Letter: Conservative is a living wage

Some legislators think they are conservative. Actually, they don’t have a clue.Here’s what conservative is. It’s a living wage.Employers have a responsibility to pay their workers a living wage. Responsibility is the defining characteristic of conservatism.A living wage will get hundreds of workers off welfare. Reducing welfare is a goal of conservatives.A living wage enables workers to be independent of government aid. Rugged individualism is the ideal of conservatives.Reducin