This is dedicated to all those who understand what laboring for “the Man” to line his pockets is all about. That Man in America has been getting wealthy while we work. Come on, Man. Time’s up: Share the Wealth.
2021 – 1978 = 43 years
Thanks to CBS Sunday morning today for this fact check, and thanks to individual companies like Costco (which is Pretty’s happy place) for raising their minimum wage to $16/hr in 2021 – more than twice the federal minimum of $7.25 set in 2009. Now, if only Congress would pass a Raise the Wage Act in 2021, or even if South Carolina would join 29 other states and the District of Columbia to adopt a new state minimum wage above the current federal $7.25…
But, as my daddy used to remind me, if wishes were horses, we’d all be riding.
Here’s to the workers who should be riding on Labor Day and every day.
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7 responses to “time’s up: share the wealth”
Obscene
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Truly.
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We need Senator Professor Warren sorting it out.
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Yes, thanks Josie. I have every confidence she could.
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The greatest president we never had. (Or one of them.)
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So disgusting. My husband read me the compensation package of CEO’s at Investment Firms. Just obscene and they are for organizations like TIAA-CREF set up for college professors and teachers.
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Truly disgusting – yes, if all teachers could be paid a tiny fraction of what the Investment Firms CEO’s make, I am 100% sure the educational system would see drastic improvements. We have put the cart before the horse in this country on so many levels, Cindy. Thank you for your comments.
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