a little bread with your circus, madam?
hard to find a better brief description of the commie wannabe state than this real, albeit onion.com-style, headline:
N.C. Waitress Applauds Minimum Wage Hike
if a supremely rational martian visits the planet for the first time tomorrow, you need give him no more political information than that. tells everything.
for when that link goes dead, as many news links do, here’s the story, just to help confirm i didn’t make it up.
(08-18) 08:05 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) –A North Carolina waitress on Saturday lauded the Democratic-initiated increase in the minimum wage, saying in the party’s weekly radio address that the extra money will have a ripple effect on millions of lives.
Fawn Townsend, a nightshift server in Raleigh, N.C., criticized Republicans for blocking efforts to raise the minimum wage over the last 10 years. The Democratic-led Congress approved the increase earlier this year and President Bush signed it into law in May.
“Millions of Americans now have a little more in their paychecks to help pay for basic necessities like food and clothing. And now more Americans can save to build a better future for themselves and their families,” Townsend said.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says about 1.7 million people made $5.15 or less in 2006. The federal minimum wage increased from $5.15 to $5.85 an hour last month. Increases of 70 cents are scheduled each of the next two summers.
Townsend criticized Bush for threatening to veto a bill that would provide more money for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Senate has voted to add 3 million lower-income children to the plan at a cost of $35 billion, and the House has approved a more ambitious and expensive version. Bush has proposed spending just $5 billion more on the program.
In the future, Townsend said she hoped to attend nursing school — and she applauded Democrats for passing legislation to make higher education more affordable.
“I’m grateful that our Democratic leaders in Congress are taking our country in a new direction,” she said. “They have accomplished more this year than Republicans accomplished in the past six years combined — including giving people like me a long-overdue raise.”
writ large in every paragraph — violence and hate, via the primary mouthpiece of the official crime family.
helluva coup though, have to admit; not many “news” organizations can find a real NC waitress willing to give her opinion on whether she’d like to “earn” more money. scoop o’ the year.