The GOP is making sure that there will be no increase in the minimum wage -- unless the really, really rich get another tax break. They do love screwing over poor people, those Republicans:
The only opportunity this year to increase the minimum wage and renew popular tax breaks will be linked to a reduction in the estate tax, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Tuesday.What Frist means is that there will never be an increased minimum wage as long as the GOP runs Congress.
The Republican leader said he would schedule a Friday vote to see whether a bill combining the three items, already passed by the House, can win the support of 60 senators. Without that backing, the bill slides off the Senate's agenda.
"It's now or never," Frist said.
