I used to be great at math. Now it just makes my head hurt.
I'll guess $12.89
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner ..
The point, if I'm even trying to make one, is, The Grassroots Movements toward what should be a "Living Wage", not just a "Minimum Wage" are as valid as any issue that confronts us in this Country ..
40 Million of our Fellow Citizens live in what is considered Poverty ..
The example of the cost of Gasoline, as important to many as the cost of a Gallon of Milk or a meal for their Family, is just one example .. transport in one form or another, is generally a necessity in order to get to a Job ..
If this one thing, the "Living Wage", would become a reality, it would serve to lift up ordinary folks more so than about anything I can think of .. with the added benefit of Welfare Assistance reduction, which is, apparently, what the Government wants ..
And the idea that a "Living Wage" would cost Jobs is nothing but Propaganda ..
Lastly, am I the only one that sees we're pretty much landing in the same Zone as 2006/2007 .. ?? Continuously quick escalation of Home Prices, interest rates on the rise, Rental Costs escalating, "Creative Financing", bidding wars on Homes for sale, loosening of Financial Regulations that were set in place to prevent another meltdown .. It just feels like Deja Vu to me ..
Please convince me I'm wrong ..