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Posts Tagged ‘minimum wage’
Why the rich are doing great while the middle class isn’t
“There are several reasons why the top 1% has done so much better, says Josh Bivens, EPI’s research and policy director. These include tax cuts for the rich, deregulation of Wall Street and big increases in executive compensation. At the same time, the weakening of unions and the failure[...]
June 2nd, 2015 - 7:19 am § in Misc.
Rent affordability map
How much you must earn in each state to afford a 2-bedroom apartment. (From Daily Kos)[...]
April 13th, 2015 - 10:34 am § in Politics
The myth of ‘lazy welfare bums’
People who get food stamps, disability benefits, and other government assistance are lazy, unmotivated, and don’t want to work. They’d rather live on handouts, paid for by you and me. Or so the talking point, propagated by the conservative noise machine and endlessly repeated by dittohea[...]
January 27th, 2015 - 12:51 am § in Uncategorized
GOP congressman equates minorities with teenagers
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) said on C-Span last week that raising the $7.25 federal minimum wage would “rip the first rung in the ladder of opportunity for teenagers, for minorities, for people who are trying to get into the job market for their first job.” He continued, “If your labor is an u[...]
January 20th, 2015 - 3:20 pm § in Misc.
Would you work for $2.13 an hour?
I certainly wouldn’t. But that’s still the federal minimum wage for food servers. The restaurant industry’s argument for such a low wage is that waitstaff make their money from tips. The problem is, tipping is voluntary; whereas getting paid for your work shouldn’t be. When t[...]
October 19th, 2014 - 10:15 pm § in America
Saving To Retire On $7.25 An Hour
Republicans don’t like Social Security and think people should be responsible for their own retirement savings. But they also oppose paying workers enough to live on in the present, let alone save for the future. “Too many Americans are too dependent on Social Security” and need [...]
October 13th, 2014 - 2:50 pm § in America
Exploiting Soldiers To Scorn The Working Poor
After reading this tweet (see image below), I decided to just paste it, and let it speak for itself. This tweeter’s message is that fast food workers insult our troops by asking for pay similar to what the troops get. It would be more logical to argue our troops should get a raise because th[...]