Shame...

[sheshe2]

14. Yes I do want to see a prosperous middle class.

I was part of that until I lost my job, due to it's closing seven years ago.

I was was 54 at the time. There was nothing out there. Nothing! One company offered me a salary that I had been paid 17 years ago. I was scared spit-less due to my age.

I finally found a job that paid me 20K less than I had been making. I was hired at just above minimum, plus commission. I had no choice. It started out okay then the economy tanked. I had two raises then all were frozen for a year. When they got back to yearly raises, they dropped to 10-30 cents. Not livable. It has taken me almost 7 years, to get a $2 raise.

So, I say to you, they are not paying raises to us now, we have already been pushed down towards poverty. It is already happening. That is no reason what so ever to deny a raise of the minimum wage.