so a few weeks ago, congress voted against raising the federal minimum wage. the federal minimum wage is $5.15, meaning that if you work a 40 hour week, you gross $206. before taxes. $206. before taxes. and they voted against raising it to $6.65 an hour, which would give you a heady $266 a week, before taxes. one could just go nuts with that kind of money weighing them down. the last time the minimum wage was raised was in 1996. i guess our law makers don't believe in inflation. but, no, wait! they raised their own salaries (cost of living adjustments), cos you know you can't be making laws on an empty stomach. then again, those earning the minimum wage don't need a cost of living adjustment - it's not like they are living or anything.
but you know where i got my news from? not from the daily papers that i read. nope. not from cnn. uh-uh. i got my news from the most trusted news - the daily show with jon stwart - and from the source of truthiness - the colbert report. because who cares that our law makers think that they are the only ones who need enough money to live on?
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