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Dustlawyer

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17. You know you need to raise the minimum wage when businesses pay so low a wage

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun May 15, 2016, 07:45 PM

May 2016

that they qualify for food stamps and other government (taxpayer paid for) benefits. The middle class is paying for all of this because corporations and the very wealthy are not paying their fair share and getting us to subsidies their employees! How is that for mooching?

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I’m An Auto Worker — And I Only Get By Thanks To Welfare [View all] Purveyor May 2016 OP

Aren't these UAW negotiated jobs? JonathanRackham May 2016 #1

Sadly, no they are not all union. LiberalFighter May 2016 #12

President Obama is lauded with praise for "Saving the Auto Industry". bvar22 May 2016 #2

+1 SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #7

Almost posted on the drastic pay cuts that I learned about two years after the bailout. appalachiablue May 2016 #9

Yup. n/t progressoid May 2016 #19

Thank you for the truth. jwirr May 2016 #3

This is the truth passiveporcupine May 2016 #4

And Bernie is not going to change that with free college tuition and single payer and people Jitter65 May 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton May 2016 #8

"Race to the bottom" Baobab May 2016 #14

You start by talking about it! Pauldg47 May 2016 #18

I hope the UAW makes life better for you. In my opinion it is not so much doc03 May 2016 #5

Glad you made it through all these trials, brought by Reagan & Co. Corps., banks appalachiablue May 2016 #15

People think they want manufacturing jobs back but it's really Union shop manufacturing jobs Person 2713 May 2016 #10

what if jobs are just going away? Baobab May 2016 #16

Full circle. Read the book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclar The Jungle 1 May 2016 #11

Its not just republicons anymore. Kip Humphrey May 2016 #13

You know you need to raise the minimum wage when businesses pay so low a wage Dustlawyer May 2016 #17