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reformist2

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3. When we're talking $7, $8, and $10 an hour, this is more a human-rights issue than an economic one.

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:17 AM

Feb 2014

I'm serious - anything less than $10 an hour in this country, in this day and age, qualifies as slave labor. A person working for less than $10 an hour is not free.

And if the "private sector" can't provide people with an income of $10 an hour, the government needs to step in and hand it to the workers, as a recognition of a citizen's right to life.

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New CBO Report Destroys The Republican Argument Against Raising The Minimum Wage [View all] Triana Feb 2014 OP

they'll just lie anyway by presenting just part of it- already doing so by blasting headlines cali Feb 2014 #1

+ 1,000 cantbeserious Feb 2014 #2

When we're talking $7, $8, and $10 an hour, this is more a human-rights issue than an economic one. reformist2 Feb 2014 #3

I agree. Triana Feb 2014 #4

The media is doing the GOP's bidding again with deceptive headlines liberal N proud Feb 2014 #5

Tweeted the alleged author of that article @DaviSusan Triana Feb 2014 #6