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Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
69. Greedy and heartless people
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 09:10 PM
Nov 2012


do not like such a logical answer...you are making sense

The only logic they understand is their desire and entitlement to more, more , more, while they justify everyone but them getting less, less, less. The greedy are special snowflakes, you see....

But I LOVE your response and I welcome you to DU


I support a living wage for all who work... Magoo48 Nov 2012 #1
x1000 libtodeath Nov 2012 #4
I can't imagine trying to survive in NYC on Lopez's hourly rate: $8.75/hr.! snappyturtle Nov 2012 #2
I was thinking the very same thing. PotatoChip Nov 2012 #16
People double, triple or quadruple up, in illegally converted closeupready Nov 2012 #23
Yes. People do what they've got to do, I suppose. PotatoChip Nov 2012 #31
I find it most sad that our youth, the future, is so blighted with circumstances to eek snappyturtle Nov 2012 #68
I find it hard to believe how many are willing to sell out the future generations Live and Learn Nov 2012 #102
Yep. I think it's called immediate greed satisfaction. nt snappyturtle Nov 2012 #108
And the wealthy are ate up with it. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #137
In NYC that doesn't just apply to Mcdonalds workers. Mr.Turnip Nov 2012 #110
For newcomers, it's difficult. If you've been here a while, though, closeupready Nov 2012 #112
It's not just corporate greed, Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #74
Exactamundo AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #76
Hello, Hot Springs Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #78
I'm afraid not AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #81
Do you have a local paper there in Hot Springs Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #84
Sentinel - Record AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #113
ADG is one of the media groups I was referring to Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #119
By the way , I really like your user name Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #80
Thank you sir AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #118
Interesting... greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #3
... xchrom Nov 2012 #5
+1 Chellee Nov 2012 #7
Exactly my reaction. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #10
Ha greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #12
50K is three times that amount. EOTE Nov 2012 #32
Sure there is. greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #41
Wow, you really believe that paying a living wage means $20 big macs? EOTE Nov 2012 #42
+1 dchill Nov 2012 #63
When I read that other poster's remarks Doremus Nov 2012 #70
I'm sitting in a McD's right now. progressoid Nov 2012 #62
Oh my, I was dealing with the SAME income argument with some right winger on facebook recently! alp227 Nov 2012 #88
What's really sad is McD's could give most of these folks a 50% raise and they madinmaryland Dec 2012 #120
thank you Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #38
Don't go there ever apparently- if you do, you would notice JCMach1 Nov 2012 #8
What type of jobs do you think people have migrated to when they Skidmore Nov 2012 #9
You obviously have never been unemployed. Stonepounder Nov 2012 #13
I most certainly have been unemployed... greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #83
How much is a "living wage," anyway? Do the math. klook Nov 2012 #104
I manage a McDonalds so know exactly what everyone makes sarisataka Nov 2012 #15
It's supposed to be a job for teens lbrtbell Nov 2012 #17
So-called REAL JOBS aren't coming back ArcticFox Nov 2012 #44
And what pray tell will those jobs be doing? Fearless Nov 2012 #54
If it's a part-time job for kids.. quietly Nov 2012 #18
... leftstreet Nov 2012 #30
Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #46
Well said! smokey nj Nov 2012 #49
Well put! wryter2000 Nov 2012 #51
Greedy and heartless people Tsiyu Nov 2012 #69
ha! anarch Nov 2012 #87
I think they let kids out early if they work and are in a school sponsored club sammytko Nov 2012 #107
"Some jobs aren't supposed to pay a livable wage despite corporate profits." noamnety Nov 2012 #25
Wages aren't set by profits of the employer. They're set by skill level and # of applicants Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #77
And what for those that can't find any better paying job? frostfern Nov 2012 #90
You don't get paid more because you need it. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #116
And you are obnoxiously ignorant and out of touch with modern reality... frostfern Dec 2012 #125
Oh, you mean by expensive degrees and licenses! Live and Learn Nov 2012 #103
Exactly! Very well said. klook Nov 2012 #105
Are you going to raise your children to have "careers" at Burger King? Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #115
You don't need an expensive degree to make good money. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #114
Actually, "flipping burgers" requires a great deal of multitasking Live and Learn Dec 2012 #124
Nah. I used to flip burgers. I've done a # of jobs. Flipping burgers requires no special Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #128
I am pretty sure I wouldn't be good at it, Live and Learn Dec 2012 #130
Actually working fast food does require skill... frostfern Dec 2012 #126
Minimum wage in TX is $7.25 hr to start. (exceptions for teens & students) Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #129
And where do you get those skills, Honey? Live and Learn Dec 2012 #131
Where you get skills. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #134
Lol so now wages are based on instincts. nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #135
There are a lot of adults working there, in fact. I worked there TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #34
My god... greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #85
The minimum wage should be between fifteen and twenty dollars per hour. Occulus Nov 2012 #96
Like the "real world" in Australia Tsiyu Nov 2012 #111
I agree Soundman Nov 2012 #37
I have no idea why anyone would discourage ANY worker, no matter TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #39
+1000 Fearless Nov 2012 #55
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #132
It's not the same as it was when we were kids Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #40
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #133
Bigger problems like what? treestar Nov 2012 #53
I agree man! ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #61
Damn good post! smokey nj Nov 2012 #67
Your post flies in the face of the idea that workers have a choice to unionize. It's insulting. nt Selatius Nov 2012 #73
in other countries you can survive on it, is our country so crappy that we can't? CreekDog Nov 2012 #97
Are you a time traveller from the 1960's or something? Nowadays, "good" jobs are hard to find.nt raccoon Dec 2012 #139
And they have been getting away with it for a long long time. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #6
the demographics of these workers has changed since 2008 JCMach1 Nov 2012 #11
Thank you. ChaoticTrilby Nov 2012 #99
The State raises the minimum wage. These workers should demand a minimum wage hike. Sunlei Nov 2012 #14
"This company has enough money to pay us..." DaveJ Nov 2012 #21
What gives these corporations the right to even do this? fasttense Nov 2012 #19
Exactly! Sadiedog Nov 2012 #79
As a former McDonald's worker (long, long ago) JDPriestly Nov 2012 #20
whoa, really, unemployment benefits>min wage back then? alp227 Nov 2012 #91
Back then, I had worked somewhere else and accumulated JDPriestly Dec 2012 #123
This is a prime example of the state of our economy. olegramps Nov 2012 #22
My wife works at a community college KansDem Nov 2012 #26
I hate the misnamed "Right-to-Work" law. It should have been named the madinmaryland Dec 2012 #121
Amen. My state has that dumbass law. Orwellian name if ever there was one. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #140
Occupy, the Wal-Mart strikes...... marmar Nov 2012 #24
Heh heh. Methinks it's just the beginning. DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #35
I'm just waiting to see who's going to be the "Marie Antonette" this time. Chan790 Nov 2012 #65
WORKERS' SPRING 2013! alp227 Nov 2012 #92
... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #138
Tax payers are subsidizing these greedy bastards' employees malaise Nov 2012 #27
And it spreads...good. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #28
The idea that "kids" should get paid less is particularly insidious My Good Babushka Nov 2012 #29
To clarify, it is a "Shift Manager" in NYC making $8.75/hour and not merely a "burger-flipper." RadiationTherapy Nov 2012 #33
So that makes it even worse. white_wolf Nov 2012 #36
That is the same rate I'm aware of in New England... Fearless Nov 2012 #56
We need a living wage law Cali_Democrat Nov 2012 #43
Not sure I understand the logic of OnionPatch Nov 2012 #45
They have an allergic reaction to paying 1 penny xchrom Nov 2012 #47
Funny how these folks never question CEO compensation, isn't it? smokey nj Nov 2012 #48
+1 xchrom Nov 2012 #50
Absolutely! Fearless Nov 2012 #59
Solidarity!!! With the living seeds of the future of this country! Are we going to OPPRESS them? or patrice Nov 2012 #52
Is there something we could all do to help a lot of them? raging moderate Nov 2012 #60
It's too bad we don't have Politicalboi Nov 2012 #57
They NEVER DID pay us enough to survive. I worked for McD's in the seventies... 1monster Nov 2012 #58
To all the right wing assholes on here. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #64
+1 n/t Chan790 Nov 2012 #66
Great post Tsiyu Nov 2012 #71
(Scrooge accent) Well the poor chaps need to be wearing rags and begging for pennies on the street! alp227 Nov 2012 #93
Jesus Loves You! Tsiyu Nov 2012 #109
This deserves a thread of it's own! +100 lonestarnot Nov 2012 #82
This post is long overdue. bullwinkle428 Nov 2012 #86
Yup nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #94
Here, here! ChaoticTrilby Nov 2012 #100
+10000 frostfern Dec 2012 #127
"America's turning in to a service economy. Look to jobs opening up in the health care industry"... Hekate Nov 2012 #72
Right with you pipewrench Nov 2012 #75
kr HiPointDem Nov 2012 #89
Problem's of Reagan's trickle-down rks306 Nov 2012 #95
If a company can't survive after paying its workers enough to survive on Warpy Nov 2012 #98
NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF... 6502 Nov 2012 #101
Fresh Direct in NYC... SummerSnow Nov 2012 #106
What's considered a living wage (on average)? octothorpe Dec 2012 #117
Chanting workers outside 1188 Avenue of the Americas Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #122
Exactly... butterfly77 Dec 2012 #136
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