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Friday, December 20, 2013

Journal Entry 8: Fair wages 1


I am in Daytona Beach and as usual the local news is depressing every day.  There is usually a car crash or home invasion reported  daily.  Featured last night are folks who follow delivery trucks then steal Christmas gifts.  An additional feature was folks who lifted credit cards and/or numbers from unsuspecting victims.  That is usual, sadly.  This time though the thief allegedly took the stolen card and bought diapers.  Once the card was reported stolen and thus frozen, the thief paid for the diapers and baby stuff with food stamps.  I am hearing more about random robberies.  At least one or two a day.  And even though there really is no reason to steal I blame politicians and I blame us.  Somehow our elected officials have us convinced that common everyday people who are less fortunate just need to get off their butts and find jobs, most of them won’t even pay for our necessities.    Wake up world.  People need help.   If a company can charge what they want they should be forced to pay fair wages.  Yes, I am for a fair wage act.

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