California is decreasing the wage of state workers due to a critical budget crisis. The state minimum wage was $8.00 per hour (a virtual fortune apparently) yesterday, today it is $6.55, the Federal minimum. Good for the state's budgett. Bad for the folks that have to drive to work or buy food. Or pay rent or support children or an elderly parent or relative.
What the fuck is wrong with us?
Not every person that grows up poor takes undue advantage. I grew up poor. Got Social Security benefits because of my deceased father (and an Air Force pension of $43.00/mo.). Used those benefits and graduated with a law degree. And now, I think I've probably paid it all back in taxes.
The CA rollback is inexplicable. When the going gets tough, the tough take from the weakest? This is not The Way.
To paraphrase Blackfoot;
The Nations have scattered
The Sacred Hoop is broken
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