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Can someone explain this to me? (Most recent email from the White House)

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Hello everyone,

Earlier today, I signed an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers.

It's the right thing to do. But what's more, companies have found that when their employees earn more, they're more motivated, they work harder, and they stick around longer. You should expect the same of your federal government.

The bottom line is this: We are a nation that believes in rewarding honest work with honest wages. And America deserves a raise.

If you agree, let me know you're standing with me -- and take a look at what else we're going to do in 2014.

The order I signed today will help folks across the country. But it's not enough.

Right now, there's a bill in Congress that would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for all Americans. It would lift wages for more than 28 million current workers, and would move millions of Americans out of poverty. That means businesses would have customers with more money to spend.

Raising the minimum wage would grow the economy for everyone.

You don't need to believe me: Believe the 600 economists -- including seven Nobel Prize winners -- who wrote both houses of Congress last month to remind them that the bill before them will have little or no negative effect on jobs.

When I stood before both chambers of Congress and said that I intended for 2014 to be a year of action, that wasn't just a nice line in a speech. It was an acknowledgment that we've got to restore opportunity for everyone in America -- the idea that no matter who you are, or how you started out, you can get ahead here if you're responsible and willing to work for it. That's what this "year of action" is all about.

And since that speech, I have taken actions on my own to make it easier for folks to save for retirement, help working Americans get the skills that good jobs demand, and assist millions of Americans who have been looking for work for several months. I've announced a major new commitment toward connecting our schools to 21st-century technology.

That action continues today, and in the months to come.

Take a look at what we've done already and what's to come.

Thank you,

President Barack Obama
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Can someone explain how raising the wages of federal workers is going to help those of us who have no choice but to get food stamps, due to not being qualified for better jobs or other reasons? What about those military members that qualify for food stamps? So many questions... But then again, every action that has been made so far has only led to more questions.
 
It's the right thing to do. But what's more, companies have found that when their employees earn more, they're more motivated, they work harder, and they stick around longer.
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I can tell you that in my experience that just is NOT true. The people we hired when we had SerpenCo had a figure in mind that they wanted to earn every week. If you paid them more, they would want to work LESS hours, because that's all they needed to hit the figure they had in mind.

Quite frankly, small business owners normally just cannot afford to pay more than they already are for help. In my case, it would have pushed me out of business. I suspect that along with the Obama care stuff, there are going to be a LOT of full time employees becoming part time, and the marginal workers just see their jobs evaporate completely. The economy STILL sucks, and putting more burdens on the paycheck writers surely can't help matters. Can they afford to raise their prices to compensate for higher payroll costs? Can their customers afford to pay those higher prices for goods and services? This is like pushing over a domino in a row and expecting a miracle to keep the others from falling over.

Besides that, the federal government was never granted the power via the US Constitution to dictate what employers within the confines of any state pay their employees.

Good ol' Emperor Obama sure likes to wield those executive orders, doesn't he? "Constitution? What Constitution? That doesn't apply to me!"
 
If Obama truly wanted to help Americans prosper he would resign immediately. :shrugs:
 
Is this to say that I will now have to pay my employees $10 an hour? Is there's only one I will still give hours once that's in effect.
 
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