Dear Shirley:

I would like to talk with you about being afraid to love and be betrayed, some other time. And now to the debate. You might be reading this after the debate though as it is late now.

You are supporting minimum wage in the debate when the other option is to pay less than the minimum wage (and reward highly productive workers with higher pay according to their productivity)?

So I would say, like you did, that it is possible to live on $11,695 but it is not possible to live on less than that. I would stress that it is difficult to live only on that and help from this and that government/ local programs may be required, as well as serious budgeting, but living on less than that is unthinkable and cannot be done. This is why you are arguing FOR minimum wage, to make it possible for people to survive (until they exceed the minimum wage by increasing productivity, increasing their education, learning new skills, changing employers, starting a business, etc.)

As i wrote, I think I am late with my attempt at input and it is bed time for me. And I don’t think you are online now. If it was earlier I would ask you about the context of the issue and talk more about it.

Let me know how it goes. Be as calm as you can be. Remember what I wrote to you, that you are too special to be comparing yourself to others? Remember that when you debate and at all other times.

anita