Speech on the lawn of the Capitol - July 2014

July 30, 2014 Minimum Wage Speech We have come today to demand that America chooses >>the people over big business. >>to help rather than to hurt. >>to tell the lawmakers that they were voted in office by working people, and these same working people that voted them in office are requiring them Raise the Minimum Wage. >>We are just tired of living in a country that is not willing to address poverty A nation's character is defined by how she treats her poor. We hear continuous boast from the walls of the Capitol of how great America is. We hear from these walls, how America is the greatest country in the world. We hear from these walls that America is the seat of power throughout the world. Well we have come today to sound the alarm, and say that if America is as great as you say she is, than we ask you Mr. and Mrs. Law-maker to put the money where your mouth is. We ask you how can you be comfortable while headed to vacation while there are mothers without enough food for their children and fathers who are scrambling to pay bills. How can you be comfortable when there hard working American citizens who are suffering. How can you be comfortable when because of you, there are children without a chance at a good life. If we are as great as you say we are, put the money where your mouth is. I stand today to remind you that God s always on the side of the least, the lost and the left out. God is always watching to see how we handle the poor. For the Bible says, "Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay them for {their} deed." We are here to tell you that we are going anywhere. We will continue to agitate. We will continue to march. We will continue to fight. We may be down but don't count us out. Truth crushed to the earth will rise again. And to every Easter Sunday, there was a Good Friday. Raise the Minimum Wage!