Bus driver bailout
To the Editor:
Two major figures in the adult entertainment business recently asked our government for a $5 billion bailout of the pornography industry.
I have a more useful bailout plan that is not only more wholesome but would cost the government considerably less – a measly $1 billion. The plan would be to enact a law requiring all school bus drivers be paid a livable wage. Not just a minimum wage – a livable wage.
The school bus driver bailout money would be used to make up the difference between what they are presently paid and a livable wage. Something they deserve for doing a difficult job.
I have no experience with the adult entertainers problems that require $5 billion to overcome; however, I do know many bus drivers who need help just putting food on the table or buying gasoline for their cars in order to get to work.
The bus driver’s problems can be handled for about $4 billion less than the entertainer’s with another plus being school bus drivers can proudly talk with their mothers about what they do on the job.
I doubt that many of the pornography folk would even consider doing that.
Frank Hyden
Crystal Lake
