It
would seem by now people would be catching on to the game being played
by the Democrats where certain members of Congress are assigned the role
of pretending to advocate for some reforms when the rest of the
Democrats know their responsibility is to see these reforms defeated.
Here in Minnesota Democrats played this game out to the hilt with the
Democratic Governor saying he wanted to see the minimum wage raised to
one figure; the leader of the state House saying he wanted to see the
minimum wage raised to another amount and the leader of the state Senate
(a guy, Tom Bakk, who clings to fame claiming himself to have been a
labor leader when the only thing he led was the racist struggle in
opposition to the enforcement of Affirmative Action in the building
trades) supported another amount that was lower than the Governor or the
House agreed to--- so, in the end all the Democrats--- forming a super
majority--- pretend to wring their hands saying they couldn't come to an
agreement on how much the Minimum Wage should be raised so there will
be no raise in the Minimum Wage in Minnesota which is now at a pathetic
$6.25 an hour--- a dollar lower than Mississippi's miserly Minimum Wage.
Why didn't these same morons have any trouble and dissension raising their own pay?
And, why didn't the billionaire Governor stump the state advocating for
a real living Minimum Wage that was based on all cost of living factors
including the soaring costs of gas, home heating fuels, electricity,
food and clothing?
The Minnesota AFL-CIO, with the Obama-loving
Communist, Mark Froemke among its state leadership and fellow traveler
Shar Knutson at the helm, made all kinds of excuses for the Democrats
refusing to increase the Minimum Wage--- disgraceful given the fact
Obama claims he is for an increase in the Minimum Wage (which was part
of his 2008 campaign promise) but which he has never sought.
Talk about your three ring circus---
A Democratic Governor, billionaire Mark Dayton who received most of his campaign contributions from the Rockefellers.
A shit-ass, Democratic leader of the State House who is nothing but a
worthless wimp who graduated with a Law degree from Harvard, Paul
Thiessen.
A leader of the State Senate, Tom Bakk.
Leading a Democratic super-majority who refused to raise the Minimum Wage a nickle.
And then these Obama-loving clowns like Mark Froemke and Shar Knutson
who can't "negotiate" anything other than concessions for their own
members claiming to be "advocates" for increasing the Minimum Wage for
workers who never asked for their "representation" distracting workers
from the need for struggle.
There really needs to be a
discussion about what it is going to take the working class to move
forward in advancing the struggle to improve lives and living conditions
because what happened here in Minnesota with something so fundamental
and basic as the Minimum Wage clearly demonstrates labor's "leaders" led
around by these worthless Democrats can't get the job done... really,
none of them care two-shits about working people