To: The Arizona State House and The Arizona State Senate
Raise the Minimum Wage
It is time for our state lawmakers to stop sidling up to big business and start siding with hard-working, American citizens by raising the state minimum wage to $10/hr. This is the time for Arizona to show that it is ready to spearhead life-changing, economically sound legislation, instead of bowing to special interest, pandering to party politics, and following failed policies.
Why is this important?
Passing legislation now to raise the minimum wage to $10/hr by 2015 is not only necessary, but long-past warranted. Many Americans left behind in the wake of corporate greed have been left no alternative than to accept positions with organizations that only pay minimum wage, no matter what skills or experience the employee brings. That has had the effect of throwing millions of workers into poverty. In the richest country in the world, where corporate profits and CEO compensations have never been higher, that has a stock-market that has come roaring back, to have millions of working families living in poverty is a travesty. Please, join me in telling our representatives that this is no longer acceptable and the minimum wage must be increased to allow our fellow citizens the simple luxuries of food and roofs over their heads.