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applegrove

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19. You are right of course. Maybe there could be another set of rules for low

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #16)

Sun Oct 27, 2013, 11:56 PM

Oct 2013

wage jobs. But what we can do now that they talk about is raise the minimum wage.

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"Reduce working week to 30 hours, say economists" [View all] applegrove Oct 2013 OP

F'ing wonderful Tien1985 Oct 2013 #1

They'll need to raise the hourly wage before B Calm Oct 2013 #24

Yep. 40 hours pay for 30 hours work is the only way to make this work....... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #28

If they offer that, I'll be Tien1985 Oct 2013 #31

Sure they would. So we've got to demand it because........ socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #35

So no one qualifies for Obamacare!.... pkdu Oct 2013 #2

Well, they're halfway there. DireStrike Oct 2013 #3

Actually... whttevrr Oct 2013 #8

try this sweetapogee Oct 2013 #9

huh? whttevrr Oct 2013 #11

ha ha sweetapogee Oct 2013 #14

LOL, talk about fuzzy math Rstrstx Oct 2013 #13

You have to divide by 30. NutmegYankee Oct 2013 #15

Been saying it for years. What's the point of inventing labor saving technology if Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #4

+10000 woo me with science Oct 2013 #17

Excellent point. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #23

+1000 Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #33

+1 leftstreet Oct 2013 #36

The point is to diversify our outputs. Sirveri Oct 2013 #40

No, it isn't. That may be the point for the parasites that seek to live Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #42

That could have been stated in a less confrontational manner. Sirveri Oct 2013 #43

It could if any of that were valid, but it isn't. I'm not sure, but you seem to believe that Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #44

Americans love to work to death. Rex Oct 2013 #5

Have you ever heard the song "Would You Like to Swing on a Star?". Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #20

It would probably make for a happier life. JEFF9K Oct 2013 #6

heck, I'd be happy with 40 instead of 50 or 60 Skittles Oct 2013 #7

I just had a 60s flashback. Progressive Labor Party slogan. 30 hours work for 40 hours pay. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #10

I don't think it is a stalinist idea. Things have changed. More manufacturing applegrove Oct 2013 #12

The PLP were/are unrepentant stalinists, the slogan was and is just good politics. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #26

They might have been Stalinists, BUT..... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #29

They want a dictatorship. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #30

At least a dictatorship of the proletariat would involve a WHOLE........ socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #37

It would involve far fewer. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #39

Works GREAT for well paid salaried employees, BUT SoCalDem Oct 2013 #16

You are right of course. Maybe there could be another set of rules for low applegrove Oct 2013 #19

Honestly, if there is to be any hope for this civilization then economic productivity has to die. hunter Oct 2013 #18

+1,000,000 dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #21

All great points. I think about overproduction and waste of resources all the time. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #25

Eh, I've only been working 10 hrs a week for the past couple years Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 #22

Good idea, but I want a $22.50 minimum wage to go with it. Laelth Oct 2013 #27

I concur with everyone else. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #32

So the non-exempt people go on SNAP with no health care Ruby the Liberal Oct 2013 #34

See? I told you so. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #38

we need a basic income RainDog Oct 2013 #41

Hell No! I refuse to be anything but a disposable resource for corporate! nt killbotfactory Oct 2013 #45