Regardless of who you support for the nom, do you agree with this statement from Bernie?

[Ken Burch]

"Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty."

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[tularetom]

1. I wouldn't mind seeing a few Wall Street traders and hedge fund managers living in poverty

But then I doubt that they work 40 hours a week so I guess they do not qualify.

[Ken Burch]

2. Picking up a phone and screaming at underlings doesn't count as work in my book.

And basically, that's the only thing bank presidents and CEO's do.

[Recursion]

3. The "works 40 hours a week" part bothers me. Nobody should be living in poverty.

For that matter we should probably be working 20 hour weeks.

But, a person working 40 hours for the Federal minimum wage is a good bit above the poverty line. ($15K vs. $12K)

[Ken Burch]

4. Good points there.

Still, if you DO work full-time, no matter what the job, you should never be having to struggle to just hang on. And tens of millions of people who do work 40-hour weeks(and longer) do have to struggle like that.

We've got to get out of this "the 99% have to 'take one for the team'" mindset those on top have imposed on this country since 1981. None of that arrogance and none of the sacrifices imposed on the many below by the few above were never justified or necessary.

Thank you for your post.

[creeksneakers2]

5. Sounds great

The question is how are you going to do it?