Socialism is alive and well
Jul 27th 2006RavenAnti-America & Politics & Raven
Here’s some evidence that socialism is alive and well in America. Rest assured, the liberals would love to see these examples spread everywhere.
Chicago:
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Brushing aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a “living wage.”
“It’s trying to get the largest companies in America to pay decent wages,” said council member Toni Preckwinkle.
The measure requires retailers with more than $1 billion in annual sales and stores of at least 90,000 square feet to pay workers at least $10 an hour in wages plus $3 an hour in fringe benefits by mid-2010.
Boston:
Hilltop Steak House in Saugus could be required to pay more than $2.5 million in damages to wait staff after an Essex County jury found that the restaurant’s function department illegally steered tip money to managers.
The Essex Superior Court jury that returned the verdict late Tuesday also found that the restaurant wrongfully fired four waitresses because they complained about losing a percentage of their tips.
The case, the first of 19 so-called “tip cases” to go to trial in the state, was filed after the Legislature amended Massachusetts law four years ago to say that waitresses, waiters, and bartenders are not legally required to share tips with managers or kitchen staff.
Nationwide:
Basing her story on a July 19 study by the liberal Kaiser Family Foundation, ABC’s Lisa Stark offered the audience of the July 26 “World News Tonight†a look at the “Wild West†world of food marketing on the Internet geared to kids, complete with flashy games on company Web sites.
The Kaiser report found that “more than eight out of ten (85%) of the top food brands that target children through TV advertising also use branded websites to market to children online.â€
But rather than presenting the development as a safer Internet pastime for children then chatting with complete strangers or looking up pornographic Web sites, Stark suggested the advertising development is a danger to children that needs to be regulated.
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