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aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
2. Conservtives have sought to limit attorney fees in tort cases, especially medical malpractice
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:03 PM
Mar 2013

such as sliding scale fees the higher the damages award might be. CEOs of course should have no caps on salary because they are sacred. But in the name of tort reform, attorney fees should have restrictions because of the holy insurance companies and their divine executives who get their feelings hurt when doctors practically murder people on the operating table and they have to pay up with $$$$$.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. Minimum Wage $9 An Hour Too Much. Heck - The Present Minimum Wage Too High For GOP
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:36 PM
Mar 2013

Look at the median. GOP seems to be ok with that. They don't even want a minimum wage. They want a market wage.
The Chinese are working for no more than $1 an hour. The Global wage is less than that. You don't have to look at things too hard to know the GOP still wants to suppress wages.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
5. No.. their dream worker is an undocumented worker who speaks un-accented English
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:43 PM
Mar 2013

and will work for $6 an hour.. One who is also unmarried, sterile, and is an orphan.

This worker will also happily take the bus to work, never ask for a driver's license, eagerly works for cash under the table, is on-call 24/7, and never gets sick or hurt.

dairydog91

(951 posts)
7. Had no idea that GOP was interested in setting a maximum wage.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:54 PM
Mar 2013

But Tricky Dick did engage in wage controls during the 70s.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
9. I Was Being A Bit Facetious. Nothing About GOP Surprises Me Anymore.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:58 PM
Mar 2013

It is important to follow their logic and what their policies will do if carried out to the very end. The bitter end actually.
What kind of economy do you have with a libertarian economy where there is no safety net and no labor laws which is what they are bitching about. The are complaining about employers having to answer to anything.

Last session a Dem put up a bill in the Colorado House that would have made it a felony to steal wages and open up employers to jail time. The Chamber of Commerce And business community shit its pants. Steal a candy bar from them and you get life.

librechik

(30,674 posts)
8. but pay restaurant workers $2.50/hr. If you don't like their attitudes, just don't tip
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:56 PM
Mar 2013

mission accomplished!

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