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	<title>Comments on: Illinois Senate committee votes to send minimum-wage hike to the floor</title>
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		<title>By: James C. Davis</title>
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		<description>Ms: Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood

The paragraph below just doesn&#039;t make any sense. Don&#039;t you and all the other Chicago Demon-crats from Chicago realize that most of the people that you think this bill will help on hurt hardworking Americans.  A lot of the people that work for minimun wage are students. When you raise minimum wage the operators of small business have to cut some where just to stay in business. When manditory wages go up the only thing the business can do is lay off people. So please explain how having fewer people working not paying taxes help anyone. I wish you and all the other Chicago Demon-crats had a little more common sense.

&quot;Proponents of Senate Bill 1565 say a minimum-wage hike will put more money in workers’ pockets, thus enabling them to spend more money at Illinois businesses.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms: Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood</p>
<p>The paragraph below just doesn&#8217;t make any sense. Don&#8217;t you and all the other Chicago Demon-crats from Chicago realize that most of the people that you think this bill will help on hurt hardworking Americans.  A lot of the people that work for minimun wage are students. When you raise minimum wage the operators of small business have to cut some where just to stay in business. When manditory wages go up the only thing the business can do is lay off people. So please explain how having fewer people working not paying taxes help anyone. I wish you and all the other Chicago Demon-crats had a little more common sense.</p>
<p>&#8220;Proponents of Senate Bill 1565 say a minimum-wage hike will put more money in workers’ pockets, thus enabling them to spend more money at Illinois businesses.&#8221;</p>
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