Lets look for just a second at one of the problems that are facing america right now..MONEY. In the United States minimum wage is 7.25 an hour, that's 15080 dollars a year before taxes, insurance, social security and whatever else comes out of your check a week. The last time the minimum wage was raised was in 2007. But dig this in, 2007 a gallon of milk $3.09 a gallon of milk in 2011 $4.99. How in the world does this compute to anyone? Now lets take Congress salaries in 2007 $160,000 that works out to about 77 dollars an hour, an in 2011 $174,000 that works out to 84 dollars an hour. That's a $7.00 dollar an hour raise for congress in 4 years and nothing for the people who work there asses off to keep this country going. And what would they say if you ask them about it.... Who cares about $7.00... I'll tell you who the people who are still making $7.00 an hour on minimum wage. Tell you what if we made the people who pass these laws, live by them, I bet minimum wage would get raised. Trust me I think people who work hard should get paid for there work, but what makes work hard? I could and would make the decision that these guys make for a far lot less. Are they tough decisions sure, but they become easier if you make the right ones first. Do you think that if maybe you raised minimum wage say a dollar for starters in your district and when you needed to raise taxes a penny to pass that school levy that it would make it a little easier to swallow. But instead lets give congress a raise nothing to the avg. person and then ask for a tax hike for the schools. Then when that fails and they close another school lets blame the people for not voting in a tax hike. I'm no politician or economical genius but I like to think my common sense makes Cents.......
