So it continues ad absurdum infinitum, (All for a measly 200 dollars or in other cases 0.5% increment in the already below poverty level pay scale? There is no humor in this, only sadness at our inability to be effective in fighting for peoples real rights, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
Remember those words in their complete form? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Continue reading