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SOS
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Sun Apr-12-09 04:58 PM Original message |
Living 1960 Style: Minimum Wage Should Be $13/Hour |
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JI7
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. all the increase in wealth went to the top executives |
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Duer 157099
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Totally agree, but I think your numbers understate things |
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SOS
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. These figures were gleaned |
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nichomachus
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Mon Apr-13-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Few people work for minimum wage |
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Tx4obama
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. hmmm |
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Tx4obama
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ooops... |
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havocmom
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Economy was doin pretty well then too. Then, along came Bank Americard... |
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SOS
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes |
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havocmom
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Worse: with the corporate strangle-hold on governments, the laws for, by & of corporations, |
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truedelphi
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Sun Apr-12-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Here's something your thinking onthis is leaving out |
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havocmom
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Sun Apr-12-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Sorry, tax system is NOT the ONLY reason people started living on credit |
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truedelphi
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Tue Apr-14-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
50. I meant "Additionally" - I didn't mean tosuggest |
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Warpy
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. We can't go on offering easy access to debt to compensate |
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raccoon
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Mon Apr-13-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Naked would be cheapest and less painful, especially for those in the Sunbelt. |
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Warpy
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Mon Apr-13-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Sunburn |
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indepat
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. And don't forget college tuition and room, which in my case in the early fifties, were $165 each |
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SOS
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Absolutely |
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rockymountaindem
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. And last month I had a talk with some idiot scolding young people for being disappointed |
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Wednesdays
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Sun Apr-12-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. You recall student health insurance?? |
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CreekDog
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Tue Apr-14-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. I had health insurance as a student through University of Arizona |
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Patiod
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Mon Apr-13-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. My student loan payment in the 1980s was $88/mo |
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LiberalEsto
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Mon Apr-13-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. We are paying over $750 a month |
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sam sarrha
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. variable is that we had tariffs to protect workers that were used to provide free collage education |
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ColbertWatcher
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's about what Ehrenreich said in Nickel & Dimed. k+r, n/t |
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sam sarrha
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. i work a Union job now in Aerospace 3 yrs, for $1.50 less . |
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ColbertWatcher
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Sun Apr-12-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That is disgraceful. |
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leftstreet
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. More Pay, not More Debt! |
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FLAprogressive
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Sun Apr-12-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Min. wage hasn't even been adjusted for inflation |
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surrealAmerican
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Sun Apr-12-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That would be a good first step. |
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madrchsod
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Sun Apr-12-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. 8 cents a year.... |
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Zhade
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Sun Apr-12-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. AND INDEXED TO INFLATION, like it used to be. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Apr-12-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. I agree. Probably higher in some states, like CA and NY. nt |
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varelse
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Sun Apr-12-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Outsourcing wasn't much of a problem in 1960 |
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anonymous171
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Sun Apr-12-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You're right. We need more protectionism as well. nt |
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dmallind
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Sun Apr-12-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Makes sense, but not quite comparable |
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Kaleva
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Sun Apr-12-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The house I grew up in... |
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dmallind
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Mon Apr-13-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. And probably was built before the 1960s I'm guessing |
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Kaleva
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Mon Apr-13-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It was built by my grandfather in 1918 |
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dmallind
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Mon Apr-13-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Good for him. |
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Kaleva
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Sun Apr-12-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. Inflation calculator |
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Kaleva
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Sun Apr-12-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Other ways to calculate worth |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse
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Mon Apr-13-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. Workers wages have been stagnant or worse for years |
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newportdadde
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Mon Apr-13-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wages have been replaced credit. |
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SOS
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Mon Apr-13-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. And now credit is cut, housing values are in collapse and wages remain too low. |
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Mon Apr-13-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
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progressoid
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Mon Apr-13-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yep - the $212,00 house comparison is nonsense, |
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Mon Apr-13-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
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SOS
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Tue Apr-14-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. ? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife
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Mon Apr-13-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. And MANY houses in MANY localities are MUCH MORE than that |
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Hawkowl
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Mon Apr-13-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. The Depression will continue |
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Initech
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Mon Apr-13-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hell yeah we need higher wages. |
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Mari333
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Tue Apr-14-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
51. now they pay a dollar a day to workers in Mexico and Thailand |
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