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cstanleytech

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8. Oh I suspect that is the Republicans goal all right.

Reply to the_sly_pig (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 02:18 AM

Jun 2016

After all there are other ways to own people and one of them is to force them to live at the edge of if not in poverty so that they are pretty much at your mercy.
Walmart and alot of the retailers have been using this method more and more to keep their employees in line over the years.

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IMF warns the US over high poverty [View all] applegrove Jun 2016 OP

Has the Dem platform committee included $15 an hour? 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #1

Lip service pretty much. Lancero Jun 2016 #2

$15/hr for a family of 3 or 4 doesn't go very far, bvar22 Jun 2016 #15

Or if employer only hires small family workers. 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #17

Unless a high poverty rate is your goal... the_sly_pig Jun 2016 #3

Oh I suspect that is the Republicans goal all right. cstanleytech Jun 2016 #8

Add to your list: bvar22 Jun 2016 #14

kind of rich... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #4

The pendulum is swinging back. applegrove Jun 2016 #5

We can only hope... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #6

Keep the trade. Stop the dangerous lack of regulations. Get rid of the regulations applegrove Jun 2016 #7

Quite amusing to hear this from the IMF Juan_George09 Jun 2016 #9

Have we heard anything about this from US media, or just the BBC? Triana Jun 2016 #10

Just a thought.. Why can't we have a higher minimum wage? midnight Jun 2016 #11

It has to go through congress. If we change the current congress, it can be done. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2016 #13

Very ironic coming from the IMF. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #12

Great, that means the IMF wants to steal whatever pennies are left in the jar. Rex Jun 2016 #16