Tx4obama
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:04 PM
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I don't see how you came up with the $13 figure.
Everything now costs more than 10 time higher than in 1960, so minimum wage should be up to around $50 or $60 an hour.
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| -Living 1960 Style: Minimum Wage Should Be $13/Hour |
SOS |
Apr-12-09 04:58 PM |
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all the increase in wealth went to the top executives |
JI7 |
Apr-12-09 05:00 PM |
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Totally agree, but I think your numbers understate things |
Duer 157099 |
Apr-12-09 05:02 PM |
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These figures were gleaned |
SOS |
Apr-12-09 05:08 PM |
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Few people work for minimum wage |
nichomachus |
Apr-13-09 01:52 PM |
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hmmm |
Tx4obama |
Apr-12-09 05:04 PM |
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ooops... |
Tx4obama |
Apr-12-09 05:05 PM |
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Economy was doin pretty well then too. Then, along came Bank Americard... |
havocmom |
Apr-12-09 05:08 PM |
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Yes |
SOS |
Apr-12-09 05:13 PM |
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Worse: with the corporate strangle-hold on governments, the laws for, by & of corporations, |
havocmom |
Apr-12-09 05:22 PM |
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Here's something your thinking onthis is leaving out |
truedelphi |
Apr-12-09 07:10 PM |
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Sorry, tax system is NOT the ONLY reason people started living on credit |
havocmom |
Apr-12-09 07:52 PM |
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I meant "Additionally" - I didn't mean tosuggest |
truedelphi |
Apr-14-09 11:47 AM |
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We can't go on offering easy access to debt to compensate |
Warpy |
Apr-12-09 05:24 PM |
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Naked would be cheapest and less painful, especially for those in the Sunbelt. |
raccoon |
Apr-13-09 08:13 AM |
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Sunburn |
Warpy |
Apr-13-09 12:40 PM |
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And don't forget college tuition and room, which in my case in the early fifties, were $165 each |
indepat |
Apr-12-09 05:25 PM |
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Absolutely |
SOS |
Apr-12-09 05:30 PM |
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And last month I had a talk with some idiot scolding young people for being disappointed |
rockymountaindem |
Apr-12-09 05:55 PM |
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You recall student health insurance?? |
Wednesdays |
Apr-12-09 09:26 PM |
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I had health insurance as a student through University of Arizona |
CreekDog |
Apr-14-09 11:53 AM |
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My student loan payment in the 1980s was $88/mo |
Patiod |
Apr-13-09 08:51 AM |
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We are paying over $750 a month |
LiberalEsto |
Apr-13-09 09:55 AM |
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variable is that we had tariffs to protect workers that were used to provide free collage education |
sam sarrha |
Apr-12-09 05:46 PM |
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That's about what Ehrenreich said in Nickel & Dimed. k+r, n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-12-09 05:47 PM |
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i work a Union job now in Aerospace 3 yrs, for $1.50 less . |
sam sarrha |
Apr-12-09 05:49 PM |
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That is disgraceful. |
ColbertWatcher |
Apr-12-09 06:11 PM |
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More Pay, not More Debt! |
leftstreet |
Apr-12-09 05:52 PM |
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Min. wage hasn't even been adjusted for inflation |
FLAprogressive |
Apr-12-09 05:54 PM |
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That would be a good first step. |
surrealAmerican |
Apr-12-09 06:58 PM |
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8 cents a year.... |
madrchsod |
Apr-12-09 06:43 PM |
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AND INDEXED TO INFLATION, like it used to be. |
Zhade |
Apr-12-09 06:56 PM |
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I agree. Probably higher in some states, like CA and NY. nt |
Warren DeMontague |
Apr-12-09 06:59 PM |
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Outsourcing wasn't much of a problem in 1960 |
varelse |
Apr-12-09 07:00 PM |
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You're right. We need more protectionism as well. nt |
anonymous171 |
Apr-12-09 07:19 PM |
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Makes sense, but not quite comparable |
dmallind |
Apr-12-09 07:37 PM |
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The house I grew up in... |
Kaleva |
Apr-12-09 08:38 PM |
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And probably was built before the 1960s I'm guessing |
dmallind |
Apr-13-09 11:38 AM |
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It was built by my grandfather in 1918 |
Kaleva |
Apr-13-09 01:14 PM |
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Good for him. |
dmallind |
Apr-13-09 02:59 PM |
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Inflation calculator |
Kaleva |
Apr-12-09 08:09 PM |
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Other ways to calculate worth |
Kaleva |
Apr-12-09 09:57 PM |
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Workers wages have been stagnant or worse for years |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Apr-13-09 08:19 AM |
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Wages have been replaced credit. |
newportdadde |
Apr-13-09 08:30 AM |
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And now credit is cut, housing values are in collapse and wages remain too low. |
SOS |
Apr-13-09 09:48 AM |
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Apr-13-09 09:59 AM |
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Yep - the $212,00 house comparison is nonsense, |
progressoid |
Apr-13-09 10:27 AM |
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Apr-13-09 10:30 AM |
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? |
SOS |
Apr-14-09 09:45 AM |
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And MANY houses in MANY localities are MUCH MORE than that |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Apr-13-09 01:22 PM |
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The Depression will continue |
Hawkowl |
Apr-13-09 11:39 AM |
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Hell yeah we need higher wages. |
Initech |
Apr-13-09 01:30 PM |
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now they pay a dollar a day to workers in Mexico and Thailand |
Mari333 |
Apr-14-09 11:53 AM |
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