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Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts) Sat Jul 5, 2014, 01:56 PM Jul 2014

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This thread needs a theme song. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #1

DU Rec! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #2

Thanks for the thanks, sheshe. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #3

K & R Still Sensible Jul 2014 #4

keep them dumb. Phlem Jul 2014 #5

+1. Dumb ... pays. blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #6

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2014 #8

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #9

Smoochies back you. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #16

Way back then I graduated from college with no loans. hunter Jul 2014 #10

I hear you, hunter, nor is it a senior citizen's world. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #11

Yes. The world was affordable. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #15

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #12

K & R malaise Jul 2014 #13

K&R! Segami Jul 2014 #14

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

1. This thread needs a theme song.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 02:03 PM

Jul 2014

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)

2. DU Rec!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 02:07 PM

Jul 2014

Thank you Uncle Joe.

Massachusetts Senate overwhelmingly approves minimum wage increase to $11 an hour

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/massachusetts_senate_overwhelm.html

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

3. Thanks for the thanks, sheshe.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 02:18 PM

Jul 2014

Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)

4. K & R

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 02:33 PM

Jul 2014

Phlem

(6,323 posts)

5. keep them dumb.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 03:41 PM

Jul 2014

It's harder to control an educated populous.

Our education system is soooooo broken it would hilarious it weren't so true.

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

7. +1. Dumb ... pays.

Reply to Phlem (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 03:59 PM

Jul 2014

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WillyT

(72,631 posts)

8. HUGE K & R !!!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:12 PM

Jul 2014

Thank you for the thread, Uncle Joe !!!

littlemissmartypants

(22,655 posts)

9. Kicking. Thank you. nt

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:56 PM

Jul 2014

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

16. Smoochies back you.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 01:34 PM

Jul 2014

hunter

(38,311 posts)

10. Way back then I graduated from college with no loans.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 05:12 PM

Jul 2014

I could easily get temp jobs paying $5.50 an hour, and often had semi-skilled jobs (like loading trucks) that paid $7-$10 an hour.

Gasoline was less than a dollar a gallon. I burned a lot of gasoline back then in frivolous pursuits, driving all over the western U.S.A. and Baja California.

In 1979 my share of the rent for the crappy student apartment I shared with some other guys was $80.

That is not my childrens' world.

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

11. I hear you, hunter, nor is it a senior citizen's world.

Reply to hunter (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 06:49 PM

Jul 2014

Both the minimum wage and social security greatly trail actual inflation.

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

15. Yes. The world was affordable.

Reply to hunter (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 01:11 PM

Jul 2014

It is now a world where the rat-fuckers on wall street have "financialized" everything, repealed all the regulations that were an impediment to ever increasing inequality and we live in a world where 99% of us are scrambling to make ends meet all the time. The Boston Globe ran a story yesterday about studio apartments that are now allowed to be less than 450 sq ft, and as an aside let slip the fact that the one they were describing rents for more than 3000/month at 348 sq ft.