"The Price To Live"
June 30th 2008 17:38
Lets take a look at our country. We call it the land of the free and of course the home of the brave. But are we free? Are we brave? The answers to these questions are simple---yes and no. We are brave enough not to stand up to a government that has been destroying us forever and free enough to stay captive in our own country.
Gas prices, grocery prices, unemployment rates, foreclosure rates, etc are at an all-time high and minimum wage is at a stand still and has been forever, but now that the world is in a crisis someone decided to take a closer look.
Allow me to draw you a closer view..........................
*The amounts in () are the total increases during the time frame stated.
I'll point out the facts---> January 1978-April 1990 wages: $2.65-$3.80 ($1.15)
April 1990-April 1991 wages: $3.80-$4.25(.45)
April 1991-October 1996 wages: $4.25-4.75(.50)
October 1996-September 1997 wages: $4.75-$5.15(.40)
September 1997-July 2007 wages: $5.15-$5.85(.70)
July 2007-July 2008 wages: $5.85-$6.55(.70)
This says that our labor has been worth increasing $3.90 over a 30 year period. If the sharp minded individuals that have been taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars and millions yearly were as bright as their attire presents them to be, saving the world would have been a simple task, if minimum wage would have increased as it should have in the beginning.
Increasing wages-->hefty paychecks-->more spending-->business growth-->more jobs--> steady growth and success.
Don't believe me??----An increase of simply .35 per year for 30 years would have increased wages $10.50, an increase of .50 would have increased wages $15.00 over 30 years. Big difference in those figures and our $3.90 value.
I know---there are many things that you have wanted for that you could have, if only you were paid fairly.
Simple plan? But 30 yrs too late....
Gas prices, grocery prices, unemployment rates, foreclosure rates, etc are at an all-time high and minimum wage is at a stand still and has been forever, but now that the world is in a crisis someone decided to take a closer look.
Allow me to draw you a closer view..........................
*The amounts in () are the total increases during the time frame stated.
I'll point out the facts---> January 1978-April 1990 wages: $2.65-$3.80 ($1.15)
April 1990-April 1991 wages: $3.80-$4.25(.45)
April 1991-October 1996 wages: $4.25-4.75(.50)
October 1996-September 1997 wages: $4.75-$5.15(.40)
September 1997-July 2007 wages: $5.15-$5.85(.70)
July 2007-July 2008 wages: $5.85-$6.55(.70)
This says that our labor has been worth increasing $3.90 over a 30 year period. If the sharp minded individuals that have been taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars and millions yearly were as bright as their attire presents them to be, saving the world would have been a simple task, if minimum wage would have increased as it should have in the beginning.
Increasing wages-->hefty paychecks-->more spending-->business growth-->more jobs--> steady growth and success.
Don't believe me??----An increase of simply .35 per year for 30 years would have increased wages $10.50, an increase of .50 would have increased wages $15.00 over 30 years. Big difference in those figures and our $3.90 value.
I know---there are many things that you have wanted for that you could have, if only you were paid fairly.
Simple plan? But 30 yrs too late....
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