The Senate Sucks

A plan to boost the minimum wage for the first time

in nearly a decade was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday

(they have rejected 11 attempts since 1998).

An amendment offered by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would have raised the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour from the current $5.15.

$5.15 per hour?!! That ends up being $10,700 a year. No one can live on that! Are there even any employers out there who would stoop so low as to only pay their workers minimum wage?

Even doubling the current wage wouldn't be sufficient enough to support yourself, much less a family. Look at the basics: car maintenance, high gas prices, housing costs, groceries and medical

... all necessities of life.

Here's the rub: Just last week, the House rejected an effort to block a $3,300 annual increase in the base salary for Congress members.

If their raise goes through, (emphasis on their) rank-and-file members will earn $168,500 --- a $31,600 increase.