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Chainfire

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21. You all are talking Socialism! How dare the workers not want to come back!

Sun May 16, 2021, 06:44 PM

May 2021

Real Americans can thrive on part time minimum wages without benefits......If they have extra money they will piss it away on fast cars and loose women. (or loose men, as the case may be) Keep a man hungry and broke, and he will come to work every day.

Living the American Dream; crashing on someone else's couch, eating Raman and staying away from health care. What more could a person ask for?

Meanwhile Bezos builds a half billion dollar yacht.....

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No One Wants to Work [For You] Anymore: The End of Oligopsony [View all] erronis May 2021 OP

Kickin' with gusto! Faux pas May 2021 #1

TAKE THIS JOB & SHOVE IT, I DON'T WORK HERE ANYMORE ..... Trueblue1968 May 2021 #35

The "financial" markets love every type of inflation UpInArms May 2021 #2

That's not true. Wage inflation is... reACTIONary May 2021 #14

That's one theory. In reality, there is some chicken and egg to it. We've had higher total KPN May 2021 #19

You are right... reACTIONary May 2021 #27

... UpInArms May 2021 #29

☮&💗 reACTIONary May 2021 #30

The wealthy will fight tooth & nail to keep wages low, because it benefits their pocketbook. KS Toronado May 2021 #3

and because it reinforces their self assigned status as superior to workers DBoon May 2021 #16

" their self assigned " is right on target. KS Toronado May 2021 #28

I always felt that anyone who claimed to be a Libertarian dansolo May 2021 #42

Thing is though in the long run it does not as they accumulate more it takes cstanleytech May 2021 #39

HAH! Not according to them. OldBaldy1701E May 2021 #46

Same here! KT2000 May 2021 #4

The mega rich are sitting on a powder keg by forcing people to live in poverty though as eventually cstanleytech May 2021 #40

And you can't have "Oligopsony" without... wait for it... "GOP". n/t TygrBright May 2021 #5

Nailed it! ShazzieB May 2021 #23

Surprise surprise TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #6

I will be retiring this year I think RainCaster May 2021 #38

I'm 64 and several of my friends and former co-workers TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #67

So many things need to be fixed tiredtoo May 2021 #7

And almost half of the elected officials Mr.Bill May 2021 #9

Whether employed by capitalist owners or supervised in socialist collectives, Hortensis May 2021 #8

You echo what I think. The short-term/bottom line capitalists aren't thinking about the future erronis May 2021 #10

Sure. My main point is that it will happen when people make Hortensis May 2021 #20

Great post malaise May 2021 #11

It's almost beginning to feel like a general strike mountain grammy May 2021 #12

Too many American employers are entitled dlk May 2021 #13

K&R nt PoliWrangler May 2021 #15

Great stuff thanks Fullduplexxx May 2021 #17

For employers, it's worse than it appears bucolic_frolic May 2021 #18

You all are talking Socialism! How dare the workers not want to come back! Chainfire May 2021 #21

What does Bezos have to do with it? Loki Liesmith May 2021 #45

I believe that the two issues are connected Chainfire May 2021 #52

Maybe workers still see the virus risks of going back? Captain Zero May 2021 #50

Interesting phrase that resonates Tink41 May 2021 #51

Hate To Say It But I Own A Business Because No One Could / Would Pay Me DanieRains May 2021 #22

I don't know you or your business, but I've turned more laps than I like to admit now... Moostache May 2021 #64

Very good article. ananda May 2021 #24

As an economics teacher, I'm so happy to see "Oligopsony" being used" Bucky May 2021 #25

The word 'Business' is way over-worked and misleading.... RicROC May 2021 #54

K and R Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #26

And don't forget, most of those Bettie May 2021 #31

The actual birth of the labor movement ChazInAz May 2021 #32

Good point, also as mentioned below. erronis May 2021 #56

KNR niyad May 2021 #33

GOP loves it when people are desperate enough to take whatever they can IronLionZion May 2021 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove May 2021 #36

Didn't the plague end cerfdom and usher in the middle class in Europe? n/t applegrove May 2021 #37

That's an interesting idea. Too bad it takes such a drastic event to cause change. erronis May 2021 #55

Yes. . Yes it did. Nt cinematicdiversions May 2021 #60

Had a discussion w our county sheriff Cosmocat May 2021 #41

I don't think... Quanto Magnus May 2021 #62

ok, I understand the fucked up schedules... Maxheader May 2021 #43

Beginning of an inflationary spiral? Loki Liesmith May 2021 #44

It's a workers market now and it's time to drive up wages. nt. Hotler May 2021 #47

Slackers didn't want to work. Marcuse May 2021 #48

It's about time... smirkymonkey May 2021 #49

slave wages . AllaN01Bear May 2021 #53

Show of hands, please: Orrex May 2021 #57

HAND. It's got "GOP" in it. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #59

Make the rich work, too, then. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #58

Take this GOP and shove it! Blue Owl May 2021 #61

I remember when $15/hr was a handsome wage. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #63

Also, many people would rather do Uber or Lyft than work East-A-Squared May 2021 #65

I absolutely hear them Skittles May 2021 #66