President Obama and congressional Democrats are hoping they can make political hay out of campaigning to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to raise it to $15.
And social-justice activists there say even that falls far too short.How right they are!
But if we are serious about addressing economic inequality and restoring social justice, then a minimum wage increase should be just the start.
We also need to outlaw volunteering.
.....If Scouting asked somebody to do it for money, the organization would have to pay at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Even if somebody were willing to do the job for $5 an hour — for the experience or the résumé-padding or whatever — s/he couldn't.
It's against the law.
Well, then!
If we don't let someone work for $5 an hour, why do we let anybody work for $0 an hour?
We're a better country than that, people.
.....Look, it's really simple.
If people aren't allowed to work for $7.24 an hour, even if they want to, then they darn well shouldn't be allowed to work for $0 an hour either.
To quote America's greatest president, Barack Obama, "It's time to give America a raise."
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