Just like the Emancipation Proclamation abolished the practice of keeping slaves, we need a Wage Slavery Proclamation. No full-time employee shall be paid wages that enslave them by forcing them to live below the poverty line. Wages must meet reasonable local costs for housing, healthcare, education, nutrition, and a modicum of diversion.
Why is this important?
I'm tired of paying taxes to support minimum-wage paying Corporations. WalMart, McDonalds, and others are shirking their responsibility to their employees by underpaying their people while raking in billions for the top executives. Make these companies do their part to provide an above the poverty line income to their employees, so they can live with dignity.
