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52. As comedian Chris Rock once noted.....

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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:43 PM

Oct 2021

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By paying you minimum wage, essentially an employer is saying to you; "I'd pay you less, but that's illegal"

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Far Too Many Businesses Would Embrace Slavery [View all] MineralMan Oct 2021 OP

It's the sad truth. They would use slaves if they could. Chains, poverty, whatever it takes to ... marble falls Oct 2021 #1

Several companies did use slave labor wnylib Oct 2021 #14

During the war, GM's Opel division was the only heavy industry corporation that retained day ... marble falls Oct 2021 #56

Ford was quite open in his wnylib Oct 2021 #62

Ford used to pass out copies of the 'Protocols of the Elder's of Zion' ... marble falls Oct 2021 #64

He also published an anti Semitic newspaper wnylib Oct 2021 #65

Or prison labor, which amounts to the same thing. nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #2

Sure. Contracting Prisoners out to Work for Local Business Owners MineralMan Oct 2021 #3

That one totally frosts me. Prisoners get no more than $.50/hr. and the products sell for ... marble falls Oct 2021 #57

Prison labor IS technically slavery which is still legal in US outline in the last 2 sentences of .. uponit7771 Oct 2021 #7

And with the U.S. being the country with the most incarcerated people... MiHale Oct 2021 #25

Remember AZ Gov. Jan Brewer's "Papers Please" law aimed at jailing brown people? OMGWTF Oct 2021 #34

That's what they did after the Civil War and it was constitutional under the 13th Amendment. marie999 Oct 2021 #49

That's the goal. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #4

That was from Jack Welch mrsadm Oct 2021 #41

I hope Jack Welch is dead with many pissing on Captain Zero Oct 2021 #45

I hope so too mrsadm Oct 2021 #61

Damn good post MineralMan Devil Child Oct 2021 #5

Thanks! Watch out for this to be proposed MineralMan Oct 2021 #8

H-1B-IS? Marcuse Oct 2021 #6

Actually the slave owners found that sharecropping was a better deal for them. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #9

Same thing happened in Europe when wnylib Oct 2021 #24

Yes, but they fought to the death to preserve slavery. MineralMan Oct 2021 #26

Precisely**nm misanthrope Oct 2021 #59

Disturbingly prescient sarchasm Oct 2021 #10

Damn, Skippy! The Magistrate Oct 2021 #11

I truly hope not, Sir. MineralMan Oct 2021 #27

IG Farben berniesandersmittens Oct 2021 #12

Businesses that are unable to pay comfortable living wages shouldn't exist. hunter Oct 2021 #13

That should be the case. However, business owners are fighting MineralMan Oct 2021 #28

Very strict enforcement of labor laws and mandatory living wages... hunter Oct 2021 #44

The California town of about 5000 where I grew up MineralMan Oct 2021 #46

You speak the truth, MineralMan. Texin Oct 2021 #15

Yes, that could happen. However, the COVID-19 MineralMan Oct 2021 #29

The fact that we need child labor laws tell you all you need to know about the Capitalism system spike jones Oct 2021 #16

I've said that for years. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #17

If "Immigrant's Freedom to Work Compact," became real.......... KS Toronado Oct 2021 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Maggiemayhem Oct 2021 #19

j 1 Visas Maggiemayhem Oct 2021 #20

j 1 Visas Maggiemayhem Oct 2021 #21

unlimited sex with the employees and you've got a cinstitutional amendment rampartc Oct 2021 #22

Sadly seta1950 Oct 2021 #23

I always said about Wal-Mart Dukkha Oct 2021 #30

Oh, yes. Walmart would love to be a "Company Store" MineralMan Oct 2021 #31

What is going on today Snackshack Oct 2021 #32

Yes, there are parallels there. MineralMan Oct 2021 #33

Too many morally bankrupt. moondust Oct 2021 #35

THEY ALREADY HAVE IT CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #36

Is there any doubt that low paid workers especially undocumented immigrants are the slave class. Pepsidog Oct 2021 #37

Not exactly slaves, but the 21st century equivalent. MineralMan Oct 2021 #39

Well said. Pepsidog Oct 2021 #48

Immigrants are used as slaves across the middle east Alpeduez21 Oct 2021 #38

Yes. Immigrants can be intimidated into working for little, MineralMan Oct 2021 #40

Just look at firms in Nazi Germany for your answer. n/t Coventina Oct 2021 #42

Yes. We're in danger of something similar. MineralMan Oct 2021 #43

Slavery would suck for some of them, because they'd have to provide adequate food and health care .. dawg Oct 2021 #47

Stop. Immigrants come here of their own free will. mathematic Oct 2021 #50

You are misunderstanding me altogether. MineralMan Oct 2021 #51

As comedian Chris Rock once noted..... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #52

Tipped employees are an excuse for Restaurateurs to pay MineralMan Oct 2021 #53

Look into the racist/post emancipation origins of the tipped workforce. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #55

We are there already... Have been for some time in fact. BadGimp Oct 2021 #54

I have long been of the opinion that what finally put the kibosh on formal slavery in America misanthrope Oct 2021 #58

All true. MineralMan Oct 2021 #60

Texas had slaves 3 times, they might like to go for a 4th. marie999 Oct 2021 #63