Workers Are the Backbone of this Country not the Rich

I live in a "right to work" state. One of the things that this means is that an employer can fire an employee for any reason. For that reason I was discouraged from applying for a job where someone I knew was the manager. He said that the owner of the business would fire me, because I did not act American enough. I have never known exactly that meant. This was long ago, but these laws are in place in many states. This needs to change, because wages in these states are lower than they are in those without these laws.

There are rich conservatives who want to abolish the minimum wage. They claim that this will bring more jobs. That's bullshit. The only things it would bring is more poverty. more people filing for bankruptcy, more exploitation of workers and an increase in the gap between the rich and poor. The middle class in this country is shrinking. If the Tea Party had its way there would be a large number of people homeless and without health insurance. They want to end government programs that help those in need, they want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they want to eliminate the minimum wage or keep it from being raised, they want to give tax breaks to the very wealthy and corporations, etc. They want to make this a nation for the rich. It is time for a change. We need to have an increase in the minimum wage, and the rich and corporations need to pay their fair share of taxes. We need to start coming rougher, (a nod to Gogol Bordello) not just immigrants but those who want to see a change in this country.