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Populist_Prole

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9. Curious dichotomy

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Jul 7, 2014, 07:39 PM

Jul 2014

On one hand the meme from the plutocrats is that bosses require more money to provide motivation to work ( more ). Then they turn around and say employees should be paid less as this would motivate them to work ( more )

Sounds classist to me.

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Fast Food CEO who made 291 times minimum wage says raising minimum wage will only hurt you [View all] Miles Archer Jul 2014 OP

Cut his pay to minimum wage... HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #1

4.4 million is much lower then I was thinking yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #4

Of that income that Brad Pitt makes annually... Earth_First Jul 2014 #5

Oh brother yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #7

So there are celebrities who are far less generous... Earth_First Jul 2014 #8

Well I know that McDonalds which is blasted here a lot yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #10

That is scary yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #11

It can't hurt us any more than the fast 'food' already does. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #2

Sorry, Mr. Putz . . . Brigid Jul 2014 #3

We were sold under W that more tax cuts and looser regs = booming economy salin Jul 2014 #12

With all due disrespect, fuck you Andy. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #6

Curious dichotomy Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #9