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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by pan6467
Stevo,
I do respect you man, but you have no argument. all you do is question you offer no true debate except "this is socialism.... go back to USSR... communist thinking...." etc.You answer not 1 of my arguments such as paying people better would lessen the tax burdens off the rich, such as paying people enough to live on raises their self respect and their ability to live with a minimum of government support, such as the tax spectrum will equalize more thus bettering schools, and communities.
I have more than offered up my views and beliefs. Where are yours besides the old "prices will go up." fearmongering?
Give me a legitimate reason you feel we do not need to pay a person who works 40 hours a week enough to live on at a standard of living that is not at poverty levels.
I have a feeling all you'll come up with is CEO's need/ and or have the right to make millions and millions while their workers live paycheck to paycheck heavily indebt making as little as possible and of course prices will go up.
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what is a living wage?
enough to keep a roof over their head and food in their stomach?
People in India and the Philippines asked me about the American poor they saw via the news about Katrina. The first they asked me was,"Your poor people are fat. How are they poor and fat?"
I explained that some of the poor have cable TV, TV and VCR, some have cellphones... yes there are some poor that don't have those things, but there are far more that are on social service programs that do.
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