Spinning on that dizzy edge

I literally just had to leave the lunch table before I started yelling (louder) at the regular jerkwad.

I came into a conversation about raising the minimum wage, which I knew was trouble from the start, and the only place left to sit was next to the douchenozzle. Another of the coworkers said, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to pay more than I already am." (This, mind you, from the woman who has two adult children and two grandchildren living with her, because her offspring are being paid minimum wage and can't afford their own place.) I offered that people who make more money need less assistance from the government, and therefore the government has more to spend on other programs, and maybe even could lower taxes, and that Seattle is having a great result from raising the minimum wage. The asshat immediately came back with "Well, why don't we raise it to $60,000 dollars? A $100,000!" I tried to ignore him, and he kept saying "Why not $100,000!" I said something to the effect of that he wasn't even trying to have a good faith discussion about it, and he insisted he was, and told me to justify why not.

So in the interests of saving my sanity and my voice, I grabbed up my food and stormed away with a "I am not getting into this with you."

I am still shaking with how angry I am. I am so fucking tired of the conservative "I've got mine, fuck you" attitude that prevails around here.

ARGH!