Economic Trend Supports Raising the Minimum Wage

The news today is that consumer spending rose in August and it was driven by increases in income and wages. Ergo: continued economic recovery could be driven my raising the minimum wage. Consumer spending in August rose 0.5 percent from the previous month after showing no gain in July, the…

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Best laugh of the week!

If you’re drinking something right now you’d better swallow before you read this or you’ll have it shooting out your nostrils. Sean Duffy is hosting a ” Hunger and Homelessness Summit ” in Wausau on December 18th!  Can you say ” brazen hypocrite? ” I knew you could! Duffy voted to cut food stamp benefits…

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