<p>This administration has to be labelled as having “Reverse Robinhood Syndrome” …what a despicable action as he allows his people to be milked dry by oil company profiteering. He expects these people to risk their lives cleaning up hazardous materials etc. and get paid peanuts??? The minimum wage is too low as it is. I just can’t believe it!!!</p>
<p>Oh yeah…I’M MAD AS HELL AND I AIN’T GONNA TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!
heh…i feel a bit better now!</p>
<p>Heh screamer, he waived the “prevailing wage” standard which is far higher than minimum wage and generally equal to the local union rate.</p>
<p>“far higher than minimum wage”
you’re talking 9 bucks an hour MAX - is that a “LIVING WAGE”?
I suppose you think $5.15 per hr. is a living wage though.</p>
<p>Hope they get insurance and proper gear</p>
<p>Must be killing Halliburton to not make quite as much money</p>
<p>Sigh, what a mess</p>
<p>They will have to pay much more than $9 an hour to get enough workers down there as they will need to be housed and fed too. Where did you get that number anyway??
The minimum wage was never intended to be a “living” wage. It’s a starter wage. In my first job I made $1.10/hr and that was great to me.</p>
<p>Why doesn’t he cap the profits the corporations will be allowed to make during the cleanup, or in Iraq? Why should companies profit from this mess?</p>
<p>What will happen is Halliburton et al will just charge more to keep up profit margin.</p>
<p>If I hear “record profits” again…</p>