Pissed Off Again

As if it isn't bad enough that idiot boy told us all was well last night in his State of "His" Union Speech, but then today the Senate voted down the Minimum Wage Bill by a vote of 54 - 43 with 3 absences.

Senator Bill Nelson of FL voted "yea." The other Senator, Mel Martinez, a/k/a mental midget, voted "nay." I fired off an email to him expressing my dismay.

Dear Senator Martinez

I am very disappointed in your vote on H.R.2 -Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.

There is no reason that service and entry level workers should not get an increase in their minimum wage after 10 years of being at the same rate. To withhold the badly needed increase for reasons of tax breaks to
restaurants is riduculous as anyone who has worked in the industry knows, restaurant workers are exempt from minimum wage guidelines because a portion of their wage is collected and taxed through tipping.

The working poor in this country need to be valued and respected. They need an increase in wages. How shallow of you not to realize that when you work in a state with a large service industry work force.

The hipocracy of this vote is so insulting. The U.S. Senate has enjoyed 7 increases totalling $31,600 in the same time period that our working poor received $0 increase! I am angry about it.

Sincerely,

Hrumph!!!