Role Reversals

[LiberalAndProud]

10. I wonder how we can demand wage increases when there are

literally hundreds (thousands?) of people standing in line behind us waiting for the same job. My family-owned business shuttered the doors last year. I have yet to realize the full financial ramifications. Closing the doors doesn't stop the bleeding. That scenario has been repeated over and over and over since the manufactured financial crisis. That is simply reality.

I think we can start talking about raising taxes on the median money-makers only after the wealthy begin to pay their fair share. Reagan won the tax argument. I know that we are under taxed. You know that we are under taxed. We are also under served. Wasn't it Dick Gephardt who stood up for tax increases in the Democratic primaries way back when? I wasn't surprised that he never got the chance to run for President. Were you?

Every time I have this conversation, a tug-of-war image comes to mind. Our side is being pulled closer and closer to the abyss. For a little while, I will settle for not losing any more ground.