Tag: wages

In The Matrix, Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that the world he thought he was living in was merely an illusion, a computer-generated program designed to keep him docile and to be, in effect, a D-Cell battery.  I’ve long held that The Matrix is a brilliant example of political cinema.  The use of…

The Communists at Bloomberg News call for a Revolution hike in the minimum wage. Here’s an unhappy observation about the minimum wage: Congress last increased the rate in stages in 2006, topping it out at $7.25 an hour in 2009, or $15,080 a year. That amount, when adjusted for inflation, is…

I have to thank / blame Ezra Klein for getting me back on the blogging horse.  He posted a chart that really brought home the problems facing our state and our country.  Most people who read this blog are, I expect, reasonably well ensconced in the American middle class.  Most…

A situation came up at a friend’s church. The pastor recently asked for a fairly minimal raise. He has not had an increase in pay for two years. Everyone needs to live, including clergy, and if you ever want to recruit new people to the position(what church is not short…