1.0Politics and Religionhttps://hushbeck.com/blogElgin Hushbeckhttps://hushbeck.com/blog/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IQhbsOtLKL"><a href="https://hushbeck.com/blog/2004/06/minimum-wage-yet-again/">Minimum Wage Yet again</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://hushbeck.com/blog/2004/06/minimum-wage-yet-again/embed/#?secret=IQhbsOtLKL" width="600" height="338" title="“Minimum Wage Yet again” — Politics and Religion" data-secret="IQhbsOtLKL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> It is an election year, so once again the Democrats have rolled out the old stand by of the minimum wage, and Kerry is proposing an increase. If raising the minimum wage is really such a good thing, why is it just election years when this comes up? Why is the increase so small? Why […]