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Barak Obama —I’ll have Mine Well Done Thankyou! With the Democratic Push for President growing more intense, backing for Barak OBama from the Kennedy Camp! Wow! That truly IS newsworthy!
The last time I wrote about Barak Obama I told you that I do not know enough about him to really make a good clean decision on him. But I am in shock right now.
The Kennedy Family is standing behind him!???!?! Wow! That is admirable….but it also scares me a little!
Why? I am not completely sure as to why the political backing of the Eternal Flame at Arlington that flickers over the grave of one of the Kennedy Presidents, and the family that has reigned over politics in this country since I was born in 1961– kind of unnerves me but it does.
It is not a bad thing, it is an awe inspiring thing.
I feel a bit shakey inside when I think of the Kennedy’s placing their political UMP! behind Obama. They usually do not speak out too much….but when they do…it is powerful, and needs to be considered on all fronts.
Also, until this political twist I was unaware that my favorite action flick star, turned governor of California Arnold Swartzenegger (sorry about the spelling) was a republican, while his Kennedy ancestry wife Maria Shriver was still a staunch democrat. What must be the conversation over dinner be like?
Maria Shriver was also present at the backing and speech making campaign for Barak Obama. The Kennedy Mantel has even been placed on Obama’s Shoulders. They stated that he is like a Kennedy in his attitude and stance in politics.
They like him and are standing behind to give him the political push. If I was undecided before, now I really do not know how to vote.
Previously, I had stated that I knew more about Hillary Clinton than I knew about Barak Obama….whether he is “BLACK OF SKIN” like me or not.
I have been in my job for about 20 years, I have not had people who were of my race like me, just because I am the same race as them! Most people do not like me because of the role I maintain on my job. So, race has nothing to do with it for me.
Politics aside, Obama was a family background that is not anything like mine. His father was a native of Africa, and his mother was European…My grandparents and their grandparents were slaves!
So what am I to tell you are that I have in common in ancestry with Obama? Nothing…absolutely nothing.
But when it comes to politics, I want to know how he will change my child’s future for the better! How will my health care improve?
How will my single parent status improve.
How will being a care giver to my mother improve?
How about the high price of rent/ mortgage improve?
How can attending college become more affordable for myself and my child?
When will my job receive the much needed economic raises needed to help meet the food bill, electric bills, gas bills, health care, car insurances, medication and perscription prices?
I heard on 1010 wins “ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE UPDATE” that Obama made a speech in which he promised to” increase minimum wage not once every ten years, but EVERY YEAR!
Obama even stated that if “You work in this country you should not be poor!”
That statement was very powerful, but also frightening!
How would increaseing minimum wage yearly affect cost of food in the fast food industry which barely pays its’ workers minimum wage earnings?
How would rasing the minimum wage yearly affect home attendant prices for those who need the home attendant?
How would raising minimum wage affect the industries that make their living from the backs of LOW WAGE EARNERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD A DENTAL PLAN/MEDICAL PLAN with the low wages that they earn in MCDonalds, Wendys,or BurgerKing?
What about the dry cleaning industry?
What about the malls, and stores like Macys?
How will constantly increasing the minimum wage impact on such industries?
Will clothes, shoes, and the basic neccesities begin to raise beyond normal levels, in order to accomplish the “everyone one starting off at the same fair rate?”
Is it possible that what ever the wage increase is….the economy will have to make adjustments in order to find the money to PAY THE WAGE INCREASES TO THE WORKERS!
Look, I want atleast a an unrealistic raise of atleast $30, 000.00 per year. Will I get it? Of course not. But if you give me at least a 30% increase in raise I would see a difference in my paycheck, more than that small 3% raise I keep getting every two or three years.
That three percent raise adds up to about $5.00 more per year. That gets eaten up by all the life insurance policies, and taxes I pay direct before I even receive my paycheck net.
So if Mr. Obama can raise the rate of income for all American’s who will ultimately pay the cost and price of this increase?
Do you think the price will cover it? I highly doubt it. The rich are the ones paying us poor folk these small wages for fast food, high paced jobs, and they want a surplus….they do not just want to make a small profit either.
Who would buy a McDonalds’s regular cheese burger for let’s say $3.00 in order to assist in rasing the rate of the minimum wage for the McDonald’s employee behind the cash register?
I wonder.
What do you think? All I know is that –that hamburger better be good……I LIKE MINE WELL DONE THANKYOU!
***Reflections on the Hot Race for President in the Democratic Party by
RIVEROFLIFELISAJOY!
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