The Minimum Wage and Presidential Pay

Congress approved legislation in 2000 to double the President’s annual salary from $200,000 to $400,000, effective January 20, 2001. This jump, like the automatic Congressional pay increase, was deemed “a case of simple equity” to allow the President’s salary to keep...

More on the Minimum Wage – Greed and the Congress

Click the photo for an easy guide.The salary of a Member of Congress is now $165,200.[i] In June of 2006, the House of Representatives approved another Congressional pay increase for 2007.[ii] If the Senate also approves this automatic increase, Congressional pay will...

Who doesn't deserve health care?

Today’s Salt Lake Tribune reports advocates for Utah’s poor have launched a petition drive to show support for universal health care coverage. Perhaps it is time to put the question another way, who does not deserve health insurance? The working poor?...

30 Seconds – Do It Now

CLICK THIS LINK AND VOTESeriously, take 30 seconds and vote for Pete NOW. 30 seconds. Maybe even 20. This could be a mighty shot in the arm for Pete’s campaign. Stop reading this, click on the link and vote already.

Economy good? Wages Down? Logic disconnects

An interesting post from The Washington Monthly”Riddle me this: if the Fed tries to put the brakes on wages every time they creep up from negative to zero, what will hourly wages look like over the long term? “Answer: consistently down. Which is exactly...