Saturday, April 14, 2012

Bloomberg




Mayor Bloomberg Compares Living Wage Bill To Soviet Communism

Posted: 04/13/2012 3:54 pm Updated: 04/13/2012 3:54 pm

Bloomberg Living Wage
Mayor Bloomberg took time out of his busy Friday morning kissing Miss Piggy to take a jab at city council's living wage bill, comparing the legislation to communism.
On his regular appearance on WORS radio, Bloomberg said, "The last time we really had a big managed economy was the USSR and that didn't work out so well," adding, "You cannot stop the tides from coming in."

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a watered down deal on the living wage agreement Wednesday, which will require businesses receiving $1 million or more in city subsidies and earning more than $5 million a year in revenue to pay their workers at least $11.50 an hour, or $10 with benefits.
Quinn called the bill "the most impactful living-wage law in the United States," according to Capital New York. After some businesses were exempted from the measure, however, experts say it will effect roughly only 500 New Yorkers.
And yet, Bloomberg has vowed to veto the bill.

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