2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you could get only one thing through this Congress, what would be your Dream Bill? [View all]PoliticalBiker
(328 posts)... I was thinking the exact same thing.
I make $11/hr - about $22K/yr. (as long as I work 40hr EVERY week... holidays included)
I used to make $55K/yr before layoff.
I live in a small trailer in a trailer park now (house foreclosed)
My income, provided I work a full 40hr/wk is even with my bills (lot rent, ph., internet, basic cable, elec., gas, ins. auto fuel, food)
Can't afford my storage or trailer ins.
If my vehicle breaks.... no way to get to work.
What I make is not a living wage. Jobs are not available in my state (MI) and the governor will sign the right-to-work bullshit next week further reducing the chances of finding a living wage job.
It is that way for thousands upon thousands in my state and around the country. The sad thing is, until we get the republicans out of power throughout the country, it will never change. We will become a two-class society... Elites and Peasants. Just like countries like Saudi Arabia, Qutar, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Russia, China, N. Korea, Syria, Nigeria, and on and on and on. All while the republicans wrap themselves in the flag. Wealth and power are more important than God and Country to them.