WATCH "The Cafferty File":
If Iraq says leave? Is a $7.25 an hour minimum wage enough?
The question shouldn't be is $7.25 enough, the question should be "Should we even have a minimum wage at all?" I believe that the minimum wage artificially holds down wages in many sectors. Entry-level jobs, as well as all other jobs, should pay what the market will bear for them.
--Garry, Moriarty, New Mexico
No, Jack, a minimum wage of $7.25 is not a fair wage. It is obscenely low. Annually, that's about $15,000, and that's below the poverty level, which is around $20,000 for a family of four.
--Bernie, Binghamton, New YorkJack, $7.25 an hour is not enough. I only earn about $11.00 an hour, and I can just barely pay my bills. How about Congress gives themselves a pay cut?
-- Shannon, Scarborough, MaineIf Iraq asks U.S. troops to leave, should we just pick up and go?Wait a minute! The president now says if the Iraqis ask us to leave, we'll leave? Just like that? What about all those times he told us that if we left Iraq, the terrorists would follow us home? Was he just lying to us?
--Ed, Port Aransas, TexasIf Iraq asks us to leave, how can we say anything but yes? What are the options? "No thanks, we haven't got the oil yet"?
--J.R., Olympia, WashingtonIf asked to leave we should immediately move our troops to the Iran-Iraq border. That way we won't have to go to the expense of moving our troops into Iran all the way from the U.S. when Bush decides we are going to strike the Iranians.
--Mark, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
If you run into your congressperson over Memorial Day, what would you like to say to him or her?
Jack, I think all U.S. citizens need to ask our congressman or congresswoman, when they're going to do the job that we elected them to do. They need to stop paying attention to lobbyists, big corporations and illegal aliens. They need to get our troops out of Iraq. I'd like to ask questions about all these things, but then I'd have to listen to their answers.
--Barbara, Middletown, New York
I would tell my representative to pass the immigration bill as it is ASAP. As bad as it may be, more changes will likely make it worse.
--Herb, Santa Fe, New MexicoI would ask to use his American Express "black card" until gas prices drop.
--Koshy, West Palm Beach, Florida
Do you have your resume up to date?
--Bob, Liberty, Missouri
