A Great Question Today

And here it is, that great question coming as it does from none other than the Wall Street Journal in Friday's edition.

A Speedy Recovery Depends on More Aid. Will Trump Deliver?

The economy can’t wait until January for more help for states, businesses and the unemployed.

Except...will Trump deliver?

I'd have to say, from the looks of it, Mr. Trump is far too self-absorbed---yeah, imagine that--with fighting his having been rejected by us, the electorate. He seems to be fighting his loss in the ballot box, no way doing what's right or what's needed for the nation and people.

After that, after questioning wither Trump, will Mitch McConnell deliver? Will the Republicans in the Senate deliver?

Again, but this time nearly inexplicably, Senator Moscow Mitch and the Republicans seem to be missing in action. Or, rather, missing in inaction. I guess they're what? on one of their "recesses." Sure, they'll tell you they're concerned about business and businesses and business leaders and business people but when it comes down to it, just now? Gone. Doing nothing. Nothing whatever. I don't get it.

We'd love to know. Heck, we'd like to see the aid so people, Americans, citizens, have enough to eat and don't get evicted from their homes.

I'll never forget this from Senator McConnell.

That Miserable Sonuvabitch Laughed

Mitch McConnell showed his true colors in a Kentucky Senate debate against Amy McGrath

Meanwhile, back in America.

Millions of Americans face eviction at year's end

6 million American households could face eviction on January 1

54 million Americans are going hungry

This Thanksgiving, millions of Americans are going hungry

Growing Number of Americans Are Going Hungry

A 2-mile line in Arizona. A four-hour wait in Ohio. Millions seek help to avoid going hungry on Thanksgiving.

'Hunger Like They've Never Seen It Before': US Food Banks Struggle as 1 in 6 Families With Children Don't Have Enough to Eat

So happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President. Happy Thanksgiving, Senator McConnell and all Republican Party Senators and Congress members. Thanks so very much for your hard work. And support.

We'd love to see some.

Think We Don't Need to Raise the Minimum Wage?

Many people say we don't need to raise the minimum wage in America. I see it repeatedly.

It made me think.

I remember, distinctly, how I was proud of making $21,000 per year as assistant manager of a men's retail store I worked at in 1979. It didn't make me rich, no way, but I very clearly remember that wage landmark at that time.

So I took that amount and time and put it in a inflation calculator online. The results were stunning.

It showed that that amount, $21,000 per year in 1979 would be the equivalent of earning over $74,000 today. In fact, it would be nearly $75,000 in today's money.

Don't believe it? See for yourself.

CPI Inflation Calculator

Mind you, a great, great deal has changed since, what with retail stores continually being hit and hit hard by "big box" and now online stores, these wages, at least from retail positions, are no longer possible. That said, other industries could, in fact, pay far more reasonable, fair and living wages.

The statistics prove this out.

For most workers, real wages have 

barely budged for decades

2014 Continues a 35-Year Trend 

of Broad-Based Wage Stagnation

The Average American Worker 

Earns Less Today Than 40 Years Ago

And corporations have made out very, very well.

Corporate Profits Grow and Wages Slide

As have the CEOs and executives.

CEO Pay Has Grown 90 Times Faster 

than Typical Worker Pay

Corporate Executives Are Making 

Way More Money Than Anybody

The problem is especially American, too.

American CEO pay: U.S. executives are paid 

way more than foreigners

It's pretty outrageous what is happening and what we're letting happen to and with the nation's wealth.

The Richest 1% Have Captured 

America's Wealth

The Top 1 Percent's Share of Income 

from Wealth Has Been Rising for Decades

We need to fight. We need to fight back. We need to end the Citizens United ruling and end campaign contributions entirely. It's the only way we'll get it back where the government and nation work for the people again, for all the people and not just for the already-wealthy and corporations.

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This is why your CEO makes more than 300 times your pay

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