Escalate!
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Last year, I was admonished to “Fight for Fifteen.” Okay, but inflation is running around 10%. Fifteen doesn’t buy what it used to. Shouldn’t we update the slogan?
“Fight for Sixteen-and-a-half” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Maybe round it up a bit, get ahead of the game in case Lesko Brandon’s anti-inflation program takes a while to kick in?
“Seventeen or Fight!”
“Aching for Eighteen!”
“Nineteen or Nothing!”
“Give me Twenty or Give me Death!”
Joe Doakes
I mean, after a year of 8% inflation, 15 is suddenly worth about 13…
March 24th, 2022 at 8:40 am
$54.40 or fight!
March 24th, 2022 at 9:00 am
in case Lesko Brandon’s anti-inflation program takes a while to kick in?
Wait. Whut? Lesko Brandon has an anti-inflation program?
PS. Good one, SecondRow.
March 24th, 2022 at 9:08 am
Oooo, Second Row, I like it!
Shades of William F Buckley, who called the Democrats pikers because if they were serious they’d make the minimum wage $100 and we’d all be rich.
March 24th, 2022 at 9:27 am
How about a more realistic slogan? “$15 or nothing!”