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Dear Chuck,
<P>You have to know how to work a room. For example, an unknown,
unendorsed candidate has to go around and introduce himself to all the
delegates and as many others as he can. I recently saw a guy named
Louie do a really good job in this type of a situation. Louie had
to have introduced himself to at least 500 people, "Hello I'm Louie ____
, I'm running for____, here is my business card. Business cards are
inexpensive and people will hold on to them. Be sure and use a union
printer. After Louie had introduced himself to everyone, he was invited
to say a <B>few</B> words. Thats what he did, somthing like, nice meeting
all of you and I'll do a good job for you if I'm elected.
<P>Sincerely,
<BR>Tom
<P>bautiste@uswest.net wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>We are going on the fact that wages have stagnated
over the last 20 years,
<BR>remaining level with regard to inflation. He is saying it in this context,
as
<BR>well as the context of CEO salaries rising over 200% during the same
period. He
<BR>is saying that, were the minimum wage to have remained in pace with
inflation,
<BR>it would be about this amount. Of course, he is also saying that everyone's
<BR>wages/salaries should have been rising during the same period. "Realistically,"
<BR>he is calling for a minimum wage of $9/hour.
<P>chuck miller
<P>Doug Henwood wrote:
<P>> bautiste@uswest.net wrote:
<BR>>
<BR>> >Bob Anderson, the Green candidate for Congress,
<BR>> >actually said the minimum wage should be about $15 right now.
<BR>>
<BR>> Since the average wage in the U.S. is now about $12.80, and the wage
at the
<BR>> 70th percentile is about $15.30, this would be quite a stretch. Is
this a
<BR>> revolutionary demand, or just dreaming?
<BR>>
<BR>> Doug
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