As long as the GOP is in power, they are determined to prevent the minimum wage increase. Almost as determined as they are to give Paris Hilton her estate tax cut:
Frist also reiterated that the GOP will not split the minimum wage apart from the estate tax, and that future votes on the pay increase will be linked to cutting taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.$5.15 an hour is practically nothing.
"These issues must be addressed as a package, all or nothing," he said.
