It's long past time for states to increase their minimum hourly wage from the Federal minimum of $7.25 to a more realistic Living Wage.

Some states are using a sliding annual increase towards $15.00, while those who border them remain at the historical low Federal hourly rate.

No one can support themselves or their family on $7.25 per hour, especially if the job is only part-time without benefits!

The C****av***s P******c exposed the failings of our current Healthcare System in the United States! Those who lost their jobs, subsequently lost their Healthcare insurance, and are the most vulnerable to becoming infected. Food pantries can't keep up with the demands for desperately needed food for those who lost their jobs due to no fault of their own.

The greed of large businesses and corporations have suppressed wage increases.

Many in Congress are beholden to corporate donations and lobbyists to keep them in office. The big business arm twisting is a lucrative money maker for Congressional members!

It's the main reason we still have #MoscowMitch and "McConnellism", while "we the people" suffer because those we elected are doing the bidding of the financial elite!

My state has a Republican Governor who hasn't been strict enough with his P******c orders, but a Democratic Legislature in what used to be a very red state.

The closest border state to where I live has a Republican Governor and a Democratic Legislature but is closely following the scientific and medical findings and advice. They've recently put travel restrictions back in place, but my state still has virtually open borders, which is a problem.

When I do venture out to grocery shop about once every 3 weeks, over 75% of the plates on the vehicles in the parking lot are out of state plates.

With the out of control spread of the C****-** V***s it's dangerous to shop on weekends, I have to get up extra early and shop before I log on to work remotely to try to avoid potential infection from people who don't believe that the v***s is a real health threat to them or others around them.

By the way, I will only work for a business in that border state even though I have to pay the non-resident taxes, and that's by choice. The minimum wage in my state is $7.25 per hour. In the border state, the minimum wage is $12.75, which goes up to $13.50 on January 1st.

Also the huge difference in unemployment benefits is substantial. In my residential state, they're tied for 26th in the country, maxing out at just over $26K. In the border state, they max out at just over $78K, and rank 1st in the country with what they can pay in unemployment benefits.

So it's well worth it for me to drive about 5 miles from home into that state for a better paying job and nearly triple the potential unemployment benefits should I need them!