Maneuvering on the minimum wage – Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) tried to introduce an amendment to the pending minimum wage bill that raises the minimum by $2 in each state. That’s because several states, where the cost of living is higher, already have state-mandated minimum wages. For example, the new federal minimum wage would help exactly nobody in Massachusetts because the baseline wage is already $7.25/hour. Shouldn’t we help Bay Staters whose cost of living is much higher than, say, people in Alabama? No! say the Democrats, calling the amendment a “poison pill” which must be code for “we want to squash economic freedom in the red states.”

Extra - Captain Ed on another minimum wage "distraction."