Does the GOP Have Any Issue for 2024?

The picture above is of a help wanted poster in a convenience store not far from where I live. The store is located in a town where a nice, two-bedroom apartment rents for $800 a month. The jobs being advertised have a starting salary of $16.50 an hour, which is $660 a week or $2,750 a month.

As Bill Clinton would say, do the math. After you pay your rent, which includes off-street parking (of course,) you still have a little less than two grand each month to pay for everything else. And by the way, put in an extra four hours each week because somebody else is sick or doesn’t show up, and add another hundred bucks onto your weekly check.

Oh, I forgot. There’s also a sign-up bonus and full medical and the other usual bennies, okay?

What are the requirements to qualify for this job? Pass a drug test and a background check for felonies and that’s it. A high school diploma would look good but it’s not something you actually need.

So, here is what we refer to as an ‘unskilled’ job, the kind of work you can get even if you drop out of school after the tenth grade, and it’s paying enough to keep you in a decent living situation in a decent neighborhood in a decent town.

And if you have acquired some workplace skills, like driving a forklift, you can apply for a job down the street…