And it's Dung Slung Shit by a....nose (sorry)

 

Did you hear about the young people in NY (?) who recently bought a used couch at a Salvation Army thrift store?  It wasn't long before they realized how uncomfortably lumpy it was, so they opened some of the cushions and found over $40,000 in small bills, along with a deposit slip identifying the previous owner.  (Since when do couch cushions give deposit slips?)

They tracked down the lady, a 90-year oldster, and returned her money to her. 

Meanwhile mid-term election campaigning is in full swing and the best I can tell that DemoPublican candidate of Chinese heritage, Dung Slung Shit, is comfortably in the lead.  

Why can't we put some of those kids in office....someone who still knows how to do the right thing?  All we have are crooks vying to give the special interests more tax breaks, and rake off a hefty cut for themselves, too.

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Speaking of....did you see the clip on TV of Senate Majority Leader Harry "Doogie" Reid (D-NV) lambasting the billionaire Koch Bros for setting up their payola kitty....er....political action fund....with $400,000,000 to be spread around Congress. 

Doogie was just seething, he was so incensed.

But then when asked about one of his Nevada constituents, Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who has a pretty hefty slush fund himself, Doogie said he was a virtual saint.  "He doesn't care about the money.  He just wants to help people."  (Yeah, so long as they're wearing a Member of Congress lapel pin.)

*sigh*  Such is politics.  I only hope I'm still around to see the revolution.  :)

S

It's the chicken and egg thing, all over again....

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?  Now we have the 2014 version of that question:  Which came first, a higher minimum wage or increased consumer demand?

The papers this morning say that 21 states have now raised their minimum hourly wage to a level above the federally mandated $7.25.  This campaign, they say, will be the Democrats rallying cry during the 2014 mid-term congressional elections.

Republicans say there's no way businesses can justify hiring more people and pay skilled labor wages to workers who can do little more than sweep floors or flip burgers.  Raising the minimum wage will be a job killer.

Democrats say they're concerned about the disproportionate spread of low-wage jobs, creating millions of financially strained workers and putting too little money in consumers' pockets to spur faster economic growth.

No doubt, there are millions of minimum wage workers who would like to buy more "stuff" for their families, but can't afford to.  With higher pay they could, which would spur more production, AND HIRING.

Chicken....or egg?

Democrats seem to have the momentum here.  Polls show 70% of "moderate" voters, 64% of Independent voters, and even 57% of Republicans agree with the idea of raising the minimum wage.  

Looks to me like the Republicans better get on board.  An increase of $1-$2 probably wouldn't sink the ship.  That $15 an hour wage that Walmart workers (among others) are demanding likely will.

Remember the old "This is your brain...this is your brain on drugs" ad from the '70's?  Maybe they need to update that:

This could be your life.

This will be your life with no skills.

S