To make the true Left relevant again, get behind this:

[newswolf56]

A values movement is on the rise across the nation in red states and blue, from Arizona to Ohio, Arkansas to Pennsylvania. It's pulling Americans together to raise the minimum wage—instead of pushing us apart.

The minimum wage is a bedrock moral value. The minimum wage is where society draws the line: This low and no lower.

Our bottom line is this: A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.

That's the winning message of the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign, a fast-growing nonpartisan program of 70 faith, labor and community organizations working to raise the minimum wage at the federal and state level.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/19/the_moral_minimum.php

(Tip of the hat to Truthout.)

[svpadgham]

1. A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.

That seems like a great t-shirt slogan. It'd be ironic if they sold a shirt like that at Wal-Mart. Seriously, The minimum wage definitely needs to be raised. Maybe there should be a maximum CEO earnings and benefits package in place.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. They could have the shirts made by slave labor in China.

[newswolf56]

4. This is exactly the sneering elitist attitude toward labor that...

has alienated so many voters from the Democratic Party: the REAL reason the Bush Regime rules. Thank you for demonstrating your true colors.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Actually, I was referring to & envisioning WalMart.

And BTW I'm an AFSCME union member & favor things like Living Wage laws.

[newswolf56]

6. Sorry I misunderstood; wish you'd used a sarcasm warning. (n/t)

[bemildred]

3. Good slogan.

Health care should keep you healthy, not keep you broke.