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niyad

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20. no surprise here, but home depot opposes raising minimum wage

Wed Jan 1, 2014, 11:17 AM

Jan 2014

Meanwhile, any increase AT ALL in minimum wage has been vigorously opposed. It should also be noted in this context that Home Depot was one of those corporations opposing, with Walmart, Washington D.C.’s Large Retailer Accountability Act, which would have required retailers to pay employees a minimum wage of $12.50 an hour, hardly a princely sum or even, as it is often called, a “living wage,” particularly when stood alongside a its CEO’s hundred million plus.

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Wealthy Americans Prove Pope Francis� Point by Threatening Economic Blackmail [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2014 OP

"By their works . . . ." annabanana Jan 2014 #1

The Pope is "picking" on the rich. secondvariety Jan 2014 #2

He told the Cardinal to "Be Careful"? jtuck004 Jan 2014 #3

I was planning to go to Home Depot next week. Think I'll buy my hardware and gardening supplies JDPriestly Jan 2014 #5

We were planning on going there soon as well. TxDemChem Jan 2014 #6

+1, n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #8

+1, n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #7

BTW, John Menard, the owner of Menards, is just as big a capitalist pig Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #13

Ironically, as a Union Carpenter dotymed Jan 2014 #34

Ken Langone isn't associated with Home Depot any more is he? groundloop Jan 2014 #16

no surprise here, but home depot opposes raising minimum wage niyad Jan 2014 #20

I guess we know who the actual First Estate is now. Well, unless Langone valerief Jan 2014 #12

Tell it to the French Revolution, Ken. QuestForSense Jan 2014 #4

Ken langone should be careful himself cap Jan 2014 #9

Re; capitalist benefactor & potential seven figure donor..... Theyletmeeatcake2 Jan 2014 #10

And only a "potential" donor, at that. stopbush Jan 2014 #17

I gess all the people around him don't tell him he sounds like a weissmam Jan 2014 #11

Entitlement Of The Rich DallasNE Jan 2014 #14

That's what they do to everybody. nt bemildred Jan 2014 #15

So of course, Kenny Boy goes whining to Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Rozlee Jan 2014 #18

Not to worry. The CONservatives are rewriting the Bible to suit their personal, rightwing agenda: blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #19

I had seen this on FB and assumed it was an Onion-like parody Patiod Jan 2014 #25

Expecting them to change is like zeemike Jan 2014 #21

Bunch of greedy, hypocritical CINOs - Catholics In Name Only Divernan Jan 2014 #22

No True Catholic, eh? skepticscott Jan 2014 #27

My post is about greedy rich who ignore the poor & Jesus' teachings on same. Divernan Jan 2014 #32

YOU specifically branded certain people as CINOs, not me skepticscott Jan 2014 #35

Stop Being So Petty And Obnoxious n/t DallasNE Jan 2014 #36

Talk to the poster skepticscott Jan 2014 #37

Thank you Dallas NE Divernan Jan 2014 #39

You apparently thought so until skepticscott Jan 2014 #40

Very funny. I'm running away from you like King Arthur from the Black Knight! Divernan Jan 2014 #41

Nice try skepticscott Jan 2014 #42

This is not Argentina... penndragon69 Jan 2014 #23

Not sure how this became "Pope Francis' point" skepticscott Jan 2014 #24

Because it's coming from a source that rich Catholics had thought was "safe" Patiod Jan 2014 #28

Why would they think that? skepticscott Jan 2014 #30

CBS, striving to become as "fair and balanced" as Fox. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #26

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author stuartsdesk1 Jan 2014 #31

Well, it IS in a struggling neighborhood BeyondGeography Jan 2014 #33

Well, it's probably as much a tax deduction skepticscott Jan 2014 #38

Cathedrals are for the Rich and well-connected. PeoViejo Jan 2014 #43