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bemildred

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1. Right, but that was back when you only had to pay white men the "legal" wage.

Reply to redruddyred (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 06:54 AM

Apr 2016

Even now there is plenty of wage theft going on, and being white and male will still help you get what you got coming.

And it was always kept low. It was only made sub-susistence when they had to start paying everybody the same, in the 60s you could still live and raise a family on min wage, I know because I did it, but it was never set high.

And it was the American employer that thought that was a good idea, I am sure the american worker would take the money regardless, and we all know the american worker does not call the shots here.

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oped: minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs [View all] redruddyred Apr 2016 OP

Right, but that was back when you only had to pay white men the "legal" wage. bemildred Apr 2016 #1

"in the 60s you could still live and raise a family on min wage" redruddyred Apr 2016 #2

I think it's divide and rule, basically, divide the white men against the women and non-whites. bemildred Apr 2016 #3

sounds like a recipe for failure, in democratic processes anyway redruddyred Apr 2016 #4