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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 01:57 PM Original message |
Overworked America: 12 Charts that Will Make Your Blood Boil |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Man what a fucked up country we live in |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Oh the joys of corporate, robber baron, and pub halcyon days being here again |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's MUST READ stuff! |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is it me or ... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. South Sudan will have a national health care system as soon as it's created ... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. This just pisses me off. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. All right you slackers. Back to work. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yep. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. If we took the spike from the one percenters out of the average overall, we'd see a sharp down arrow |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is there any way we can make something out of this? |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. They don't work for you, silly. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. It looks like a hospital chart at the foot of the bed of a very sick nation |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You get a Brigid DUzy. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Perfect! n/t |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. k&r |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R. nt |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. We're in the septic tank decomposing. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. By almost any measure you can think of |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good Lord, even the Chinese are doing better. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. some of those maps do not make any sense to me |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Some explanation: |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The charts refer to minimum legal requirements, not typical practices. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. kinda meaningless then, since it is not about what actually is |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I guess it depends on your definition of "meaningless." Anything that's not legally mandated |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Meaningless? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. meaningless because most people have a day or two off a week |
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locahungaria (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. As far as FMLA goes.... |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I think it's what is legally binding. Take the weekend example - |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. kr |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thanks Reagan!!! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. Worst industrialized nation on the Planet. |
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bluevoter4life (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Time off each week???? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. It means that by law you are entitled to have at least that time off |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. In my field many people work over 40 hours a week with no extra |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You should be contacting the dept of labor then |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I see that when one is on salary w/a rubbish contract and menial pay - |
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bluevoter4life (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up guys eom |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. You lose the argument, when you have to lie to try and make a point. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Huh? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I don't follow |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Mother Jones is very well sourced. The graphs in question are... |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. I subscribe to Mother Jones. My wife and I both read that article. It |
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WranglerRog (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. And I'm proud to be an American....... |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've traveled to a lot of countrys |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Looks like average worker is doing the work of 2 workers ... !! |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
45. Heh... the first chart is on Ed's show! n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. The trifecta of suck: worst in healthcare, worst in labor, worst in standard of living! USA! USA! |
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