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Wrong quakerboy Nov 2012 #1
Exactly, we need to reduce hours to create more jobs. Live and Learn Nov 2012 #3
Well, he did sweat A LOT during that last debate Justkd1 Nov 2012 #32
We need to reduce hours just because! randome Dec 2012 #52
Actually I agree with this, but its dependent on industry... Humanist_Activist Nov 2012 #6
Don't you think "we got machines" is just a myth Johonny Nov 2012 #30
I don't quakerboy Dec 2012 #47
+1000 Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #12
that was my ideal as well shanti Nov 2012 #25
i agree, and lower the retirement age as well Enrique Nov 2012 #14
I dunno quakerboy Dec 2012 #48
So volunteer. Chellee Dec 2012 #60
+1 leftstreet Nov 2012 #19
Let's start a little smaller JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #28
Thats a whole separate issue quakerboy Dec 2012 #49
Nice! CrispyQ Dec 2012 #53
So everyone shop at Costco MrYikes Nov 2012 #2
I heard the other day that it was $17 per hour plus benefits and get this: Live and Learn Nov 2012 #4
This was on another site the other day AlexSatan Nov 2012 #18
It is still a hell of a lot less than the ridiculous sums many CEOs Live and Learn Nov 2012 #24
While I agree that it is much less than most CEOs AlexSatan Nov 2012 #29
Until you post your "correct values and real facts", Live and Learn Dec 2012 #57
If you can't read or click on links, I can't help you. AlexSatan Dec 2012 #59
Unions are one of the most effective counterbalances to corporate power... Humanist_Activist Nov 2012 #5
Unfortunately not everyone can PD Turk Nov 2012 #15
Employee owned BlueinOhio Nov 2012 #7
And even then, you have to be careful nowdays quakerboy Dec 2012 #54
How would you calculate "living wage"? lightcameron Nov 2012 #8
It sounds like you are challenging the very concept, imagining it as "overwhelming" whathehell Nov 2012 #9
No, just asking how it would be defined. It would have to be, wouldn't it? lightcameron Nov 2012 #38
I don't get this by zip code or smaller shit, I live in the same economy as someone across town TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #11
No, the idea is to pay as little as possible whathehell Nov 2012 #20
Hyperbole is sometimes effective. lightcameron Nov 2012 #42
As, I suppose, are challenges disguised as questions. whathehell Dec 2012 #50
I don't have any employees. lightcameron Dec 2012 #55
If you don't have any employees, why are you obsessed with the concept of a living wage? whathehell Dec 2012 #58
I live in a town where the cost of living is much higher than it is fifteen miles away. lightcameron Nov 2012 #39
Arithmetic nt PD Turk Nov 2012 #16
Okay, explain it? lightcameron Nov 2012 #40
Cost of living divided by hours worked PD Turk Nov 2012 #44
Thank you for answering the question. lightcameron Dec 2012 #56
You're approaching it backward, it's not about making the wage as low as possible. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #22
No, I'm wondering how *high* it would have to be. lightcameron Nov 2012 #41
It would have to be calculated more precisely, but roughly how much does it take Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #45
$22/hr is not a living wage in NYC stevenleser Dec 2012 #67
Read the subject line, rough estimate. But, $30 is about $800 a week take home and Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #69
You do realize the Census already has a existing Cost of Living index... Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #66
We will always have poverty OnionPatch Nov 2012 #10
In some case and some places you can Puzzledtraveller Nov 2012 #13
good idea. not likely in reality.. underoath Nov 2012 #17
Of course it's possible. Of course it's realistic. woo me with science Nov 2012 #21
It was a reality during the post war years of The New Deal when labor unions were strong, whathehell Nov 2012 #23
I think it was at least 5 yrs ago that I read a study saying there is no county in the US librechik Nov 2012 #26
Why not 20? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #27
I don't know when labor laws disappeared felix_numinous Nov 2012 #31
Not according to my REPUBLICAN father in-law Democratopia Nov 2012 #33
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #34
You're cute :) arcane1 Nov 2012 #35
Well I really hope you didn't learn to write like that in our government schools. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #37
kr. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #36
I agree and arely staircase Nov 2012 #43
Except most of them will just want to cut off the benefits that helps those workers TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #62
Unions cant be effective with high unemployment. We need jobs in America. nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #46
K&R forestpath Dec 2012 #51
Kick&Recommend.. butterfly77 Dec 2012 #61
A union is the Bastard Child B Calm Dec 2012 #63
Damn straight they should! lonestarnot Dec 2012 #64
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #65
k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2012 #68
hi andrewmac0 Dec 2012 #70
Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #71
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