50 years ago,workers made the modern equivalent of $50 dollars an hour @ G.M.

[midnight]

"50 years ago, America's biggest employer was General Motors, where workers made the modern equivalent of $50 dollars an hour. Today, America's biggest employer is Walmart, where the average wage is $8 dollars an hour. Which means you can share a room in a transient hotel with a drifter who cuts his toenails with a machete. (audience laughter)

And Walmart released their annual report this month, and in it was the fact that most of what Walmart sells is food. And most of their customers need food stamps to pay for it. Meanwhile, Walmart's owners are so absurdly rich that one of them, Alice Walton, spent over a billion dollars building an art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, 500 miles away from the nearest person who ever would want to look at art.

And she said about it, "For years I've been thinking about what we can do as a family that can really make a difference." How about giving your employees a raise, you deluded nitwit? (massive audience cheering and applause)

And what we are seeing now as the income inequality increases is a lot of Americans who work hard and play by the rules starting to not play by the rules. At a McDonald's in Pittsburgh, an employee was arrested for selling heroin packed right in with the Happy Meals. And she didn't do it because she likes heroin — although it's probably no worse for you than the filet o' fish. She did it because you can't raise two kids on $7.72 an hour."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/05/1289834/-Bill-Maher-s-excellent-commentary-on-America-s-disappearing-middle-class


SAY NO TO TPP.

[spooky3]

1. Bill Maher did a great job with this rant.

[midnight]

3. He did. He made it crystal clear the wage erosion that has happened in this country.

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. Say NO to TPP...

Every call you make to your Reps, Sens and WH is worth 4,000 constituents voices, so call.

Whitehouse Comments: 202-456-1111

United States Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

[PatrickforO]

5. We need to absolutely say no to TTP

But I'm replying to you because I'm wondering where you got the statistic that each call to Reps, Sens and the White House is worth 4,000 constituent voices? I'd like to think that, but I haven't been able to budge my Senator Cory Gardner on anything. Though our other Senator Michael Bennet listens.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Repeatedly on Thom Hartmann Show.

[PatrickforO]

8. Oh. I like Thom Hartmann. I just read his 'The Crash of 2016'

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. Me too! A wealth of reason.

[daleanime]

4. Massive K&R.....

[PatrickforO]

6. Excellent post. We try and never miss Maher.

[padfun]

10. WHAT! Thats an outrage!

Those workers should have been paid no more than two bucks an hour. Probably some union wanting them to have more.

The CEO does all the work. He (and it better be a he or we will pay her 70% less) should rake in tens of billions. Those workers should appreciate 2 bucks an hour to insure the billionaire lives high on the hog.

/snark

[Overseas]

11. K&R.

[WillTwain]

12. The secret ingredient: Unions,Unions,Unions

Great Post.

[midnight]

13. Awesome ingredient.

[WillTwain]

14. Like water: one of life's essentials

[midnight]

15. I like your ideas...