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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Sanders:The U.S. now has more low-paying jobs than any other major country on earth. Morality? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)are part-time. That is a major cause of low incomes.
This quote needs some context.
On edit, I just think it is great that Bernie Sanders dares to approach this topic. Most politicians talk about raising the minimum wage. And when they do, they give even less context than this tiny quote from Sanders does.
Fact is. American working people are not doing well considering the profits being made by American businesses with their "make it in a country with cheap labor" and import it to the US where people can live on credit.
Our corporations treat Americans like a huge money bag from which they can take out but into which they don't need to put much. That's called profit I suppose. I call it a recipe for another financial crash. We are still over leveraged. We individuals still have too much debt. Student loan debt is just a nightmare in this country.
Wages only tell a tiny bit of the story of the financial misery of Americans.