The “$15 is not enough” figure depends on state, the studies you refer to almost exclusively refer to to an average of all states. For example, <a href="http://livingwage.mit.edu/">MIT’s living wage calculator<a> says a living wage for a single adult in Wisconsin is $11.41. Looking at other midwestern states, the…

Hey, if you can’t open your brain long enough to see that a lot of people can make it just fine on the old minimum wage of $10, then that’s your problem and frankly I don’t give two sh!ts if you can afford your next month’s rent or not, because of your stupidity.

Yeah. And feelings carry more weight than facts, dammit!

THIS. People can’t seem to grasp that raising the minimum wage does absolutely nothing to improve people’s economic status. 

It’s worse than that because they advocate for a $15 minimum but as soon as they company raises the minimum from $12.50 to $15, the guy who was making $16.50, whose position hasn’t changed at all, says “wait, last week, I was making $4 more than that guy and this week, it’s only $1.50, that’s not fair, where’s my…

You don’t get to agitate for $15/hr, and then bitch when a company voluntarily does that (+ more ). You’re doing the same shit, and they gave you more money for doing it.

I’m so sorry for the suffering that you and your family have gone through, and continue to experience. Best wishes for your sister.

Nah he’s fine

I’m starting to feel like we’re getting to a point where nothing is allowed. I mean, the context here, for example. She isn’t making fun of black people in any way. She’s trying to remain true to the character, who happens to be black. It would be one thing if she had done something deliberately offensive, but she’s…

people who assume “blackfaceing” are the actual racists.

Stop!  Stop!  He’s already dead!

Athletes are measuring sticks.  

Yes, unlike the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, and Pro Tennis circuits, which are all proletarian exercises in egalitarianism, appealing first and foremost to the poor person in all of us sitting in the Poverty Suites at our publicly funded stadiums and arenas.

You’ve clearly never played golf on a municipal course. Far more blue-collar workers playing golf than rich people.

This post nails a lot of people’s feelings about yesterday. I remember years ago reading about how Tiger, Jordan, Bird, they weren’t just great players but world-class trash talkers, using every trick in the book to psych out their opponents while somehow maintaining a public image that made them look like nice people…

Imagine saying something so confidently and being so wrong.  You should head to a muni course on the weekend some time.

That was the most fun I’ve had watching golf since...uhh...

Electric cars have been “inevitable” for a long time now and are still a minuscule fraction of the market. I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to buy brand new internal combustion engine cars for the rest of my life (I’m 34).

You know what was awesome about Paul Pierce? Kevin Garnett.

Treme.  The Leftovers.