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pansypoo53219

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13. reagan killed unions. OOPS. trickle down a good thing? for the top, yes.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:35 PM
Dec 2016

Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2016, 04:50 PM - Edit history (2)

Clinton was talking regularly about a livable wage. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1
Yeah, but... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #4
Yes we need higher wages True_Blue Dec 2016 #9
One of the most consistent phenomena after any modern economic downturn... Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #17
That is a fascinating map! annabanana Dec 2016 #2
I see the rethugs doing away with federal minimum wage laws in the next two years kimbutgar Dec 2016 #3
Learn a marketable skill/trade. Truth321 Dec 2016 #5
Except that alone won't address the problem and raising the minimum wage alone won't cut it.. JHan Dec 2016 #6
Calling it human capital is also reflective of the problem. Fungible, soulless units. JudyM Dec 2016 #15
I won't argue with that.. JHan Dec 2016 #16
Haha Sanity Claws Dec 2016 #10
That is so true. Truth321 Dec 2016 #14
that does NOTHING to address the lack of sufficient good jobs in the economy overall; TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #18
Like all those unemployed engineers who couldn't get a job because tblue37 Dec 2016 #19
Actually its more like 1/4 of the salary n/t. airplaneman Dec 2016 #21
True. nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #22
I have a neighbor who lost his high paying engineering job airplaneman Dec 2016 #23
I like to joke that i employers are looking for ways to offshore jobs for bus drivers and tblue37 Dec 2016 #24
Really interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #7
Posting from ABQ here-- janx Dec 2016 #8
That's what I'm always told, but then why is PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #11
K&R Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #12
reagan killed unions. OOPS. trickle down a good thing? for the top, yes. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #13
Interestingly, a lot of the billh58 Dec 2016 #20
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