Which is why the proposed law exempts companies operating under collective-bargaining agreements. That's right, supermarket chains like Safeway SWY +2.80% and Giant get a pass because they have union workforces. So paying a non-living wage is fine as long as it also finances union dues.This way, we can acknowledge the ruinous effect of crazy economic policies without letting anyone we care about experience the ruin. Wait, did I say economic policies? I meant to include healthcare policies. And FOIA fees. And foreign policy on coups. And welfare policy. And immigration policy. And layoff notices too close to an election. Really, it's safest to make everything illegal, and then grant dispensations for your more compliant subjects.
Government by waiver
A new dilemma in Washington, D.C.: how to impose a job-killing minimum-wage hike without killing the unionized employers we approve of? Easy answer: waive the requirement for your supporters:
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Now you know damn well this administration thinks that the laws are only for those of us stupid enough to believe we're *supposed* to follow them. As far as they are concerned the "law* only applies to them when they deem it have done so. Don't like that pesky little problem with DOMA? Just don't enforce or defend it. Don't care much for the immigrations laws? Don't enforce them, release all those who have been held by ICE for deportation and sue any state that tries to enforce federal laws already on the books. Don't like the fact that a district judge has called you into court to prove that you belong on that state's ballot for election? Just don't show. Hell, don't even send your personal council (why you should need one, who knows, you *are* the smartest Constitutional lawyer on the planet, the Nobel Peace Prize you have says so) to appear for you. Petty peasants always making demands.
This is just another instance where they'll just do as they damn well please. What's anybody going to do? Stop them?
"What difference does it make!"
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