Bush For Minimum Wage Increase - With a Catch, of Course

An increase in the minimum wage has been one of our top issues since our inception, and was one of the most popular planks of the Democrat's agenda going into the 2006 mideterm elections.

As the offical Democratic takeover comes ever closer, GWB is going to have to come around to some of the Democrat's stands on certain issues, right? Well, not exactly.

See, Bush can't just help out working Americans by giving them the first increase in the minimum wage in almost nine years. Bush wants to tie a minimum wage increase to "tax and regulatory relief." Translation: I'll throw you a bone, but I want more goodies for my real consituents- businesses and the elite. And I want even less government oversight and regulation.

Democrats are going to have to stand strong on their principles, flex their new legislative muscles, and tell Bush that the American people voted them in to help workers get a raise, not help businesses get more tax breaks and less oversight.