If I could pay you less I would

It never ceases to amaze me how little regard for the poor and middle class the republican party has, and how they can continue to get even a single vote from anyone in those blocs.  I suppose it's like P. T. Barnum said about a sucker being born every minute.  The republicans are good at exploiting those suckers for their own gain.

The Detroit News has chastized Willard Romney for saying he supports indexing the minimum wage to the rate of inflation.  Taking a cue from its benefactor, the chamber of (ill-gotten) commerce, the News trots out falsehood after falsehood--how it hurts teens, costs jobs, raises prices.  All of their assertions are demonstrably false--the people working for minimum wage are largely adults, disproportionately women.  It neither raises prices nor costs jobs.  It does lessen poverty.  The News editorial staff is either woefully ignorant  or outright lying (and probably beholden to the 1%).

In the end, it's this simple:  republicans think making $7.25 an hour--fucking $7.25 an hour for Christ's sake--is too much money.  They think we would be a better country if most of us were paid less.  Think about it:  in a country where consumer spending is 2/3 of our economy, they think we should have less money to spend.  Who does this benefit except the 1%?  Fucking who?

This is republican class warfare.

To which I have but one response.

Fuck you.

Peace,
emaycee