You got to be kidding me

[coljam]

The price of gas doubles over the last two years and we hear nothing from congress.

The price of milk doubles in two years we hear nothing from congress.

The average rent doubles over the last 5 years crickets.

All public utilities raise prices 50% over the last two years nothing from your government.

Medicine and insurance double over the last 5 years nobody says a word.

RAISE THE MINImUN WAGE 15% OVER 5 YEARS AND THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.


It is long past time that we tax the rich why should a dock worker pay a higher % then our boy Mitt Romney ,Wake up America its time you listened to whaTS GOING ON.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Time to double the minimum wage. Period. (nt)

[obxhead]

10. Triple it

Raise it by $1 an hour every 6 months until it's up to $20.50 an hour (where it should be based on inflation) then chain it to inflation so it automatically goes up.

I remember when they screamed "the sky is falling" when they raised it from $4.25 to $4.85. Cheeseburgers were going to cost $20 if they did it.

Guess what, now I can still go buy a damn cheeseburger for a buck, just like I could 20 years ago.

[NYC_SKP]

12. I'd much refer a double PLUS universal healthcare and retirement benefits.

Over a simple triple.

[obxhead]

13. Pony!

I want the single payer as well as the triple!

I'll settle for double, single payer, and no more tax refunds for $Billion+/yr corps, and a massive infrastructure overhaul of the entire US.



HA!

[Scuba]

2. Great post. Welcome to DU.

[WillyT]

3. HUGE K & R !!! - Welcome !!!

[sheshe2]

4. Excellent!

Welcome to DU, coljam!

[timdog44]

5. I would dare

any of the congressmen/women to come home and live on the minimum wage. Even if it was $9/hour. I would dare them to attempt to live on $25/hour. Buy a house. Buy a car. Send two children to school. Enjoy a movie. Join a bowling league or enroll in an exercise club. Out of touch, I say.

End unearned income for tax purposes. End a cap on social security tax. People who "earn", and I use that term loosely, the biggest share of the money should pay the biggest share of the taxes. Or at the very least the fair share of the taxes. And I won't even go into the corporate taxes, or should I say non taxes.

[zbdent]

6. Oddly enough, it coincides with the recapture of the U.S. House by Republicans ...

But the "liberally-biased media" can't make that connection ...

[The Wizard]

7. People making minimum wage

don't have an army of lobbyists bribing legislators, nor do they have Cayman Islands accounts to launder bribe money. .

[Historic NY]

8. Perhaps it time to chain congress salaries to the economy...

they work for us.

[obxhead]

11. I think it's time Congress works for minimum wage.

At an hourly rate, not a salary rate.

We would all be making $30 an hour within 6 months.

[Downwinder]

9. One hour of labor at minimum wage

in 1960 would get you five gallons of gas.

[toby jo]

15. Yeah, and that's when our economy was still expanding under Eisenhower with his 90% tax rates.

That godless commie liberal leftie.

[pansypoo53219]

14. BUTBUTBUT THAT WILL CUT THEIR PROFITS!!!

CEO pay matters the fucking MOSTEST.

[tiredtoo]

16. much like the invasion of IRAQ

this country has been brain washed into believing we cannot afford SS, Medicare,Medicaid and so on. We can afford whatever we want, it is up to us to make our priorities the topic of discussion. NATION WIDE and in the main stream media.

[0_0]

17. Agreed

I think everyone who opposes a minimum wage increase should try working for the minimum wage. I do, and if I didn't get help from my family, I would not be able to have a roof over my head while attending college.

[bluesbassman]

18. Thanks for adding this real life perspective 0_0. Welcome to DU.

[dballance]

19. Welcome to DU and Hang in There

I well remember working 2 jobs, so I could get enough hours, in college. Perspective employers will take into account the fact you worked and were able to graduate when get there.