Kingofalldems
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Sat Feb-26-11 03:59 PM
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| 20. Repubs love this--more money for rich people |
| -Nearly 49% of new jobs are low wage positions |
Bluebear |
Feb-26-11 03:11 PM |
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Yup, and many of them will have to resort to food stamps to survive, and will be subjected to the |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:12 PM |
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Race to the bottom... |
LAGC |
Feb-26-11 03:13 PM |
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It will be an easier slide, since so many of our |
Autumn |
Feb-26-11 03:15 PM |
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Even worse than that is we will be working |
asjr |
Feb-26-11 03:16 PM |
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If you can't make ends meet, and end up working full time and being homeless, does it |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:18 PM |
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And THAT is their definition of "GLOBALIZATION." It was NEVER meant to |
WinkyDink |
Feb-26-11 03:18 PM |
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well, shit.... somehow I see that I accidently hit unrec... can some kind soul please rectify that |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:15 PM |
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Got it |
Autumn |
Feb-26-11 03:17 PM |
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Thanks! That was really a dumb move.... |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:19 PM |
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Who wants a Middle-Class "rebounding"? Not globalists, corporatists, or financiers. |
WinkyDink |
Feb-26-11 03:17 PM |
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Nor do Dems want poor people to be secure. Same/same. |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:20 PM |
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Eventually they won't need to outsource jobs to other countries. |
KathieG |
Feb-26-11 03:18 PM |
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Low wages, no health insurance, no pensions. At the same time that efforts are also underway to cut |
PA Democrat |
Feb-26-11 03:21 PM |
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and food stamps, and low-income housing, heat assistance... |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 03:37 PM |
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What a surprise. BTW, the cost of gas and food is going up. |
aquart |
Feb-26-11 03:35 PM |
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I've been looking for a part time job for a year now |
Drale |
Feb-26-11 03:35 PM |
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Our wages and benefits are being patterned after scab labor scale instead of union scale |
NNN0LHI |
Feb-26-11 03:54 PM |
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Do you know what the hourly wage of someone on SSI works out to? |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 04:13 PM |
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But we're supposed to be grateful. |
Brigid |
Feb-26-11 03:56 PM |
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EXACTLY! |
Little Star |
Feb-26-11 03:58 PM |
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Repubs love this--more money for rich people |
Kingofalldems |
Feb-26-11 03:59 PM |
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Before my lay off:nearly $15.00 an hour. |
xmas74 |
Feb-26-11 04:06 PM |
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OF course you can't... not without relying on foodstamps, etc. You know what people on SSI get? |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 04:14 PM |
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Before the recession I was lower middle class |
xmas74 |
Feb-26-11 04:18 PM |
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Then I hope we can work together. I am devastated at the lack of concern by the protesting |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 04:22 PM |
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I try. |
xmas74 |
Feb-26-11 04:27 PM |
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4.21?????? |
Bluebear |
Feb-26-11 08:52 PM |
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I spend all mine on soda and drugs. |
Forkboy |
Feb-26-11 08:57 PM |
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Third world country. Working class and the rich. Hard to survive on ten bucks and hour. |
sarcasmo |
Feb-26-11 04:15 PM |
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Maybe some day the rest of you will include poor people in the lineup. |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 04:23 PM |
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Is working poor better for you? |
sarcasmo |
Feb-26-11 04:26 PM |
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So many of us have said over and over and over..... What about those who are too old, too sick or |
bobbolink |
Feb-26-11 04:31 PM |
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State settles for luring low-wage jobs (North Carolina) |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Feb-26-11 04:18 PM |
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is there a distinction made of the types of jobs those are? |
tigereye |
Feb-26-11 04:23 PM |
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There you go again...begrudging them their wealth. |
bvar22 |
Feb-26-11 04:29 PM |
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Sadly, mid-wage and higher-wage aren't really very high either. |
aikoaiko |
Feb-26-11 08:58 PM |
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