THE MINIMUM WAGE AND COST OF LIVING - LIVABLE WAGES STIMULATE THE ECONOMY

We are all for a LIVABLE MINIMUM WAGE.  We know that fast food workers are striking.  We know that in Southern California, it takes about $18.00 an hour to rent a one bedroom or single apartment, drive, gas up, and insure a used car, and so on.

If we do not pay people a livable wage, then they cannot participate in life.  They cannot stimulate the economy by spending on things that those with livable wages can.

People who don't make a livable wage often have to by USED rather than new products.  We're all for recycling and reusing.  We do it. However, buying a new product, if it's made in the USA, will provide more business stay in business and more employees stay employed.

If you are not for a livable wage, we ask you to see if you can live on about $10 a month.  You'll have money in the bank that a minimum wage worker doesn't, but you may start to understand the limitations.

You probably won't be about to eat out much, maybe only the $1. menu at the fast food restaurant.

KENTUCKY FRIED CHINESE CHICKEN? YUM FOODS ALSO OWNS PIZZA HUT AND TACO BELL

WORLD TIMES : KFC LAUNCHES CHINA CAMPAIGN link to full article

Excerpt: " The complaint against KFC was less serious than other product scandals in China over the past decade in which infants, hospital patients and others have been killed by phony or adulterated milk powder, drugs and other goods. But KFC’s high profile attracted attention, and its status as a foreign company with less political influence meant Chinese media could publicize its troubles more freely.

Yum, based in Louisville, Kentucky, said it expects sales in China to tumble by up to 25 percent in the current quarter. The company also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.