2016 Postmortem

Dawgs

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35. Pretty much nailed it.

Reply to bobbobbins01 (Reply #32)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 02:21 PM

Jul 2015

Bravo!

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Hey, Middle Class: Hillary Gets It [View all] BainsBane Jul 2015 OP

Uh oh! Now you've done it! JaneyVee Jul 2015 #1

Great article ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #2

Did she give a specific number she will fight to raise the minimum wage to? BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #3

I don't know. I didn't see the speech BainsBane Jul 2015 #4

I read it and there was no number BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #10

No, she doesn't: She will have to nego with Congress; That s a long time away lewebley3 Jul 2015 #21

over the next couple months Mrs Clinton could lead a public push to 'make Congress raise the minimum Sunlei Jul 2015 #75

Yes, and whoever wants to raise the min wage BainsBane Jul 2015 #81

I read somewhere it was $12, but can't find it now. (nt) jeff47 Jul 2015 #72

Profit sharing is the worst thing that's ever happened to the employees of my company. Dawgs Jul 2015 #5

How so? BainsBane Jul 2015 #6

Well, for one, they dumped employee matching of 401K from 4% to 1% to implement it. Dawgs Jul 2015 #17

That sucks BainsBane Jul 2015 #19

It does suck. And, I would argue that most companies would drop something to pay for profit sharing. Dawgs Jul 2015 #30

Oh, yeah BainsBane Jul 2015 #31

And that's why it's ridiculous. You can't make companies do anything when it comes to their money. Dawgs Jul 2015 #33

You can link taxes incentives to certain practices BainsBane Jul 2015 #34

I think you're missing my point. Dawgs Jul 2015 #38

Oh, I see BainsBane Jul 2015 #43

In the company I worked for, it was how they could pit employees against BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #24

Isn't profit sharing socialism? JaneyVee Jul 2015 #9

No! BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #11

Not unless its forced. JaneyVee Jul 2015 #12

Please inform yourself BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #14

Mmm hmm. I'll take the Nobel winners word. JaneyVee Jul 2015 #22

Well, I'm speechless BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #26

forced? Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #36

We've been told on this site that traffic lights and the military are socialism BainsBane Jul 2015 #13

NO! BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #15

I agree, and said so at the time BainsBane Jul 2015 #16

This thread gave me a headache BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #27

Heres the socialists take on profit sharing. Snotcicles Jul 2015 #44

Please post this as an OP because obviously people are very ignorant BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #76

Worst thing? In what way? Profit sharing was the BEST thing that happened to the employees... George II Jul 2015 #89

See post #17 Dawgs Jul 2015 #90

I have participated in profit sharing and it wasn't tied to a 401 plan and we already had a 401 Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #91

OK, but I didn't say that some companies wouldn't benefit from it. Dawgs Jul 2015 #94

OK, I am not against higher minimun wage, this isn't what Hillary is saying at all. She wants some Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #95

he is not wrong ibegurpard Jul 2015 #7

She has lots of supporters who trust her and in fact if you checked on where the Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #92

Give me a holler again when she explicitly reverses her stance on programs like H-1b and H-2B cascadiance Jul 2015 #8

visa foreign workers are paid the federal minimum wage. Plus workers pay the 'contract batchers'... Sunlei Jul 2015 #53

Business as usual... AOR Jul 2015 #18

You know, I agree BainsBane Jul 2015 #23

And that's exactly part of our problem Bains... AOR Jul 2015 #28

Exactly. I'm so fed up with these "Terms of Reality" as if they're set in concrete. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #45

Hi BlueJazz... AOR Jul 2015 #57

Except she doesn't get it, at all. bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #20

That is bullshit BainsBane Jul 2015 #25

I understand exactly what it means. bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #32

Pretty much nailed it. Dawgs Jul 2015 #35

And INCREASING taxes on the wealthy BainsBane Jul 2015 #40

You're presenting a false dichotomy bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #52

Bingo Populist_Prole Jul 2015 #74

Yes, because corporations have proven time and again whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #50

Check post #44. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #55

Yuck, do not like the sound of that, if that is what she said, yuck randys1 Jul 2015 #51

Oh, God, reading those quotes it sounds EXACTLY like St. Ronny of Rayguns. kath Jul 2015 #84

Maybe you should explain how profit sharing tax incentives Sheepshank Jul 2015 #49

Its not a knee jerk reaction at all bobbobbins01 Jul 2015 #62

Oh, my, let's jump out try to curtail working people from getting more money. Do you agree with Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #93

Neoliberal snowjob. Version FU2016 99Forever Jul 2015 #29

+1 CharlotteVale Jul 2015 #42

+2 HFRN Jul 2015 #48

+3 PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #85

+4 azmom Jul 2015 #86

Varnish often cracks Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #37

Like that. So does hairdoes and facial foundations. erronis Jul 2015 #68

Does anyone have a ballpark income range for what Clinton means by "middle class?" RadiationTherapy Jul 2015 #39

No, I don't. I don't know what any politician BainsBane Jul 2015 #46

Its all the Americans paid the crappy minimum (is it $7 now?) who need a higher Federal minimum. Sunlei Jul 2015 #47

And none of these lower-wage people will benefit from tax incentives erronis Jul 2015 #67

"middle class" is almost as nebulous as "working families". n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #56

I think all of the D contenders and President Obama know its "wages of middle-class workers" Sunlei Jul 2015 #41

People don't want "varnished truths" anymore. Maven Jul 2015 #54

Her Hubby And Obama Talked Vague Populism As Well colsohlibgal Jul 2015 #58

Words Are Cheap - Remember Hope And Change cantbeserious Jul 2015 #59

They are especially cheap BainsBane Jul 2015 #60

So True Of HRC cantbeserious Jul 2015 #63

I disagree BainsBane Jul 2015 #70

I So Disagree cantbeserious Jul 2015 #79

Any evidence to base that disagreement on? BainsBane Jul 2015 #80

Joe Stiglitz Gives Thumbs Up To Clinton's Economic Plan Gothmog Jul 2015 #61

Hillary raised some important points, populist points. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #64

As Joseph Stiglitz pointed out: Maedhros Jul 2015 #65

Funny how all the people I thought had me on ignore BainsBane Jul 2015 #69

Stiglitz praised Clinton's economic plan BainsBane Jul 2015 #78

Definately better than Scott Walker's ideas. jalan48 Jul 2015 #66

Varnishing truth hootinholler Jul 2015 #71

What Third Way/DLC shill/apologist wrote this crap??? Roland99 Jul 2015 #73

not from where i am standing restorefreedom Jul 2015 #77

Hillary helps celebrate the ribbon cutting for the 22nd Tata outsourcing office opened in the USA Fumesucker Jul 2015 #82

K&R mcar Jul 2015 #83

So a problem with Sanders is that he is too truthful? Vattel Jul 2015 #87

Kick Cha Jul 2015 #88