For the 16th straight year, the U.S. federal minimum wage remains frozen, while billionaire wealth explodes. This is not an accident. It is the result of relentless greed—a force that now poses an existential threat to democracy itself.
Extremely wealthy donors pour obscene sums into political campaigns, buying access, policy, and silence. Their money shields exploitation while working families fall deeper into poverty. When billionaires fund candidates who block wage increases, they are not investing in democracy—they are purchasing its decay.
Scripture asks: “What profiteth a man if he gaineth the whole world and loseth his soul?” What profit is record wealth if it is built on hunger, despair, and stolen dignity?
What profiteth Russia if it gains a sliver of land but loses its soul through endless bloodshed? What does Israel gain when it drives Palestinians from their homes, starves civilians, destroys crops, and forces families to endure bitter cold in unlivable conditions—losing its soul in the process?
A society that tolerates extreme wealth amid mass suffering is not prosperous. It is morally bankrupt. Justice delayed is justice denied—and wages denied are lives diminished.
Democracy cannot survive on greed. It survives on conscience.
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