Charles Davenport has a unique way of turning poor people into enemies. The News and Record searches far and wide for name-calling, angry editorials to dump more misery on the long-suffering poor...and day after day, it succeeds! When it comes to news in Greensboro, wealth rules with sarcasm, bombast and character assasination.

Charles Davenport has a unique way of turning poor people into enemies. The News and Record searches far and wide for name-calling, angry editorials to dump more misery on the long-suffering poor...and day after day, it succeeds! When it comes to news in Greensboro, wealth rules with sarcasm, bombast and character assasination.

Reverend Hawes,
You are such a bright light in an otherwise quaqmire. Thanks for the post and keep up the good work. My favorite "My Turn" article from you, contained the story of you addressing an all black crowd in the islands, just hours after Martin Luther King was slain in Memphis. You are one of Greensboro's treasures. Thanks again!

Low wages are the effect of a moribund economy, not its cause, as the letter writer seems to think. If you believe that a "living wage" will turn the economy around, then probably also believe in giving peace a chance, speaking truth to power, taking from each according to his abilities, giving to each according his need, and other feelgood cliches.

brian444 wrote:

"[...]then probably also believe in[...]"
1. "[...]giving peach a chance[...]"
2. "[...]speaking truth to power[...]"

These are bad things to want to do?

It must be very, very dark where you are.

As Brian mentioned, our already dying economy has not been caused by low wages. In fact, the lower wages are a direct result of artificial price floors (i.e. minimum wage) in the labor market.

Additionally, the black labor market provided by illegal aliens & corrupt businesses contributes to this. You want your wages to go up, send the illegals home and write your representatives about fining those who hire illegals.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Learn how basic economics works before you start blowing hot air about why we need minimum wage.

Giving peace a chance is moral posturing, as is speaking truth to power. In saying these things, one doesn't mean anything in particular: one merely displays one's moral rectitude and says "yea for our side."

I fully support, however, giving peach a chance.