Bait and Switch

I have to be honest and say I am more than a little annoyed by the bait and switch game democrats are pulling on the $15 minimum wage election promise.  The $15 minimum wage was part of the Covid bill that was passed by the House.  However once it went to the Senate a Parliamentarian, an unelected official and a term I never had heard of in American government offered guidance against voting on an increase in minimum wage as part of the budget bill.  It’s a convoluted process but basically Congress generally abides by this guidance but it is not a requirement.  The sense is Democrats were somewhat happy to let the Parliamentarian be the scapegoat for dropping the minimum wage hike.

The truth is a sizeable majority of the population both republican and democrat believe the minimum wage needs to be raised, hell even now red Florida voted for a minimum wage increase.  The lobbyists and special interests in Washington however are not onboard hence the politicians whose strings they pull are doing as they are told.  It’s pretty pathetic.