Sunday, June 15, 2008

MANAGING ON THE MINIMUM WAGE

Even if your wage is slightly above the official level of poverty, keeping pace with the rising cost of the economy, surprising though it may be, means nothing to those who play the numbers game. They say those who draw less pay must learn to live on what they earn.

Even if those who earn more shop at a discount store, they'll find prices higher than they bargained for.

Families in a budget crunch argue there are many things they need besides food to feed their family---filling the tank of a rusting car; paying their share to support a war lost before it began; the cost of pills, doctor bills, unanticipated accidents, other events; soaring price of fuel to cope with winter's chill, summers heat; new shoes for baby's growing feet; insuring this, securing that, just managing to stay where you're at.

Economists insist wages are high enough to get by if you hang tough, do with less and do without. And if you need the jack to pay loan sharks back, there's always Wall-mart and Big Mac.

What do million dollar CEOs and big dough know-it-alls know about living on the edge of insolvency? If recession gets depressing they might find out what doing without is all about.

The minimum wage is not high enough in these rough, tough times, thanks to the George and Dick and their GOP wrecking crew did to destroy democracy.

Republicans are blind as bats. Democrats know where it's at. Let's hope voters kick the Bushlouts out. When the Dems take over, we won't be rolling in clover, but you can be sure it won't be the manure we've have had to endure for eight years of tears and sneers from Floppy Ears.

LET JOHN GO SIT ON THE JOHN AND LEAVE THE BUSHIES BEHIND BEHIND!

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