Roland Gutierrez: “I drove by the gas station today. Premium was up. Unleaded was up. But the minimum wage--the salary earned by a lot of…”

“I drove by the gas station today. Premium was up. Unleaded was up. But the minimum wage--the salary earned by a lot of people who buy the gas and pump the gas--was stuck right where it had been. Gas prices might be at their highest point in years, but the buying power of the minimum wage is soon to be at its lowest point in 40 years. Our lowest paid employees are getting gouged everywhere--at the gas station, at the grocery store. But, instead of giving minimum wage employees a break, the Republicans tell them to wait. Yes, two bucks a gallon is a lot to pay--especially when you are only making four and a quarter an hour. But, of course, the Republicans are careful not to cut into the profit margin of the oil companies. After all--that is the Republicans' profit margin, too. In the past few years, oil and gas companies have pumped millions of dollars into Republican campaign coffers. Now I finally realize what GOP stands for--gas, oil, and petroleum. America's gas tanks are running on empty, but the Republican Party is out of gas.”