflation, so it will continue to rise. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-04 16:39 |
#5 I was half kidding, and got the wrong town. In Santa Fe, they decided to use the minimum wage to keep out new development. In February 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico enacted a minimum wage ordinance. Beginning January 1, 2004, the ordinance will require an $8.50 per hour minimum wage for all businesses and nonprofit organizations with 25 or more employees. The wage will rise to $9.50 per hour in 2006 and $10.50 per hour in 2008. Tips earned by employees can be counted towards the minimum. While not $15/hr, that amount was originally proposed, again, not especially for workers, but to keep out new businesses. An interesting note is that a New Mexico court upheld the creation of a *city* minimum wage higher than that of the State of New Mexico, which is still significantly higher than the federal minimum wage. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-04 16:38 |
| #4 Taos has a minimum wage of $15?? You're kidding, right?? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-03-04 16:05 |
| #3 There's no provision in the Constitution for expelling a state from the Union, is there? Shit... |
| Posted by: Thraimble Greque5524 2006-03-04 15:12 |
| #2 Congress should make it clear there will be no state bailout by Fed money when the house of cards comes crashing down. You wanted a socialist state - you got it... (except for Raj, who's gonna move to Vermont) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-04 14:19 |
| #1 Bad enough that Mass. has lost residents for the past two years, and now the Dem controlled Legislature pulls this stunt. Brilliant! Great way to save the job base, Einsteins. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-03-04 12:39 |