President Bush and the Republican Congress can’t be bothered to even disucss raising the minimum wage, but they see no hypocrisy in giving themselves, not to mention the Vice-President, yet another raise.  As if the $160,000+ per year in salary, free health insruance, and retiremement benefits aren’t already enough.  Hell, that’s more than the vast majority of Americans will see!  And considering the Vice-President of the United States gets just about everything he needs for free I think his salary of $189,300 is more than enough.  What a nice Merry Christmas to the millions of Americans who struggle in minimum wage jobs; who can’t afford health insurance because we’re too backwards to have a national insurance program like every other civilized nation; who depend on the charity of others to even have a Christmas present for their children!  I wonder, is this was Jesus would do?