Colorado Group: God, Moses Oppose State Minimum Wage Increase
This November, Coloradoans will vote on Amendment 42, a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85. If the initiative passes, the minimum wage would be "adjusted annually for inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index used for Colorado."
Stop 42, the group opposed to the initiative, is taking a "biblical" approach in their campaign against a minimum wage increase. Their new ad depicts a "Moses" character speaking to the voice of God in the Rocky Mountains. "We need divine intervention," Moses says. God responds: "We can't let the people make this mistake. Go. Spread the word. Vote no on 42!"
Watch it:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/14/god-minimum-wage/
More than 650 of the nation's leading economists disagree. The academics said in a statement issued by the Economic Policy Institute, "[M]odest increases in state minimum wages in the range of $1.00 to $2.50 and indexing to protect against inflation can significantly improve the lives of low-income workers and their families, without the adverse effects that critics have claimed."
Divine intervention may be the only thing that can help the Stop 42 campaign. In the latest Rocky Mountain News/CBS 4 poll, 74 percent of Colorado voters said they will "definitely" or "probably" support Amendment 42.
Transcript:
MOSES: Hello!
GOD: Can you hear me now?
MOSES: We need divine intervention. They want to chisel Amendment 42 into Colorado's constitution where it doesn't belong.
GOD: What on earth are you talking about?
MOSES: An annual minimum wage increase in stone for eternity!
GOD: When inflation and recession come, it will be a catastrophe!
MOSES: It's a plague we'll face every year.
GOD: We can't let the people make this mistake. Go. Spread the word. Vote no on 42!
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