{"id":17782,"date":"2021-03-02T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17782"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:58:42","slug":"parliamentarian-cuts-minimum-wage-from-stimulus-due-to-obscure-rule-requiring-poor-citizens-to-needlessly-suffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/parliamentarian-cuts-minimum-wage-from-stimulus-due-to-obscure-rule-requiring-poor-citizens-to-needlessly-suffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentarian Cuts Minimum Wage From Stimulus Due To Obscure Rule Requiring Poor Citizens To Needlessly Suffer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.theonion.com\/parliamentarian-cuts-minimum-wage-from-stimulus-due-to-1846367027\">Friday 2:40PM<\/a> (TheOnion.com)<a href=\"https:\/\/politics.theonion.com\/parliamentarian-cuts-minimum-wage-from-stimulus-due-to-1846367027\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Citing the long-standing practice of maintaining boundaries between the classes, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough asked Democrats to cut a minimum wage increase from their stimulus package Friday due to an obscure rule requiring poor citizens to needlessly suffer. \u201cRaising the minimum wage would violate an 1834 statue put in place to inflict arbitrary pain on the nation\u2019s most vulnerable groups,\u201d said MacDonough, explaining that the rule was used as precedent to stop the 95th Congress from increasing the minimum wage to $2.50 in 1977. \u201cThere\u2019s only one interpretation of this rule as it clearly states that providing relief for impoverished Americans is not to be included in any budgetary legislation. These policies exist for a reason. Punishing the lower class is a non-partisan issue. There\u2019s no need to be frustrated with either party\u2014take up your gripes with the Andrew Jackson administration and the 23rd United States Congress.\u201d At press time, the stimulus package was in limbo while the Senate Parliamentarian determined if it was within\u00a0the country\u2019s purview to help the unemployed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 2:40PM (TheOnion.com) WASHINGTON\u2014Citing the long-standing practice of maintaining boundaries between the classes, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough asked Democrats to cut a minimum wage increase from their stimulus package Friday due to an obscure rule requiring poor citizens to needlessly suffer. \u201cRaising the minimum wage would violate an 1834 statue&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/parliamentarian-cuts-minimum-wage-from-stimulus-due-to-obscure-rule-requiring-poor-citizens-to-needlessly-suffer\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17786,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17782\/revisions\/17786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}