Hello, America! Tomorrow is Election Day, and because it’s so damn important for eligible voters to actually vote, we’re letting you pledge to do soright here on Tumblr. What do you get?
The address of your polling place.
A link to all the stuff on your ballot.
A huge surge of pride about the impact you’re going to make.
Logged onto FB and saw this from my mom’s boyfriend.
They’re both against raising the minimum wage and apparently now against food stamps even though my sister had to use the food stamps program for awhile and I needed it but didn’t qualify.
So I responded and
REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE I DIDN’T REALIZE IT WAS YOU LIKE WOW A+
The premise of minimum wage, when it was introduced, was that a single wage earner should be able to own a home and support a family. That was what it was based on; a full time job, any job, should be able to accomplish this.
The fact people scoff at this idea if presented nowadays, as though the people that ring up your groceries or hand you your burgers don’t deserve the luxury of a home and a family, is disgusting.