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In reply to the discussion: "Job Creators" is offensive. [View all]Trajan
(19,089 posts)29. It's not offensive - It's misdirected ...
I am a job creator .... YOU are a job creator ....
ANYBODY who uses their hands to create a product are the job creators ....
Sure; Owners buy raw materials, but it is the REAL work of men and women that craft those products, and create the value realized in the sale of those products ....
The real problem is: Owners refuse to pay workers the true value of their work .... They have fought for decades to destroy unions and reduce compensation for workers, and have been quite successful at that, and they destroyed a good part of the economy in the process ...
I dont care WHAT CEO's make in compensation - IF workers were paid the TRUE value of their work, there would be no economic crisis.
I am the Job Creator ....
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When labor is superior to capital, everybody does better. Put the money into the hands of the people
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#36
The 1% of today made most of its money off the technology and industry of WWII.
JDPriestly
Jul 2012
#24
They could "create" all they want; without someone there to do it & to buy it, they got nothing.
patrice
Jul 2012
#27
Tell these bums that they are mispelling the term! They should be called "Job Craters"...
cascadiance
Jul 2012
#31
It's the PUBLIC that buys products and services that create jobs, along with...
Honeycombe8
Jul 2012
#42