Tell me, is something eluding you, Sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you want to find out what’s behind these cold eyes,
You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise…
–Roger Waters – Pink Floyd, The Wall
Sadly, the reality is that you are paid precisely what you’re worth to somebody else. Minimum wage was never intended to be the standard for employment compensation, but since government created a minimum wage thus interfering with commerce, it has been a convenient place to peg salaries for people, many of whose time is actually worth less.

Barack successfully race baited his way into a position of advantage and I guess it’s fair to say that he was paid what he was worth. If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. (hint: bring a teleprompter) It isn’t the best solution to the minimum wage issue, but being President is better than flipping burgers, bussing dishes, fluffing for the porn industry or picking cotton. The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to President Obama for being the first mixed race president is an example of how some can work the situation to their benefit without the need for a minimum wage.
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Hillary receives a really nice medal for not doing anything. |
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”“That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
Government hands medals and awards to their elite in the very same way that Hollywood recognizes its elite. Hollywood does a better job with the pomp and circumstance.
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Vice President Joe Biden receives a participation trophy. |
Receiving a medal if you are an elite politician doesn’t mean that you’ll be paid more for your next movie the way that they do it in Hollywood. But in Hollywood, you’re only as good as your last game. The same is true for prostitutes and consultants (and there’s not much difference – I know – you just don’t get a happy ending from a consultant). In government, you have a guaranteed income for as long as you live, a robust pension with survivor’s benefits, etc. No particular talent is required – See Barack, Hillary and Slow Joe (above). They all have medals and awards and didn’t do a damned thing but make life miserable for the American people. They all got rich on pay to play, but that’s another story.
“When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed.” – Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
In government as a legislature, you can vote yourself a pay raise. The California Legislature voted themselves a fat pay raise this week and Gov. Moonbeam is the highest paid governor in the nation. He would tell you that he’s worth it. I agree. Scamming (as with Barack) pays at times – thousand times minimum wage. California legislators also receive $183.00 per day in tax free per deim to cover incidentals while they’re in session, and a wide range of other perks not available to anyone who is not voting themselves raises. Better than trimming trees? You bet!
No skills, stuck in a minimum wage job? Try politics!
“The government consists of a gang of men and women exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.” – H. L. Mencken
A hamburger walks into a bar.
The barman shakes his head and says, “Sorry, we don’t serve food here.”
Minimum wage?
Minimum skills
Minimum education
Minimum motivation
Minimum contribution
Minimum burger flipping skills
Try being a barista.
Remember when the nation was founded, the fierce debates the founders had regarding what the minimum wage would be in the land of the free?
nytimes.com/1987/01/14/opinion/the-right-minimum-wage-0.00.html
Yes, the Federalist papers were rife with discussions of social justice and the need for massive income redistribution which would be born in true Marxist fashion.
…or a politician.
My autistic son, a professional dishwasher in Seattle, is thrilled the minimum wage went up. My concern is the mental health residence that employees him can stay open with the increased costs pushed by the SJW of Seattle. He won't be pleased when his studio rent increases.
Automation will eventually replace many minimum wage jobs. McDonalds is working on doing that very thing and others will follow in time. Look at auto manufacturing – and more importantly tire manufacture. It's all done by robots, less expensively and more reliably. There will always be jobs out there that fit the "minimum wage" but there will be fewer of them.
Once the principle of a minimum wage is established, politicians stand in the position of your boss, and will happily give you a raise in return for your vote. Same thing with healthcare. Same thing with the basic income scam. Same thing with your retirement money. Every time, you'll need to go to them for more, but instead of arguing you are worth more, all you have to do is promise your vote. A sick and loathsome arrangement that eventually results in either economic stagnation or even collapse.
CW, you are not much of a social justice warrior.
A prog would tell you that you don't get the big picture and that you'd be better off trusting to government to solve all of your problems (in exchange for your life and what you own). Yes, the track record is dismal but "The Long March" to true Communism is worth the struggle.
And we're 20 trillion in debt and counting. What happens when the money runs out?
PRINT, baby, PRINT!!
MOAR! MOAR! MOAR!
LL,
The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul always has the support of Pau.
George Bernard Shaw (noted socialist)
The first crew unable to access their entitlement subsidy (due to the low credit rating of the USG) will start the revolt that torches the city.
They'll burn down their homes with the solid faith that the government will rebuild for them.
Paul is always happy with the outcome.
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