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And the rest of Congress.

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And the students won't see a separate $0.35 line item on their tuition statements, either. Take that, fucking Oasis of Evil Diner.

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Kentucky State is a historically black college that is in the state's capitol, Frankfort. I hope the Senators who have to pass by it to get to "work" get a stiff neck from looking out the other side of the car.

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Queue the inevitable "University Hires Godless Socialist" wingnut headlines by end of business day.

Because no good deed goes unpunished by certain immoral assholes (see: Coulter, Ebola doctor).

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...wait a second that's not how capitalism works!

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At least there are some people in Kentucky who get it. Too bad none of them hold elected office.

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Meanwhile, every CEO in America is calculating the effect on his salary if he cuts all of his employees' wages to minimum.

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Give that president a raise.

No, wait.

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This setting an example by one's own actions is an interesting concept however I doubt it will catch on.

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“I did it to do right by the employees here" is the best possible dick-punch to the legislative shitmuffins in the senate.

The fun begins when his "interim" term is over... his successor will have to continue the policy, or accept "Dick of the Decade" as a permanent, semi-official title.

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That's the slippery slope for you. You let gays get married, and this is what happens.

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They've done that already . . . which explains why some of them want to eliminate the minimum (and nuke the unions from orbit.)

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Oh, you'll love the Book of Mormon, then (the fiction book, not the musical).

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Possibly, but the other side of the coin is that if they hire a different permanent Prez, this guy will probably revert to his old job, but the changes in the 24 folks' wage rates will remain*. Pretty fucking nice work.

*Yes, I know the wage rates could be reduced, but as BzB points out, only by a Dick of the Decade.

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What is the polar antonym of "Academic Shitmuffin"? 'Cause that's the award for this guy.

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