Non-working blue

Oh, those wacky DFLers:

As Democrats, including President Obama and several members of the Minnesota congressional delegation, push for a federal minimum-wage increase, DFLers controlling the Minnesota House and Senate reached what Rep. Ryan Winkler called a “stalemate.”

“It doesn’t look like we’re making a lot of progress,” Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, told his fellow lawmakers as they attempted to negotiate a compromise on Wednesday.

Since Monday, when Senate officials said for the first time they would support a minimum wage of $9.50 an hour, House and Senate officials have been unable to agree whether future minimum-wage increases should be automatic.

Again, we need to think differently on this issue:

Money don't buy everything, it's true. But what it don't buy, I can't use

Maybe a little theme music might help these recalcitrant legislators:

Be sure to throw in a free cell phone, too.