LTTE published in Lawton Constitution

[rickrok66]

One of my letters to the editor was published in The Lawton Constitution:

I would like to address the editorial written by Walter Williams and published on December 3rd, “Dead-end jobs called low-wage jobs”. My agreement with Williams ends after the headline. It seems that the right wing pundits are making their rounds with another bogus argument that low wage jobs are good for poor people. Next week, it will be the yearly "Liberals attack on Christmas" editorial to justify shoving Christianity down everyone's' throats followed by the yearly "Why America is a republic not a democracy" editorial to justify invasions of privacy and the removal of civil liberties. There is so much wrong with this editorial. Well, at least he is not spewing lies and right wing vitriol like Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan. First, you cannot say that being a professor is a dead-end. I don't see a lot of McDonalds' employees with nationally syndicated editorials. Next, he gives the Horatio Alger argument that shows that Jay Leno worked at McDonalds and now he hosts "The Tonight Show". That American Dream crap died in the early 1900s. That is why we had a subsequent Progressive Era followed by the birth of a strong labor movement. He then states that "some demagogues charge that jobs at Wal-Mart and McDonalds only pay the minimum wage". Demagogue is a fancy name for people who actually work at these places. The average probably does come to higher than the minimum wage. When you average out the wealth of the four heirs to Wal-Mart, who are four of the richest billionaires in the world, with what employees make at Wal-Mart, it does add up to about six dollars an hour. Finally, he writes that "40 percent of minimum wage earners live in households with incomes of $60,000 or higher". That's true, when dad works at McDonalds and Wal-Mart, and mom works at McDonalds and Wal-Mart, and you have grandma and grandpa working as greeters at Wal-Mart, then the total household income might be $60,000. The next time you are buying Kool-Aid or super-sizing your Freedom Fries, remember to thank the employees who have to work at these places.

[Joey Liberal]

1. I saw that letter

Great job RR.

[Nicole]

2. Great letter! n/t