How far we've fallen, Part 2

A couple of days ago, Wal-Mart crowed that half of its workers made $25,000 a year.  There was much teeth gnashing by the good guys because Wal-Mart's figures were a little off--it's more like a third of its workforce makes $25,000 a year.

You know what really should have caused teeth gnashing?  $25,000 a years is a pretty shitty wage.  In fact, even when I started work back in the Jurassic period (1980) it was a pretty shitty wage.  It's hard to imagine the American Dream returning to so many people surviving on at best paycheck to paycheck wages.

Have to admit, though, considering their leadership's tone deafness on what constitutes a decent wage, it isn't hard to understand why so may Wal-Mart employees are staging walk outs and trying to form unions.

Peace,
emaycee