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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:42 AM Original message |
Is production going up even as jobs are cut? |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. we should unionize manufacturing further |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. There should be a labor tax, where the difference between the cost of wage/benefits of the people |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a race to the bottom. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. People are doing more to hold on to the job they have. n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Workers are treated more crappy in a bad economy. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, but it's an illusion. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Your OP describes the IDEAL under modern day "voodoo economics" |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. With our tax code.. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Wrong. The theory is that it is wrong to interfere with the "free market" for ANY reason |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. The rich eat the poor. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. that is what i am seeing. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've see the same thing in a production bakery I worked in early this year. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Production has continued to go up for 30 years, while wages have been stagnant |
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