Wouldn't a lot of the 47% be paying taxes if they were paid competitive wages?

[ck4829]

And wouldn't another chunk of the 47% not be part of the 47% if their only choices were to fight each other to get and keep minimum wage or nearly minimum wage jobs?

Weird, right? Because last I checked it wasn't Obama, liberals, or the unemployed supporting this. It was the Republicans and the Tea Party.

[librechik]

1. yes, of course. Pay us a living wage and we will save the economy

[liberal N proud]

2. BINGO!

And the economy would be screaming along!

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. What do you think this is? The Seventies. n/t

[patrice]

4. I believe it is Senator Harkin who has a bill in the Senate to increase the federal minimum - AND -

peg it to the cost of living index.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:8:./temp/~bdQ8h3::|/home/LegislativeData.php|

[Freddie]

5. Huge issue! It's not just jobs its the quality of the jobs!

So Mitt & his cohorts close factories and send the jobs to China, the jobs left for the unemployed are at Walmart or similar, paying $8/hr with no benefits. So the person has to take a second job (if he can find one) and sacrifice his health, car repairs, kids' college, maybe even having to move in with relatives. Maybe food stamps and Medicaid. And working harder than ever.
And the Repugs have the FUCKING BALLS to call people in that situation "lazy" and "will never take personal responsibility for their life." And to call Obama the "food stamp president" when their huge corporations refuse to pay a living wage and their party has managed to gut the unions.

[julian09]

6. CEO s make millions can't pay workers, but pay lobbyists big money to keep minimum wages down.

Some CEOS make 250 to 500 times what a single worker earns. Most are public companies owned by stock holders, not ceo.
The board of directors, planted by ceo, make decision on his compensation, share holders are screwed too.
Large institutional share holders render the regular share holder impotent.

[rhett o rick]

7. Some thing doesnt make sense to me. Who exactly are the 47%??

Are they those receiving money from the government or those that are not paying income taxes? They are not the same.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

8. Yep

Raising wages would increase income tax revenues substantially.

[hughee99]

9. Those working are being paid "competitive wages",

the problem is, the whole "competition" has been rigged. People are competing for shit wages.