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SpankMe

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24. Conflict in the story.

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 02:30 PM

Mar 2015

The first paragraph of the MoJo article says Wall Street's bonus pool was ...roughly double the combined earnings of all Americans working full-time jobs at minimum wage.

But the second paragraph compares the sum of all Wall Street bonuses to one million minimum wage workers. The total wages of all minimum wage workers in the U.S. would be in the hundreds of billions.

It's still an outrage. But the combined wages of all min wage workers on America are far more that $14B.

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no sense of kpete Mar 2015 #11

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Some folks need a shave from the National Razor. hifiguy Mar 2015 #20

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HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #21

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The stoopid... It burns... You are so right. peacebird Mar 2015 #50

Conflict in the story. SpankMe Mar 2015 #24

If you follow the links in the OP (to Mother Jones and the NY Times) July Mar 2015 #27

There are 119 million full time workers in the U.S. hugo_from_TN Mar 2015 #32

Lots of reasons why that doesn't tell you everything. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #43

Very good points. I agree the graphic is very misleading. hugo_from_TN Mar 2015 #53

I'm gonna pick up my axe and fight like a farmer BubbaFett Mar 2015 #25

Hoarders. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #26

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Yep ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #33

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Mother Macree shenmue Mar 2015 #45

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