Paltry Minimum Wage Increase for U.S. Workers

Workers in America should be up in arms over the paltry minimum wage increase passed by Congress today. Only $5.85 per hour up from $5.15 per hour at a time when gas is over $3.00 a gallon is just plain cruel. The minimum wage should be at least $10.00 per hour. Minimum wage workers today are stuck in a vicious cycle of hopelessness and poverty perpetuated by Republican members of Congress. The Republicans blocked increases every step of the way for ten long years and they need to be held accountable. Many states have long given up on the federal government to step up to the plate and set a decent minimum wage. Some states have taken it upon themselves to pass increases over and above the federal level because those leaders realize that like the saying goes, “an injury to one is an injury to all.”

I find myself asking the same question day after day, “What happened to this country?”