It's not just about the money

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Date: Mar 16, 2007

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Minimum wage would not be such a hardship for those who labour at these rates if it weren't for the people that regard housing as an issue of investment, instead of a necessity of life; if it weren't for people who regard their vehicles as issues of status and power instead of a means to get to a job to earn a living; if it weren't for people that want 'grocery shopping' to be a food experience instead of a means to stay alive; if it weren't for people that consider the prime directive of their life to be making more money, instead of being satisfied with what they have.

Not everyone wants an MBA, an SUV, or a mega-house. Some of us just want a roof over our head so we can be of a fixed address, get mail, have a phone.

Not everyone wants to be able to dine out at will, take out whenever.

Some of us just want to be able to buy bread and milk, socks and underwear, and pay our bills.

Some of us just want to earn (and be paid) an honest day's wage, for an honest day's labour and if minimum wage is the price we have to pay to avoid the prostitution of our souls and the mortgage of our lives that the big bucks demand, then so be it.

D. C. Orton, Barrie

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