Let's Give Everybody A Break.

       We should talk more about the minimum wage. If we were to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, I think the Republicans would secretly be happy. I think business and industry would quickly find out they're happy too. How could this be? They've all been fighting the idea of raising the minimum wage for years. You'd think they all believe that $7.25 per hour is enough. If you poor people can't live on that much, go get a second or third job.
       We should talk more about all the anti-poverty programs for the poor like Food Stamps, Housing Subsidies, Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credits. You don't suppose that business and industry are happy with those programs do you? Well they must not be too unhappy because companies like Walmart are training their employees how to access these programs. Of course I suppose that's because their minimum wage employees can't survive on those wages.
       One of the big complaints I keep hearing from conservative acquaintances is that these programs are boondoggles and don't help the poor anyway. Well, what if they raised the minimum wage and eliminated some of those programs or cut them back and then gave a tax cut to the wealthy? I'll bet that would peak their interest now wouldn't it. They'd still hate the idea of giving those worker drones that pay raise, but would they hate that more than they'd love another tax cut?
       The thing is, the ultra wealthy have seen their income go up so high that they've come to be a little dizzy at those heights and they just can't comprehend that everybody's income hasn't kept pace. So when someone starts talking about doubling the minimum wage, they wonder why nobody's talking about doubling their wage. But their, the ultra-wealthy, wages have been doubling every couple of years while the worker drones haven't gone up at all to speak of.
       Really what it boil down to is whether or not the average worker has a right to expect a living wage for a days work. If that worker drone can't afford to support a family on what he earns then how can the CEO and the rest of the management team justify their mega paychecks?