Jaded Times

Well, to be fair, the Republicans tacked on a rider that essentially waved the finger at the lowest paid workers of this country. It would have tied it to a bill cutting inheritance taxes for the wealthiest in the nation, which is sort of akin to saying “Aww, are you hungry? Here’s an old smelly cod, now could you pass me my caviar, you poor fuck?”.

Honestly though, the levels of poverty in this country are growing so severe that I would have preferred it passing, even with the Republican bullshit bill attached. I mean, I expect it out of the Republicans, they are soulless assholes who only care about themselves, and we all know this. But the bigger issue to me is that the Senate could have passed this (the House already did) and dealt with the inheritance tax issue later, though I suppose that would have required doing more work, which is something your average senator fears about as much as the words “indictment handed down” or, if they are from Oregon, “paternity suit”.

So fuck you, Senators; if you weren’t so afraid of actually having to do your job in the future, many of the hardest working Americans could be that much closer to earning a livable wage.