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In the discussion thread: If workers were paid a living wage there would be more taxpayers. [View all]

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 11:06 PM

PD Turk (1,029 posts)

56. Well I hope he wins

And I hope he can help us turn things around, a lot of us out here are pretty scarred up and damn tired of waiting for it to get better.

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83 replies	Author	Time	Post
If workers were paid a living wage there would be more taxpayers. [View all]	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	OP
And if billionaires paid their fair share	nichomachus	Sep 2012	#1
If the cost of labor increases it will force the price of products and services to increase. Not	jody	Sep 2012	#2
Not if the top stops raking in 8 and 9 figure compensation.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#5
You need to study economics 101. nt	jody	Sep 2012	#8
I have.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#10
Then take what you learned, start your own business, and prove your theory. nt	jody	Sep 2012	#17
I've started and run several, how many have you? n/t	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#18
Prove your assertion by posting your income tax records below. nt	jody	Sep 2012	#19
Lol! Sure.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#20
Have you studied macro?	laundry_queen	Sep 2012	#33
See #2 nt	jody	Sep 2012	#42
How does that apply to small businesses?	hack89	Sep 2012	#53
I call bullshit	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#13
Cursing does not alter the economic facts of production. Central committees have tried to set cost	jody	Sep 2012	#16
Why was our most prosperous time when our unions and middle class were strong.	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#23
Thanks for reading my other posts. Back to the issue, how do you believe raising the minimum wage	jody	Sep 2012	#24
Then labor can then afford the higher costs	leftstreet	Sep 2012	#30
answer me this if you would	PD Turk	Sep 2012	#44
I never said that. nt	jody	Sep 2012	#45
I didn't say you did	PD Turk	Sep 2012	#46
Don’t confuse how a business distributes profits it earns among all classes of labor and	jody	Sep 2012	#47
Fair enough	PD Turk	Sep 2012	#49
Good question. I’ll let Obama answer it because he has access to the best brains on the	jody	Sep 2012	#55
Well I hope he wins	PD Turk	Sep 2012	#56
What's So Horrible About Slightly Higher Prices Any Way?	Yavin4	Sep 2012	#50
We just print more money, and everything balances out. No problem.	cherokeeprogressive	Sep 2012	#68
no it wouldn't...	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#51
So what is your suggestion to stop the shrinking middle class?	Incitatus	Sep 2012	#57
#55	jody	Sep 2012	#69
That's kind of a cop out.	Incitatus	Sep 2012	#78
LOL I'll comment on a president's answer to your question. Why don't you write a LTTE and ask	jody	Sep 2012	#79
Yeah, that's about the response I expected. Nt	Incitatus	Sep 2012	#80
What's your problem, don't you trust our president to give you a coherent answer? nt	jody	Sep 2012	#81
Well sure, to maintain profit margains.That's understandable.	Edweird	Sep 2012	#71
You acknowledge a raise in cost of labor affects profits. I assume you understand that businesses	jody	Sep 2012	#73
Agree completely	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#3
Then they can be like the newspaper owner that just shut down the business for showing Kate's	dkf	Sep 2012	#4
Let them. The almighty market will adjust to meet the demands that are there, right?	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#7
Lots of media nowadays. But for the workers, will they replace their income?	dkf	Sep 2012	#9
If a demand is there, a new company forms, the workers get hired -- not complicated. n/t	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#11
Cant have demand if workers don't make decent wages. nt	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#14
Exactly, and that's our problem.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2012	#15
Precisely, and those 2nd and 3rd jobs	cpamomfromtexas	Sep 2012	#6
It also squeezes those that are above minimun	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#12
Why just double it? Let's make it $50/hr	hughee99	Sep 2012	#21
This is why.	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#25
Actually, I agree with you	hughee99	Sep 2012	#27
not "raising ALL wages"	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#29
If you want to piss workers off,	hughee99	Sep 2012	#31
I'm Union. IBEW. Contract linework.	Edweird	Sep 2012	#72
So people that have much more experience	SickOfTheOnePct	Sep 2012	#35
Huh	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#36
Did you read the OP?	SickOfTheOnePct	Sep 2012	#38
ok, my apologies.	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#40
No worries	SickOfTheOnePct	Sep 2012	#41
And that happens because the entire premise of the system is faulty	laundry_queen	Sep 2012	#34
There is only so much planet to go around.	PowerToThePeople	Sep 2012	#37
Yep.	laundry_queen	Sep 2012	#39
paid a living wage there would be more taxpayers	Flashmann	Sep 2012	#22
Perfectly stated.	Octafish	Sep 2012	#26
. n/t	porphyrian	Sep 2012	#28
There is no better way to reduce the defecit	hifiguy	Sep 2012	#32
Eureka Fair Wage Act $12.00 for Large Employers - Small Business Exempt	eurekaworkers	Sep 2012	#43
Two things billionaires hate.	hay rick	Sep 2012	#48
yes, but folks like jody would have to cut back on leisures in life	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	HangOnKids	Sep 2012	#58
Love You	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#59
My kids would be jealous	HangOnKids	Sep 2012	#60
HA! Back from Italy?	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#61
Yah. In No CA Now	HangOnKids	Sep 2012	#62
Awesome... wine country, huh?	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#63
Small one	HangOnKids	Sep 2012	#64
ha ha Ha!!!! Awesome!	fascisthunter	Sep 2012	#65
You cannot implement these changes without violating our Constitution.	Zax2me	Sep 2012	#54
Increasing the minimum wage and raising taxes on the rich is unconstitutional?	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#66
In 1944 and 1945 the top tax rate was 94%. What constitutional violations took place?	Edweird	Sep 2012	#70
I'm all for raising the minimum wage, but I have a better idea	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#67
I think they can both work together. Not everyone will be union.	Edweird	Sep 2012	#74
I agree	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#75
Yes. Collective bargaining created the middle-class and the benefits they gained for their	Egalitarian Thug	Sep 2012	#76
I'm not convinced there can be no unity	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#82
I don't think there can never be, just that there hasn't yet and won't be as long as they	Egalitarian Thug	Sep 2012	#83
Yep. First they depress wages, then they complain that we're not paying enough income tax.	Marr	Sep 2012	#77

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