Just say NO!

"Let them eat cake" said Marie Antoinette when told that the peasant had no bread.  And now there is a bipartisan effort to have Sunday sale in Minnesota.  And who does it benefit?  The small town liquor stores - NO.  This law would spread the same amount of sales over more day, increasing their operating costs.  Does it help service workers? NO - service workers now have to add a Sunday shift and take time away from families.

And for what?  So that people who don't have to work on Sundays and who forgot to buy their champagne for the Sunday brunch Mimosas can shop conveniently.  And let the service workers eat cake while you enjoy your Sunday with guests properly libated.

Just say NO.  The DFL used to care about working people.  Now both Republicans and Democrats want service workers to work on Sundays so that they can be served on Sunday.  Do you remember how great an achievement it was to have a 5 day work week?  Of course not, that was 1908.  And for most of us, the salary class, the five day work weeks still exists (kinda sorta if you can turn off the phone).  Those of us in the salary class don't have to be on our feet all day on a Sunday selling alcohol for the convenience of people who don't have to work on Sunday.

Hey! DFL Senators.  Do a rural DFLer a favor and VOTE NO to Sunday Sales.  Show rural service sector workers that the DFL still cares about them. The Sunday Sales lobbyists say we should be like our surrounding neighbors and forget about small town businesses and service workers having a day off.  But what is one thing all those neighboring states have in common?  They've all turned red.  Do you think that our disregard of rural working class Americans had anything to do with that?  Maybe the reason Minnesota clung to some remaining "blue" in the sea of "red" was because we still had some vestiges of Labor left in DFL.

And rural Republicans VOTE no for all the reasons of keeping small town businesses competitive and viable and remembering the Sabbath. Keeping the Sabbath is Common Sense, no matter what the lobbyists say.

Come on people.  Do you really need to make others work so that you can buy alcohol on Sunday.?  Really.  Seriously - just give it a rest already.  It's only helping big box stores, large corporations.  Stand up for the little guys.  Just say NO to Sunday Sales.