Bill O’Reilly Lies About Minimum Wage, Claims Only A Few Would Benefit From A Raise (VIDEO)

Well, Bill doesn’t get out much. And when he (and I) were making min wage, we could buy a lot more survive goods for that wage. Purchasing power of the min wage is way lower than it was in the mid 60s and early 70s. Gas, bread, rent, cars, tuition, everything. I put myself through college on min wage but tuition was subsidized by the states then. And books were way cheaper. As was health care.

Bill also forgets that when considering to raise the minwage, its not just those AT minwage who are affected. Millions more are paid an amount somewhat ABOVE min wage to get a higher skilled worker, or get workers at all. Costs much more to dress for work, GET to work, deal with daycare as young people often do.

Ten bucks isn’t nearly enough. Who started that? It should be $15 an hour. Companies can afford it…look at their profits! The problem is that investors don’t have loyalty to the companies they invest in. Its all about either profits or rising resale of the stocks to others. Speculation. This money isn’t being used to make things or grow the economy. It’s gambling on phony values….and the overdue stock value crash will vaporize all of that paper money.

Next we need to get to the biggest costs. Medications and health care. And insurance companies that provide only secrecy, not value to our health. Sadly, the Republicans don’t want to reform anythng so long as Obama’s around. Always looking to the next presidential election, and ta hell with the economy until voting day. If the economy hurts you, they’ll just blame Obama like they did in 14. Whether the facts support those lies or not.

Supreme Court did us no favors legalizing even more bribery, now anonymous bribery, into our political process. Republicans claim a mandate after 14, but the polls don’t match the reelection figures. What got them reelected other than corporate money and lying 30 second commercials?

The ratings-dependent media would rather overreport crimes than help us make good election choices. So they’re no help. And we elect state officials based on yard signs, not issues. And now the Republicans have learned that state laws can help corporations.

So are we screwed? We anti-Republicans, many of whom don’t care enough to vote out the people we wouldnt’ like, if only we knew what they were up to?

I’m appalled at the Middle Class’s apathy and the ignorance about the body politic which today so deeply affects our own family budgets. The wealthy seem to have free reign over the working class who remains asleep and preoccupied with daily life and light entertainment. Rock the Vote slogans don’t seem to work!

We can’t even reach the masses on the internet because the sites where they hang out don’t wanna talk about anything but celeb stuff or raunch, which sells.