[Geese and ganders and lying bastards]<\/b>
So Congress doesn’t want to raise minimum wage to a point where a person working full-time will rise above the poverty line. OK.<\/p>\n
But Bush is jetting around the country trying to convince a nation of skeptics that the time is now to reform Social Security by privatizing it (if you can really call it privatizing; I understand that this is up for dispute). <\/p>\n
One of Bush’s main arguments for the type of setup he’s promoting is that Congress has this option and, thus, it should be good enough for all Americans. <\/p>\n
Since 1997, when the minimum wage was last increased to its current $5.15 an hour, Congress has granted itself five cost-of-living increases. The average Congressperson makes $160,000 a year.<\/p>\n
If that’s good enough for America’s lawmakers … well, you can finish the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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