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In reply to the discussion: Shame... [View all]PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)39. we have very different views on this
There's a ton of shit in warehouses because too many people are underpaid. Pay more, and those warehouses empty. Guess what raising the minimum wage does?
No, they are full because we manufacture too much shit. How many cars does a family need? How many flat screen tvs? How many video game consoles? How big of a wardrobe? We do not need more stuff.
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So, what is your solution? The Global Corps seem to think no minimum wage works just fine
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#9
That is exactly what is happening and there is no mechanism to stop it, so
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2013
#44
Wall Street just broke another record but Republicans keep saying "We're broke".
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#15
Easy. Raise taxes on the rich but then let them claim payroll as a business deduction....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#19
"unspent profits tax", exactly. The best way that I know of to accomplish it is a
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2013
#46
The purpose of an "unspent profits tax" is to get business to invest in R&D as well.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#47
Around 1980 something really reversed in this nation. We'd been making progress with
maddiemom
Nov 2013
#20
Typical GOP response: "Then why are immigrants beating down our doors trying to move here?"
ErikJ
Nov 2013
#24
CONgress is too busy counting its offshored Billions, to worry about peons starving in the streets!
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#25