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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:13 AM Original message |
HOW LOW CAN OUR WAGES GO: |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is it really fair for Americans to earn more than Guatemalans, Vietnamese, etc.? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. How low can prices go? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The American public |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I'm an idiot? |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. I guess I'm one of those idiots too |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. In my part of the country, |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. One problem is that we do not have free markets. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The margins are such that you need volume. |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I know what you're talking about |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. thats not it |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. You will have to be willing to work for $170 per MONTH to compete with Chinese labor |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Inflation adjusted wages are still higher than they were in the '50s and '60s |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I don't know |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Maybe your family was better off in the '50s, but that wasn't generally true |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Average income includes the people who make millions a year. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I have no |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I grew up on a farm in Minnesota |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So now you |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You are as informed on this topic.. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Download the reports from the OCC and look for yourself |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Total bullshit. |
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socialindependocrat (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Farcenter - git outta here!!!! n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Alas the inequality and lack of social mobility |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I thought that the two income household was supposed to be a great social advance |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The problem isn't that women working is now acceptable |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Apparently over 60% of married couples with children get by on one income |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Try the department of labor |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Bingo |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. it would be nice to see the data |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. Is There A Link..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well things could get worst |
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minavasht (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Supply and demand |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Pre-Reagan, Post-Reagan. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I wish that chart showed the 1% pre-Reagan. |
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