Two down, forty-eight to go

The great state of New York has become the second state to lift its minimum wage to $15--realizing that like California before it, New Yorkers, too, wish to satisfy and keep its greatest resource, namely the citizens of the Empire State.

Once again, it cannot be overstated how important this is as well--now that most of the good factory jobs are gone for good, if we are to have an American economy that works for all of us the big gains in wages are going to have to come from where the bulk of the jobs are going to be:  in the service industry.  And while no one is going to compete with Bill Gates for world's richest human on $15 an hour (it comes to $31,200 per annum for a 40 hour a week position), it is a good start and at least gives American workers a living wage.

Besides, New York and California are striving to hire the best and the brightest--let the other states settle for the densest and dumbest.

Peace,
emaycee