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My 1st thought was that its great people need to make more money even if the only jobs that are hiring are min wage jobs. But then I thought about it, This is just a way to get people off assistance. With 10% of unemployment( and how many no longer can get unemployment benefits) Now have to go on gvmnt. help just to get by. I know about 10 yrs ago I was a single mother of 3 children 8,11 & 13... I was making less than 10$ a hr & was unable to get any type of help .. thankfully that is not my situation now,but can't imagine what parents, single or not what they have to make just to keep a home, feed their kids & keep gas in their car ..... MOST younger hard working adults that I speak to all say the same thing,, that in the past 4 yrs they are either making the same amount of $$ & a lot are even making less while everything else is being increased. NJ min wage should be at least 10$ a hr so that people can survive here... maybe that why so many young couple are moving out of state...

Gov. Christie does NOT care in the least about minimum wage workers. All Gov. Christie cares about is Tax Cuts for the Already Wealthy and the Top Wage earners. Gov. Christie has already cut the taxes for the Super wealthy in NJ by 10%____ saving them thousands of dollars in NJ taxes yet he has not approved even 1 cent per hour more for minimum wage workers.

everything should bypass governor and government and go straight to voters through referendums. Give all the facts without oppinions of media propagandists and take a test to make sure you know what facts are. Then have polls check id and vote. Don't know facts no vote. This is what we need to get big money and all it's lies and corruption out of our decisions. The future is now. Let's stop repeating ancient history folks.

You could thank people like Sweeney, Menendez, Obama, etc. for the need for the minimum wage. Thanks to those poor, unfortunate illegal aliens; wages have been driven to artificially low levels. Hey, they only do jobs that nobody wants. That's why we have zero unemployment here. We have so many people working that we have to sneak in criminals to take up the slack. If the govt. did their job instead of doing a job on us, what would our unemployment rate be? How many jobs would be paying more than minimum wage? It is amazing how the people who have created the problem complain about it. And of course, who do they expect to pay for their policies? I would like us to pay these pols the minimum wage for the job they are doing but it is way too much. I would love to see other voter initiatives too. We could start with truly balanced budget every year, all tax increases (including fees), election of all levels of judges, and the heads of the Assembly and Senate voted upon by everyone in NJ. Sound good?

The unemployment rate is 25% among teens and young adults. Does anyone believe that suddenly more of them will be hired with an increase in the minimum wage? Hiking the minimum wage will discourage businesses from hiring young workers, and it will discourage companies from expanding operations in NJ.

you gotta love people like "opinionated" and johnny here. they present zero correct facts. check the bureau of labor statistics before you go spewing out numbers that completely wrong . " its obama's fault young people need minimum wage" really? young people in the history of young people working have never needed a minimum wage increase? wow only since 2009 have people needed a little more money to get by.republicans have been fighting minimum wage increases for years while allowing millionaires to use every tax loop hole to pay half what most of us do in taxes.opinionated here who never heard of inflation i guess. to people who just hate obama just for the sake of hating him even if obama found the cure for cancer these people would still whine it didnt come in cherry flavor.

christie has no problem letting the working middle class of nj have to almost work an extra day just to pay for the 50% increase in the tolls because he has to make up for his lackey sampson the chairman of the port authority screwing up badly and going a billion dollars over budget because he is clueless. no christie thinks thats all fine but that kid working the fryolater at mc donalds or the cashier at shop rite theyre the ones that need to stiffed on their pay checks. i love the spiel those like john hayes says like "employers wont hire kids if the minimum wage goes up" . really ? so who will work at the millions of mc donalds, burger kings and every supermarket as stock boys and cashiers etc. i guess shop rite will stop hiring cashiers because their wage went up 20 cents an hour.

Let the people vote on it. I wish we had the chance to vote on more legislation.

There is not much money to be made in retail. Dollar Tree stores pay minimum wage and hours are low ,15 hours a week. Sometimes you are lucky to score a 20 hour work week. A cashier has to also work the floor. And the raises barely exist. Workers that are working a year and longer have not received an increase, they are afraid to speak up.No air conditioning and heat, Workers deserve the increase. We are tired of the run around. Please pay us our deserved increases!!!

The unintended consequence of the government setting the wage scale for employers is that employers who are able to leave the state will leave, those who can close up shop will do that, and those who have to stay in business will either trim the work force or hours or pass along the increased cost of doing business to the customer - or both. Yeah. Sounds like a plan.

anyone complaining about increasing minimum wage should try living on it for a year with a family of 3 kids. That's all I have to say.

Great Idea!!! Let us make the decision

Well, this is not suppose to go onto the ballot until next year...Christie "may" not be running again, so all you Christie haters can relax!

I hope this get pass I have to work 2 jobs the second job is a summer job on the boardwalk. So right now I just have the one job with it doesn't pay great at all. I'm married with Children's.

Actually I am in favor of a minimum wage for people who know how to use capital letters when they should. Frank, your statistics are so well-researched. Generalizations are very accurate for a lack of facts. I see how you shied away the illegals issue. That is because you have no defense. Please comment on that before you bless us with your "wisdom". Otherwise, you will be written off as irrelevant.

why don't you just make minium wage $20/hr??? Why just raise ir a $1???? we are just pricing ourselves in this state out of buisness. Just wait till Obamacare starts taking effect and buisnesses start cutting more jobs and hours. Thank God for government and all their fixes and how they are making the economy better for us all

So then how much will that Wendys lunch cost you kind souls now. How much for your Dunkin Donuts. We need companies and jobs here, not overpaid counter staff.

wow is that the best you,ve got "opinionated" now youre the grammar police.i have to laugh i "shied away" from the illegals issue. i wasnt asked about the illegals that are stealing all of our jobs. i mean i,m sure opinionated and bob here have a lot of friends who clean toilets and wash dishes for $3 an hour.as far as illegal immigration goes there are 1 million less in this country than there were last year. obama has been deporting them in record numbers (according to the u.s customs website)as well as making sure the ones that are here arent criminals which was the opposite of what reagan did when he gave 4 million of them amnesty without checking any of them for criminal records. opinionated to learn more rent a copy of scarface with al pacino. i think you,ll get a better picture that way. you gotta love bob "why not give them $20 an hour?' . just pull any number out of you know where bob. actually the big back breaking raise would be closer to 50 cents an hour which means the raise would have to happen around 15 more times to get to 20 bucks. i figure around the year 2060 or so. that horrible obamacare what a bummer it was so much more fun telling someone who had lost their job and just started a new one sorry you get bupkiss for a pre existing condition like diabetes or heart trouble. as well as all those kids we could have kicked off their parent's insurance. bob's plan where they go to the emergency room with a flu and get a $1200 aspirin is the better way to go.

oh and suz i,m not sure if the words "christie" and "running should be used in the same sentence.

If you guys up the minimum wage you'll be making about half of what i was making an hour at starter level at a simple retail job when i was 16. The cost of living where I'm from is about the same as in NJ, the businesses manage to pay salaries and have enough people on the job without going under. Jobs used to pay decently over here too but then I guess companies got greedy and now the work force suffers. Having to work 2 full time jobs to survive is sad.

Will raising the minimum wage help create jobs for the 25 million unemployed?

Why don't our state leaders focus on what Joe Biden says is a 3 letter word

J O B S!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHPvfAt5ow

Boy is he smart

its amazing those like opinionated and bob are looking to squeeze a kid like tony who takes home less than $140 a week while they say nothing about the tolls that are 50% higher that christie refuses to veto. he vetoes everything else taxing the wealthy, gay marriage etc but he wont do anything but watch from his helicopter as those tolls break the backs of the middle class not only because they have to pay more to get to work but every truck that delivers everything from gas to groceries also have to pay 50% to deliver it. thats the real rising cost to think about when it comes to fast food restaurants not some 17 yr old getting a 50 cent raise.

NJ's 10% Unemployment is one of the highest of all states in the nation! What I want to know is how does Governor get away with traveling thru the State making his various stops without any criticism from the public about that unemployment rate?
It's probably because Christie is very, very careful where he shows his face.

@ Laura if you're working 35-40 hrs @ 8 to 10 per hour you're making too much $$ to get public asst.. if the government raises the min wage its a quick way of getting PPL off asst. bcz with I believe 46 million americans on Food stamps or unemployment running out & NO jobs out there to support a household, the Gov't needs to figure out a way to get this PPL off asst. & this is the only way they can do it.

Is Spooner smarter than a 5th grader

Question 1 - If Obama spends $1.5 trillion more than he takes in, how much money does he have left?

Question 2 - If the answer to question 1 is there is no money left, where does it come from?

Question 3 - If the answer to question 3 is borrowing from CHINA, then why did Obama say doing that was irresponsible and unpatriotic in 2008?

Question 4 - If Obama does what he said is unpatriotic and irresponsible, then Obama is also unpatriotic and irresponsible

Bonus Question - Why doesn't OBAMA work with a balanced budget? Toms River does. The schools do. Ocean County does. NJ Does.

Typical liar. Hey spooner PROVE IT!!! Are you saying that tax cuts and not too much spending are the cause of deficits??

oh bummer- there you go again. . .Hey it's the Congress that appropriates and spends the money...but you blame it on Obama. . .go ahead!

Now here's a shocker. . .time for the rich to anti up!!

think of us all as if we were on a ship in a dangerous sea. We are dust specks in the universe fighting for pride, vainity and survival, i suppose. What really bothers me, is that we all don't see. That the great judge above, judges us only by our love. .From one to another, for we are from the same father and mother. It's in our dna, to go a new way. Because as little ants, we'd crap our pants. if we actually each took the weight of this mess, for our souls only test. We'd all soon see, that it's up to just you and me. To save this silly species, from turn our futures into feces. But you all want to be the last standing, Great wealth and power you keep demanding. Till the bitter end, you'll all still defend. your right, to flex your personal might. to be the best there ever was. till we all are just never was. So go on and keep repeating history, For mankind's fate to you will always be a mystery. For you see the winners last stand, will be the end of man.

Quote from Spooner

"Hey it's the Congress that appropriates and spends the money"

Dems controlled House and Senate Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

They are responsible for all debts from 1/1/07 to now

Obama was a SENATOR in 2007/08

Obama is responsible
Pelosi is responsible
Reid is responsible
Menendez is responsible

Do you all wanna ask questions? or anwer them? We must answer the call. For our country and world may fall. If we just sit and type, Believing all the media hype. Why don't we all make a stand? Would we actually lend a hand? To those we've judged beneath us. With out all the class warfare fuss? Are you worth more then me? in the end we all will see. That there is a higher judge. That will make us lose all the grudge. of comparing one to another. for in the end we will be all brothers. muslim jew and christian too. Does that include even you? what of all the country predujice? Doesn't that just add to all this mess? Why should we be seperated so? We must know it's not the way to go. For these kingdoms and empires have always collapsed. because we've let our better judgement lapse. Us see we've all been misled. By the propaganda we've been fed. to think our kingdom is the best. no other kingdom do we give rest. And what do we get for all this country pride? it would seen to be mankind's suicide. We all know those in power wont be fighting or dieing. so why must we keep listening to them lying? to kill our fellow common man. to fight for the riches of the land.. So go on and choose your chosen few. As you sit upon your confession pew. Those you judge better to lead, will only cause us all to bleed. it's round about the same old way. to live to die another die. under their guidance with persicion missiles, to reap what we sow of throns and thistles. please spell check

Oh sure, I have to pay additional taxes, my business revenues have been slightly down over the last 4 years, my take home is down and now you want me to give pay raises to unskilled labor in my office? GET REAL!!!!!

You know, I've been reading some of these posts and they made me think. First, some say raising the minimum wage will get people off of relief. Won't that discourage even more from seeking employment? Second, won't it further encourage some to hire more illegal aliens? It's all a simple matter of math. If we were to send ALL of the illegals packing, the job market would open up with a lot more openings which would alleviate our unemployment situation and cause a greater demand for OUR workers which would raise wages. I still believe in a minimum wage but would prefer to see people make more. Some criminal proponents will tell us, "oh, you can't get rid of all of them because there are too many". One cure would be to declare EVERY BUSINESS who hires them a "criminal enterprise". The govt. would seize all of their assets. And to do this whether the papers "looked OK" or not. I realize we will all have to pay more for goods and services but at least it will go to a better place. It's all basic math and Business 101. Higher demand for workers will create a higher wage.

Go and try to hire an illegal alien for minimum wage. Most wont work for less the 10 and hour. That's a fact. Unless of course you starve them till the point of desperation like we are being done to. Kiley what's your business? What do you make and what percentage of total take do you take home? Just curious since you have unskilled office help for minimum wage I hope your not making alot. Can't be that hard if your unskilled force can do it. Medicare billing? Give us a hint so we can judge your true worth not hiding behind this so called freemarket.

Christie thinking of blocking Obamacare just he sat $300 million dollars of federal foreclosure aid as New Jersey homeowners suffered.