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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 08:25 AM Jul 2017

GOP Economic Policy To Drive Most Jobs In US To Low Paying Jobs.

Everything about Trump and GOP is to make America a low wage country able to compete in global economy. That is it. We cannot compete with the third world global economy unless we work for less as a nation. We have been on this Reaganism path since 1981.

Sure there are a lot of jobs going begging and many Americans won't do them. The problem is that most of these jobs won't support a gnat. You could bet by by having two or three of them and working 70 hours a week.

The fact that they are against a higher minimum wage and are actually having a no minimum wage but want a "market based" wage. And the fact that they want to make unions illegal and want to end labor laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act should say something.

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GOP Economic Policy To Drive Most Jobs In US To Low Paying Jobs. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jul 2017 OP
It's a bit more complicated than that. Cary Jul 2017 #1
It About Having A Global Market Driven Wage Structure In The US. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2017 #4
Unskilled and semi skilled labor are under pressure from automation Cary Jul 2017 #5
They call it a level playing field for American workers. hedda_foil Jul 2017 #2
That Idea Is Exactly Their Point. It Is Called "Wage Parity With The Global Market". TheMastersNemesis Jul 2017 #3

Cary

(11,746 posts)
1. It's a bit more complicated than that.
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 08:28 AM
Jul 2017

But "Right to Work" is indeed a race to the bottom. Do you know why economics is called "the dismal science?"

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. It About Having A Global Market Driven Wage Structure In The US.
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 11:31 AM
Jul 2017

Add to that the absence of any labor laws with jobs moving to models like Uber or Task Rabbit or contract only and you have the labor market the GOP and corporations and businesses want. Free of taxes, regulation or responsibility.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
5. Unskilled and semi skilled labor are under pressure from automation
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jul 2017

There need to be new ways to deal with this, big time change.

hedda_foil

(16,372 posts)
2. They call it a level playing field for American workers.
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 10:30 AM
Jul 2017

Just get the pay scale down to Vietnam's and you'll be amazed at all the jobs here.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
3. That Idea Is Exactly Their Point. It Is Called "Wage Parity With The Global Market".
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 11:29 AM
Jul 2017

Why working class GOP voters do not get that I do not know.

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