John Moran: Reclaiming democracy through the living wage

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Moran, who was a four-term state representative. He lives in Wardsboro and blogs at johnmoranvt.blogspot.com.
Out-of-control money breeds power, which breeds money, which breeds more power. This increase in power and wealth for America’s richest intensifies income inequality and transmutes our democracy into an oligarchy. We can begin to reclaim universal unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit happiness by creating economic justi