Home to some of the world’s finest technological and scientific innovation, the United States’ future hinges on its ability to maintain that status and strengthen scientific literacy among its constituents. Force-feeding children with beliefs formed at a time when little was known about the world is hardly the way to go about developing anything beyond ignorance.
One new facet of McBudgeting, the benevolent corporation’s attempt at helping its employees manage their finances, is the Visa prepaid card that allegedly helps workers skip the “hassles” associated with traditional payment methods. The catch? When (forced to) use the card, you’re subject to all kinds of fees. No, a few dollars here and there doesn’t seem like much money, but when you’re working for minimum wage, those dollars can add up to hours of work you’re losing just to access your payment.
It’s only 20 seconds long, but the video should make you think twice before considering the NSA leaks insignificant.
Just teens? Just fast food? Just a second job for a few moms who have more free time than they do pottery classes? Hardly. If you want to abolish minimum wage–or gripe about the “unwarranted” demands of those who attempt to live on it–you should probably talk to them first and have your self-serving misconceptions soundly debunked.
When “serious journalists” are around equally serious lying, preening and self-promoting politicians, their techniques will naturally be affected. The result is either an insipid, tail-between-legs sequence of nods, feigned laughter and facile banter about the family cocker spaniel (a la Barbara Walters) or shouting bouts where the so-called journalist must prove his ego is the size of Canada or immediately perish (re: Bill O’Reilly). The point is that neither approach lends itself to meaningful, truthful and intellectually-charged discussion, and those who suffer most are the people who care enough about the state of affairs to tune in. We can do better, guys.
