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		<title>Rector’s ridiculous rant</title>
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			<title>Matt Rector says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oh wait I missed some of his "Facts". DZSP, ROME research and DODEA bus drivers work on federal property so RTW doesn't apply (which is why they are organized, and why IBEW doesn't organize outside the fence. Next, the wage increased are a result of contract negotiations not Davis-Bacon. The Service contract act is what allows us to negotiate better wages. So I guess in this instance your "facts" are anything but.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Matt Rector</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:37:31 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Matt Rector says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ah Bill, how you play with the truth. If you noticed I stated that Guam's business community and their lobbyists spent millions... Everyone on Guam know how rich folk funnel money into campaigns by buying hundreds of fund raiser tickets for their employees etc. As to the Fed minimum wage law you are right (thanks to the Dems) but what you failed to mention is our legislature had a minimum wage increase bill that would have taken effect a year sooner than the Feds that the above mentioned lobbyist testified against. In fact I remember the employers council (was it you?) stated something to the effect that poor folks shouldn't be allowed to have children because they couldn't afford them as opposed to forcing employers to pay decent wages. Which implies forced birth control or abortions for the poor. BTW, I taught 6th grade math and obviously you weren't in my class. Maybe you should go back to school or at least buy a new calculator. GovGuams budget is approximately half a billion per year and hence 200Billion would cover it for 400years. Lastly, with your slanderous acusations our books are and have been audited every year by Deloite and Touche as well as by the AFT my entire presidency and have always been clean. Maybe we should have audited the books of the employers council so we could have seen who funds this anti-working family organization you are so proud to have been a part of.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Matt Rector</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:33:11 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mathew says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All the facts that you listed above appear to be correct, Bill Gibson. I want to point out, though, that the federal minimum wage law hike was consistently opposed by the GOP and by industry groups over the many years and this effort was headed by, among others, former GOP candidate for president and lobbyist extraordinaire, Herman Cain. Their arguments against such a hike were made up in false studies which did not account for control groups, as noted by an editorial in Bloomberg. They argue that is the smart thing to do, raising the minimum wage that is, besides the fact that more jobs created in the states will be lower-paying as the economy undergoes a structural change. Industries on Guam, on the other hand, can do two things to assist Gov Guam in meeting their shortfalls: End QCs' which provide income tax abatements and restore GRT payments for health insurance companies, hotels and banks. If these two items are not done, because it is politically untenable or otherwise, then wages have to rise (or fall) by linking it with the cost-of-living index in order to keep pace with inflation, as some states are proposing to do, through referendum this November. All polls show that this is a popular issue and will pass, even in traditionally red states, presumably bringing in new voters with the economic populist message.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mathew</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:54:19 +1000</pubDate>
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