Very moving piece by Laura Clawson about Maria Fernandez, the unfortunate soul that passed in a car in between 3 inadequate part-time jobs..Here's the REAL TRAGEDY and FACTS that KOS leaves out because they are afraid of backing a real progressive like me and afraid of poking the tender underbelly of a Democratic Party that has gone awry.
The B.S. type of 'we'll push for increasing minimum wage over two years' Bill in Congress pushed by Democrats and nothing better by republicans is why we are where we are. The Maria Fernandez's needed $10.10 and hour NOW..not in a year..and major incentives for employers to pay living wages at skilled jobs for alternative energy industrial jobs, ranging from office to labor positions. It IS a crisis, and Democrats pander with unpassable Bills, and republicans just throw darts at Dems and do little constructive work while people like Maria pass on. It's NOT JUST Republicans that are dysfunctional and bought off by Lobby money. We need Bernie Sanders as President and Elizabeth Warren as V.P. PERIOD. We need to vote out corporate Dems and Repubs and I'm sorry if it's self-serving, vote people like me in and get the job done on energy, student loans, economy, a sane military policy (I'm a non-combat vet), and better conditions for special needs kids and adults. You can throw barbs at me but I feel I am on the right side of the issues. Any liberal will fight for social issues..that is the 'wag the dog' way of looking good. We need to fight Commercial Bank and corporate based economies like I, Sanders and Warren will PERIOD. Stay tuned for my book.