A question for the HRC group

[LisaM]

100. Aww, thanks! Same to you!

I remember sitting next to a serviceman on a plane once when Bill Clinton was in office (he wasn't an officer) and he told me he loved having Clinton as president because there were no wars and he'd gotten three pay raises!

Europeans are much more discriminating about energy use - I've only been over there once, but there were things like the lights in the hotel were on a timer, everyone hung out laundry, etc. I'm in an apartment so I can't really do that but our complex is LEED certified so there are lots of energy saving things.

I don't think the people who want a giant increase in the minimum wage all at once would like the world of chain stores that will follow in the wake of that. Another thing is - maybe we should try to steer the economy so that McDonalds' employees are not depending on a fast food job to raise a family. That's another piece of the puzzle that's being left out. I think places like McDonald's originally meant for their jobs to be the kind of thing a high school kid would do for a few hours a day or in the summer (I worked there as a teenager and I actually had fun doing it). I'm not sure what the fix is there, but of course someone who's trying to support a family needs a $15 hour job - I just don't know that the job should be in a fast food restaurant. I understand that's the current reality, but I'd like to get to the source of that problem.