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[sheshe2]

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/01/rise-and-shine-488/

[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R.

[Little Star]

2. Don't ya just want to yell "Hellooooooooo"?.....

Who could have ever figured that would happen?

[Maraya1969]

3. It was so obvious when I moved to Florida from New Jersey. I couldn't believe what low wages

people were being paid. I've been here 16 years now and the wages are only slightly higher for hourly worker then they were when I first got here.

I have a friend who has been working at Walgreens for about 15 years. She started off at around $8/hour and now makes a little over $10/hour. And they just put a cap on the amount people can earn an hour there. But I'm sure the CEO takes home his many millions while his workers, who run his damn company for him, remain in poverty.

I still say we start a shaming campaign for these CEO'S.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. we need to *something*....wish I knew what, though.

I can't even think of anything to say, I'm so nauseated.

[Maraya1969]

25. I think we need a bill like they have, (so I've heard) in England where a CEO is only allowed to

make a certain number of times more than the worker. It used to be about 20 times. If the average worker made $10,000 then the CEO could make $200,000.

In today's world that would mean that a retail store such as Walgreens where the average pay of the hourly worker is about $8, ($16,640) the CEO would be allowed to make $332,800.

You know no CEO will stand for such a pittance for themselves so the only thing they would do is increase the hourly worker's wages so that they could get their money. It even sounds weird to think of a Walgreen's CEO making only $332,800 but that is because we are so used the the incredible income inequity.

If we fight to get a Democratic congress and hold on to the Senate it might be do-able. Even if they made 50 or 100 times more than the worker at least it isn't 1,000 times! The current CEO makes about $12,000,000 which is only 721 times the average worker salary.

[Volaris]

28. I know this is going to sound cynical

but until we get Publicly-Funded Elections FIRST, that thing (as well as a lot of the other things we really need) is a pipe dream.
No discouragement is intended, but if we are going to kill the weeds, we have to start with the ROOTS.

[Maraya1969]

29. Very fair point.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Ugghhh . . .

I was born in Alabama, grew up in Mississippi, now live in Louisiana and my boss wants me to move to Texas (not gonna' happen . . . Louisiana is bad enough).

Help! I need to escape to a sane part of the country!

[xtraxritical]

5. I think that would be Europe.

[Aristus]

7. Come to Washington State.

We're pretty sane up here. Western Washington is mostly liberal, including very liberal, beautiful, cool, funky, brainy, rainy Seattle. We have marriage equality, and marijuana has been decriminalized. Until recently, all of our major elected offices were held by women; two US Senators, and Governor Gregoire. We now have Jay Inslee for Governor, and he is reliably progressive.

I was born and raised in Texas, and have lived up here for 30 years. I love it here! I would gladly welcome a fellow Southerner with open arms.

[dawg]

8. Depends on what part of Texas versus what part of Louisiana.

Texas could be a step up if it's Austin or San Antonio.

[KatyMan]

9. Or Houston!

Big city, decent salaries and low cost of living.

[freshwest]

16. It's all about the money, as we used to say. A world unto itself, no need to go anywhere else.

[KatyMan]

19. Well, Houston is also quite cosmopolitan...

Second largest theatre district in the nation (after NYC of course), great symphony and opera, not terribly redneck for a southern city, plus an amazing variety of restaurants. You do need a car tho.

[freshwest]

20. Yes, you can get anything you want there. But too hot for me now.

[KatyMan]

21. Meh. You live here long enough

you don't even feel the heat. Well, ok, you do when you actually go outside, but...

[freshwest]

22. Only 45 years. It's hard when you fly from where it's 50+ degrees cooler and get off the plane...

A little bit of a shock now, sure wasn't when I lived there. My first flight up here it was 98 at Hobby in the morning and I stepped out and it was 43. I felt like the world's biggest A/C had been turned on. Amazing. I do miss the shopping and restaurants, though.

[hobbit709]

17. Austin ain't cheap to live in and wages are shit.

[TxDemChem]

6. All red states

[Ganja Ninja]

14. All staunch Republican strongholds.

They're getting what they voted for.

[TxDemChem]

15. Voting against their best interests

I will never understand

[Wait Wut]

10. Yep.

Made the biggest mistake of my life moving to AZ from Chicago. Making 1/3 what I was making 12 years ago, haven't gotten a raise in 7 years, people think I'm making 'good money' here, because anything above minimum wage in AZ is considered 'good'.

I have over 30 years experience as a graphic artist and make what they pay McDs employees in Chicago. The difference? They get benefits.

Moved here because I thought it would help some annoying health problems. It didn't. The difference? I can't afford health insurance now.

Yes. I am an idiot.

[judesedit]

11. Wake up, people. Get the bums out of office. They're dragging this country down more. Vote 2014!

We'll be like China if they have their way. Wake the hell up. Stop being brainwashed by FAUX Noise

[Jamaal510]

12. You're pretty much

preaching to the choir. The people who should know this are inhabiting sites such as FreeRepublic and Yahoo.

[Orrex]

13. I'm sorry to say that I've had this discussion already

The answer tends to be "Right-to-work will fix the problem if we give it time, and unemployment is as high as it is because of unions."

Yeah, it's idiocy, but that's the mindset.

[olddots]

18. Hey Nero get your fiddle

[baldguy]

23. Their evil plan is working.

[Cha]

26. They're poor and it's a shame they're putting up with the politicians who

make this happen.

thanks she

[moondust]

27. CSA

Corporate Slavelands of America