responses

1. i thought everyone thought the sequester was obama's fault?

2. on second thought, i'm not sure it is hypocritical for congresspeople to support the minimum wage while not paying their interns. but only based on what reason they're giving for supporting the minimum wage. maybe they're just trying to help low-income people support their families and low-income people can't be interns because they can't work for free! this would, of course, ignore the fact that low-income people are boxed out of these potentially high-power jobs because of the no-pay. eh, i guess it might still be hypocritical. i did read somewhere that the minimum wage is just the politically expedient way to raise low income people's wages even if the EITC is better. i did find a critique about the EITC in a comment insightful - it doesn't reward work and further, when low-income people get their big tax refunds, they think it's lottery money and don't spend it wisely. but you can't solve everything.

3. i did read the relationship stress links. but blaming you is so much fun!

what do you think of this?

or this?

and because i wasn't sure how to feel, i asked wsj to tell me.