Minimum wage

[twirlgrrl]

Just look at the two graphs on this link:

http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/07/25/the-federal-minimum-wage-looking-back-over-time/

And then here's a little "duh" moment:

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE54R6YD20090528

It just doesn't seem right, or prudent, that a minimum wage job is under the poverty line for a family of three. It doesn't seem right that the minimum wage isn't tied to any financial index like, say, inflation. If the fate of our economy rests on the purchasing power of the individual, it seems prudent to make sure that working people can afford to live in this country. I was never a huge fan of trickle-down economics. I am more into grass-roots economics.

Comments

[eac.livejournal.com]

lefty. :)

Also, I entirely agree with you.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

I am SUCH a lefty. I am way more excited about SF's living wage than I have any right to be.

[two-roads.livejournal.com]

Amen.

What I always wonder is if the "lowly peons" can figure out this kind of stuff, WHY do the ones in charge not figure it out??!

[two-roads.livejournal.com]

P.S. I'm not sure why I torture myself, but I like to listen to Rush Limbaugh's show on the radio while I'm in the car. I think it's because I already have road rage from stupid drivers, so I may as well have radio rage as well? I don't really seem like the type, but I totally drive around cursing at the drivers on the road AND at the radio. I can't believe people follow that tool.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

I can't stand to listen to him for more than a few minutes at a time. But when I was younger I could--my tolerance for outrage was higher then. I get weary so easily now.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Money is power. They don't want to give anything away just so the economy can be healthy.