Ted Rall for February 25, 2013
Transcript:
1863: The president calls for raising the minimum wage for slaves from $0.00/ hour to something/hour. Man 1: This will raise slave unemployment! Man 2: Plantations will move overseas! Man 3: How about young inexperienced slaves? How will they get started in their careers?
If it had kept pace with inflation, the minimum would be some $21.50/hr.How can you work full-time, and still be below the poverty line? And the CEO pulls in (even a few) millions? (Yeah, yeah, tell me again how his brain is gold and he’s worth it. Now pull the other one!)