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cthulu2016

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4. two points

Reply to mainer (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 01:13 PM

Jan 2012

the employed are, by definition, likelier to work 50 hours/week than the under-employed. Working 50 hours a week is something many millions of people are trying to do, but cannot.

Also, there are real cost/benefit considerations. That is to say, more people will work Saturday for $1000 than will work Saturday for $80.

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The rich must have started working much harder in 1980 [View all] cthulu2016 Jan 2012 OP

Aha....1980. Year of King Ronnie's election. The year the rot began... n/t Peregrine Took Jan 2012 #1

No, they bought government and have been harvesting the returns on their investment. Octafish Jan 2012 #2

Well, in hours worked per week, it's actually true mainer Jan 2012 #3

two points cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #4

And there's also a big difference between working for yourself and working for a boss mainer Jan 2012 #6

Very true. cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #7

Reagan: an actor trained like a monkey to lie da_decider Jan 2012 #5

Death of Unions Is The Reason for the Wage Gap Yavin4 Jan 2012 #8

Yes. (And unions were a prime driver of inflation.) cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #9

We Have Inflation (in some cases HyperInflation) with Flat Wages Yavin4 Jan 2012 #10

That's partially, but not entirely true cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #11