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If a laborer is making that kind of money... trumad Dec 2011 #1
I stated 12 hours a day and 7 days a week in my post NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #2
I'd be pretty unoffended by a labourer working those hours getting that kind of pay Posteritatis Dec 2011 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #16
*Wouldn't* be offended. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #17
Sorry I misread your post NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #23
Where does a laborer make $150,000? I can't find it anywhere... rfranklin Dec 2011 #45
$25.76 per hour krawhitham Dec 2011 #47
Thanks, I was working on the math. freshwest Dec 2011 #59
$34 per hour eomer Dec 2011 #87
Roughly about 112 hours of pay per week for working seven twelves with overtime premium NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #94
I think it greatly depends on where this laborer lives as well justiceischeap Dec 2011 #3
That is just part of the scam that many people have been brainwashed into believing too NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #6
yeah, I am sick of that argument too hfojvt Dec 2011 #42
Depends on what you do for a living... justiceischeap Dec 2011 #44
You are 100% right - $29 vs $45 krawhitham Dec 2011 #48
Well since I happen to be one of the Kochs of the world hfojvt Dec 2011 #54
The top 20%? Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #70
so you are worried about the Fab 400? hfojvt Dec 2011 #77
"the fab 400" run the goddamn world. Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #82
they have tremendous amounts of income, wealth and power hfojvt Dec 2011 #93
well said limpyhobbler Dec 2011 #4
I think it would be overpaid because it could not last. former9thward Dec 2011 #5
That is all well and good until no one can afford to purchase the products made using alternatives NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #10
No one has to make 150k a year to live well in this society. former9thward Dec 2011 #15
You would like people to believe that if someone gets 150 grand their finances are out of control NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #21
I'm not buying what you are trying to sell. former9thward Dec 2011 #34
arguing for lower pay for people again? CreekDog Dec 2011 #24
Read the post. former9thward Dec 2011 #37
Guys in my trade can make that kind of money. Edweird Dec 2011 #55
You don't mention the trade so it is difficult to respond. former9thward Dec 2011 #65
Friend of mine works in forestry, his working conditions are like Edweird describes. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #66
Linework. Edweird Dec 2011 #67
I'm not sure that would fit the definition of "laborer" which the OP was about. former9thward Dec 2011 #68
Whatever. I work a blue collar labor intensive job that cannot be replaced by technology Edweird Dec 2011 #69
And you'd be wrong nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #73
Not at all. former9thward Dec 2011 #89
"Labour" and "unskilled labour" do not perfectly overlap. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #76
150,000 workers are not "keeping everything going for us" Enrique Dec 2011 #7
Do you think it is the Walton family and hedge fund managers who keep everything going then? NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #13
do you agree that farm workers are absolutely vital to our economy? Enrique Dec 2011 #18
I think farm workers should make a lot more than they are currently making with overtime pay NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #22
Anyone who enters into a voluntary agreement for labor cannot be overpaid by definition. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #8
I learned on DU that I should congratulate him for things going 'swimmingly' for him Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #11
And people learn outside DU to resent the well paid laborer rather than the Top One Percent. Overseas Dec 2011 #29
I'd be happy if the entire 99% got $150,000 annually for only working 4 days a week. firehorse Dec 2011 #12
firehorse for president of the world! (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #14
Yeah, uh huh. A laborer getting an annual salary the same as a month's hedge fund salary Overseas Dec 2011 #30
There was a mechanic in our local transit system that made over 110 G. (200 Gs in today's money) Stuart G Dec 2011 #19
It's the one addiction we reward people for customerserviceguy Dec 2011 #39
And salaries have been flat to lowered, he'd be really fortunate to still be allowed to pull OT, bettyellen Dec 2011 #49
Nope. Brickbat Dec 2011 #20
Nobody can keep up a schedule like that for very long tularetom Dec 2011 #25
We did it for two years straight in the early 90's NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #28
No... Tikki Dec 2011 #26
No, and anyone that thinks so has never been in the trenches. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #27
200 of us hired into a Ford stamping plant in 1973 NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #31
big deal, I worked a temp job at a door plant hfojvt Dec 2011 #35
for perhaps the hundreth time, $150,000 a year is NOT middle class hfojvt Dec 2011 #32
I don't support raising the FICA cap NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #36
I'd like to taise the cap and lower the percentage. krispos42 Dec 2011 #41
so you oppose plans that benefit me hfojvt Dec 2011 #53
What would benefit you and just about everyone else would be if you made more income NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #57
no what got us into this predicament hfojvt Dec 2011 #61
I have plenty of laid back friends who "thought", they had plenty to retire on NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #63
boy is that a sad statement hfojvt Dec 2011 #78
Putting words that aren't there into another persons mouths is a dirty thing to do NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #81
"I'm a dirty skunk? I'm a dirty skunk?" Daffy Duck hfojvt Dec 2011 #95
It is middle class spinbaby Dec 2011 #84
Someone wants us to forget that is the way it is supposed to be don't they? NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #91
oh bull crap hfojvt Dec 2011 #92
I grew up in the 50s and 60s spinbaby Dec 2011 #96
A household income of $150,000 puts you just short of the top 10% starroute Dec 2011 #33
I will try to explain the difference NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #38
you are supposed to put a comma after every THREE zeroes hfojvt Dec 2011 #51
If it's skilled labor with lots of overtime... no. krispos42 Dec 2011 #40
given the vastly bloated paychecks of the 1% magical thyme Dec 2011 #43
Our enemy is the person making over a million a year... hughee99 Dec 2011 #46
My best bro from high school guitar man Dec 2011 #50
The only people on this planet who are overpaid are Wall St. CEOs. Initech Dec 2011 #52
I'm looking forward to making that kind of money at my labor job. Edweird Dec 2011 #56
No Marrah_G Dec 2011 #58
They are being paid what the market will allow fujiyama Dec 2011 #60
Think you missed my point NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #62
I think people should have the opportunity to make fujiyama Dec 2011 #64
Shh, over here... see Adam Smith, if there was ever a CAPITALIST (I mean he invented it for god's nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #72
I am not offended nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #71
No, I would be okay with that. jwirr Dec 2011 #74
I think two laborers, each making $75,000, would be better. boppers Dec 2011 #75
Corporations really like that idea too NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #79
So do people who like their family. boppers Dec 2011 #80
During the Great Depression, labor unions recommended breaking up jobs. ieoeja Dec 2011 #90
I think time would be better spent not whining B Calm Dec 2011 #83
Raising wages has to be done collectively or it turns into every man for himself NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #86
Frankly, yes. With a Master's+18, I never saw $70K in 30 years of teaching. WinkyDink Dec 2011 #85
We had a suburban public schoolteacher who made $191,214 in his last year before retiring NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #88
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