The Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party with a super-majority sticks it to workers, again.
Interesting
how these Democrats can control wages to remain at poverty levels but
they can't control and redistribute wealth back to the workers who
create it.
Once again working people who are experiencing a cost-of-living crisis have been screwed by the Democrats.
$9.50
is a poverty wage and indexing a poverty wage to inflation will not end
poverty. Obviously the "compromise" was another poverty wage for
workers which will depress all wages in return for a luxurious Senate
Office Building which will be more conducive to these politicians
getting their corporate bribes. This Minimum Wage "deal" is a complete
disaster for the working class since by the time this $9.50 kicks in the
"cost-of-living crisis" will have more than eaten up any "raise."
I
find it interesting how as soon as Republicans get their
super-majorities they go into a full attack mode on the working class as
we see in Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina but Democrats wimp out
in defending and improving the rights and livelihoods of the working
class.
For years under Pawlenty and the Republicans Minnesota
workers suffered set-back after set-back and now Minnesota Democrats
won't even bring life back to pre-Republican times.
These
millionaire labor "leaders" like AFSCME's Eliot Seide who pushed this
$9.50 betrayal will see their memberships left without any public
support in future contract negotiations with public or private employers
since what is good for the goose is good for the gander... let everyone
live on $9.50 an hour.
It is the epitome of hypocrisy that these
over-paid Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party politicians would
enact a Minimum Wage that is just one more poverty wage after promising a
real living--- non-poverty--- wage to get the votes of workers.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/254132521.html
Democrats deserve to be punished at the polls.