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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:53 PM Original message |
Interesting discussion on BBC. Would you take a pay cut for the greater good? |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, and |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. totally agree. |
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skeewee08 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes I would. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely, YES. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Employers aren't interested |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Only after the execs and middle management did |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The callers, both workers and management, generally agree with you. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That's the kicker |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Of course. In my exerience, however this kind of act of goodwill is never rewarded. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. We support a household of three and my elderly mother on less than 27K |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sure. Unless I had been taking cut after cut after cut (like the UAW the past 30 years). n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Oh yeah, not like the rest of us. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. And everyone will keep taking cuts until the workers stand up and say enough is enough. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The cause is not the loss of consumer income. |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've actually proposed this as a way of avoiding lay-offs |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Half of a loaf -V- None at all is the question here. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is propaganda preparation for pay cuts. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. No |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Just curious. Has anyone taken the time to listen to the program? |
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RedRocco (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. hard to cut mine |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Been there, done that. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. no. only because i barely make enough to get by. trust me, i am not exaggerating |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have and would do it again. n/t |
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