What Is a Living Wage? - New York Times

The Dems, having failed abysmally to take advantage of all the negatives facing the administration and Alito in the confirmation hearings, might do well to take a gander at this week's New York Times magazines cover article(registration required) about the minimum wage and the growing groundswell to change it into a "living wage". The fact that a significant number of our fellow citizens cannot survive on the wage they currently make for a full-time job is a stain of the fabric of our society. Now, I'm not talking about the two jobs people hold because they want some of the more pricey luxuries dangled infront of our noses. No, I'm talking about people who work 40 hours a week and still have to chose between paying the rent and buying groceries.

I have to say that the Democrats remind me of the joke about the guy who dies in the flood while waiting for God to rescue him. It is about time for the party leaders (i.e. those elected representatives in congress and the state legislatures/governorships) to understand that it is OK in politics to attack the opposition. This is especially true when the opposition is doing its level best to destroy our democracy and institute a form of oligarchy/aristocracy where the top 5% of the economic ladder pretty much run everything. The Dems have been given a number of golden opportunities to do to this administration pretty much what the Republicans did to Clinton's, but, so far, our DC contingent have pretty much let the ball drop.

OK, so here is a positive moral imperative the Dems can latch onto and, hopefully, ride back into control fo congress. GNIP!...the ball's in their court. Let's see what is done.