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daredtowork

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35. Minimum Wage Has Always Been the Great Lie

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 02:52 PM

Sep 2014

In rural areas, people were stuck in minimum wage jobs for life. But on TV politicians said minimum wage jobs were for high school kids, etc.

Where there are no other businesses offering higher wages, there is no reason to offer higher wages. Consequently, people don't have a lot of spending money, and there's not stores offering goods to shop for (except the Walmart, which you probably have to drive to, since it will be triangulated somewhere between a dozen small towns), and you may not even have access to the Internet because it costs more in rural areas despite the fact most people make minimum wage.

My mom is near retirement age, and she still makes around minimum wage. She has a college education. She goes to the small town library to email me. At least the library provides public Internet access.

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The minimum wage debate is proof that Republicans have ultimately won. [View all] RandySF Sep 2014 OP

back in the day Skittles Sep 2014 #1

Now hold on ... knightmaar Sep 2014 #22

Yup tazkcmo Sep 2014 #39

you are correct Skittles Sep 2014 #41

I don't buy it hfojvt Sep 2014 #50

This is the legacy of the Reagan Era Chisox08 Sep 2014 #2

Clinton has a hand in it too. Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #3

Clinton and Gore actually campaigned on NAFTA. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #11

A very big hand.... sendero Sep 2014 #13

It wasn't just Clinton though he was a big part of it. stillwaiting Sep 2014 #16

Of course it wasn't "just".. sendero Sep 2014 #17

I hope my post didn't seem like I was criticizing your post. stillwaiting Sep 2014 #25

Not at all.. sendero Sep 2014 #38

THIS!!!! tazkcmo Sep 2014 #40

Ironically :) sendero Sep 2014 #42

It is a shame that so many in society are into the truedelphi Sep 2014 #48

American protest culture is a joke, anyway Scootaloo Sep 2014 #52

I agree. sendero Sep 2014 #53

Well, I do think there are different protest cultures Scootaloo Sep 2014 #54

For some reason, i have a feeling nothing yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #55

ALL presidents since the late 70s have been Reaganites. immoderate Sep 2014 #37

There are a lot of the liberal Democrats who are very heavily educated who really see the LiberalArkie Sep 2014 #20

That attitude is simply not a liberal (egalitarian) attitude. stillwaiting Sep 2014 #26

I totally agree. I ran into quite a few of them when I was working. Always proud of the money they LiberalArkie Sep 2014 #31

I've witnessed the same Boreal Sep 2014 #44

Not from me, it ain't. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #30

Wasn't Clinton a Republican? RoccoR5955 Sep 2014 #21

HRC is already acting Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #43

This is what really pisses me off. CANDO Sep 2014 #47

Well since Reagan, we have had 16 years yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #28

Sorry, I don't count Clinton as a Democrat. RoccoR5955 Sep 2014 #46

If you reduce the number of eligible employees, wages will rise. the_sly_pig Sep 2014 #4

Honest question -- Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #12

Reference here littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #15

Give me tired, poor and huddled masses..... the_sly_pig Sep 2014 #32

What do you mean by "amnesty"? alp227 Sep 2014 #34

Not to mention, the min. wage has not kept up with inflation. Quantess Sep 2014 #5

The unions have been gutted newfie11 Sep 2014 #6

Another Reagan disastrous achievement. B Calm Sep 2014 #7

Very true!!!! Nt newfie11 Sep 2014 #45

Elected DEMS are in service to the same 1% that the GOP serves. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #8

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Sep 2014 #9

The minimum wage was not created quaker bill Sep 2014 #10

+1. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #14

British philosopher Thomas Carlyle The Wizard Sep 2014 #18

And a large part of the country did not work (starting by married women) Mass Sep 2014 #19

I'm afraid you're right Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #23

Technology will eliminate most minimum wage jobs soon enough madville Sep 2014 #24

just because you had a minimum wage job as a teen doesn't mean the law was meant only for you. unblock Sep 2014 #27

I don't think those jobs were ever 'designed' to fund teenagers. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #29

The 1% plantation owners got their country/world of slaves back. Who needs the south to rise again? L0oniX Sep 2014 #33

Minimum Wage Has Always Been the Great Lie daredtowork Sep 2014 #35

"Workers of the WORLD Unite!" Is still a damned good idea. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #36

That's how it shook out in your growing up years. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #49

Can they really be said to have "won," when there was no fight? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #51