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In reply to the discussion: I want to thank our President. Doubly. [View all]sheshe2
(87,735 posts)19. Actually what I said was ProSense is Awesome.
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So, are you saying the minimum wage should not be raised? I agree that the tax breaks and subsidies for corporations should be gone. Yet you would hold the minimum wage hostage.
I said that they should be gone, which indeed includes the shipping jobs overseas. yet you knew that.
I so love it Sabrina, that you put words in my mouth that I never said.
You...
Now that the minimum wage has been raised, what do you think will happen with these Corps? MORE jobs will be taken to places like that where slave labor is a lot cheaper than our minimum wage.
So you prefer the slave labor just stays with the American worker? Because that is damn well what they are living on.
Have a great night, gotta go. I have to go to work tomorrow.
I was hired 7 years ago at a job that paid only a little more than minimum wage. Thank gawd I have commission too, though that is a joke in this economy. I had been unemployed for 5 months. My company went under. It has taken me 7 years with wage freezes to make just over the 10.10 the President is proposing.
Take that to the bank, Sabrina. It sure won't pay for a house over your head. I had to sell mine!
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Manny is awesome. But here's the problem with Manny's gratitude, not that this is isn't a good
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#11
Manny is truly awesome. But while I am happy for any crumbs the working class gets
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#15
I agree with you, Sabrina 1, but the President cannot change the tax laws without Congress.
JDPriestly
Feb 2014
#18
I said Manny was awesome, because he is. There are lots of awesome people on DU, although some are
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#22
What an AWESOME sub-thread. Truly AWESOME in the AWESOME-IST sense of the word.
randome
Feb 2014
#38
And this is why the minimum wage needs to be a livable wage. $10.10 an hr is not a livable wage.
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#46
Make Corporate funding for candidates, POISON. OWS started the conversation about money controlling
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#49
I have a beef with anyone who thinks that $10.10 an hr is even close to a livable wage.
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#47
That explains the "Manny is Awesome" part of the post ... Yeah, right! ....
1StrongBlackMan
Feb 2014
#50
I would have had it on my list of things to get done the minute I was inaugurated, in Jan of 2009.
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#54
Lol, well there are an awful lot of people whose 'anger/frustration is misplaced'. You haven't
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#58
I agree it's a start, but how sad it's limited to $10.10. Why not $12 or $14? Who is hurt? nm
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#9
Credit where credit is due, this is a positive step. Bravo Mr. President!
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#25