Topic: Politics
Congress is looking at approving a bill increasing minimum wage from the current $5.15 to $7.25 over the next two years, but only if tax breaks for heirs of millionaires are approved as well.
The combo package would give the Democrats the exact minimum wage increase they are looking for, but the possibly paperclipped tax cut bill could stop them from achieving this, proving once again exactly why the GOP hates people that aren't rich.
"Its political blackmail to say the only way that minimum wage workers can get a raise is to give a tax giveaways to the wealthiest Americans," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. "Members of Congress raised their own pay — no strings attached. Surely, common decency suggests that minimum wage workers deserve the same respect."
Something is seriously wrong with our country when we agree with Teddy Kennedy on something. God help us all...
