Quote by Jon Corzine
It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimu

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congresss failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. – Jon Corzine

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Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. – Jon Corzine

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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clintons mediation. – Oriana Fallaci

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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. – Laurence J. Peter

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