White_Male_Canada
01-12-2007, 08:11 PM
Sali Proposes Repeal of Gravity to Protest Minimum Wage Hike
Posted: 8:55 AM, Jan. 12, 2007
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Angered by the passage of a bill to increase the federal minimum wage, Idaho Congressman Bill Sali offered a symbolic proposal to abolish the law of gravity.
Getting rid of the pesky force that attracts objects to one another would lower obesity rates, the freshman Republican argues.
Sali says he was trying to make a point that laws to dictate wages and reduce gravity would both defy - quote- "natural laws."
The House voted 315-116 to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. Sali responded with his "Obesity Reduction and Health Promotion Act."
Sali says "Obviously, it was a facetious notion to suspend the laws of gravity."
Sali voted against the increase in the minimum wage, saying it's not tied to how much someone's work is worth.
http://www.localnews8.com/story.cfm?nav=news&storyID=313
Posted: 8:55 AM, Jan. 12, 2007
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Angered by the passage of a bill to increase the federal minimum wage, Idaho Congressman Bill Sali offered a symbolic proposal to abolish the law of gravity.
Getting rid of the pesky force that attracts objects to one another would lower obesity rates, the freshman Republican argues.
Sali says he was trying to make a point that laws to dictate wages and reduce gravity would both defy - quote- "natural laws."
The House voted 315-116 to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. Sali responded with his "Obesity Reduction and Health Promotion Act."
Sali says "Obviously, it was a facetious notion to suspend the laws of gravity."
Sali voted against the increase in the minimum wage, saying it's not tied to how much someone's work is worth.
http://www.localnews8.com/story.cfm?nav=news&storyID=313