No Tears For The Working Class

The Senate has finally passed their version of the minimum wage increase. At least I trust that a bill to increase the minimum wage is buried somewhere among the 111 amendments that had to be added before the GOP would condescend to voting.

One of those amendments was tacked on by a "compassionate" member of the GOP who believes that labor and business must be "tied" and that it would be a miscarriage of justice to increase the minimum wage without giving business yet another tax cut.

Pardon me, but was he around when all those tax cuts were being given to Big Business in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. I don't remember any tears for labor at that time.

CW reports that the Repubs had tried using the process of amending the bill to unofficially filibuster the bill in an effort to keep the Senate from voting on a resolution to voice their opposition to an escalation--ooops--make that "surge" of troops in Iraq.

Funny. I recall the Dems being called obstructionists for such tactics.

Now the big question--will the minority obstructionists--oh, pardon my negativity. Will those illustrious, public serving Repubs consent to a debate on the war in Iraq? Or have they not yet gotten the message sent to them on November 7 from the majority of the American people.