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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Bernie misses about $15 min wage [View all]TheFarS1de
(1,017 posts)30. Pathetic
They can't even handle the truth .
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You wouldn't! That's the point. Give the average citizen real power to bargain with employers.
reformist2
Nov 2015
#10
Work gives meaning in life. In our work, we achieve status, we meet goals, we deal with people.
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#160
There still is this puritanical belief that everyone needs to work. Old beliefs die hard.
reformist2
Nov 2015
#83
We're not really covered. Workers are stil vulernable, likely to take whatever they can get. We need
reformist2
Nov 2015
#35
The author of the Vox piece is a former Cato Institute guy, that's the Koch Bros outfit....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#19
My objective is to point out what I said -- And the author is a CATO Libertarian
Armstead
Nov 2015
#44
Incorrect, he was first a staff writer at Cato, then later an adjunct scholar at Cato.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#64
Obviously I know who he is, you left his by line out of your OP, I named him and offered his CV to
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#168
I don't feel like scrolling through this whole thread to do your work for you.
Scootaloo
Nov 2015
#156
At some point far enough back in history there was no capital but there has always been labor
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#107
Alley Oop finds a nice piece of flint on the ground and knaps a Clovis point from it
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#132
LOL...you made the statement that labor can't exist without "capital investment"...
AOR
Nov 2015
#141
Yes, a lot times it goes way beyond feel good sound bytes.. and this isn't a goppoint of view.
Cha
Nov 2015
#4
Okay...Some people think it feels good to have a roof over their heads and 3 squares a day
Armstead
Nov 2015
#6
It's always a good thing to know who stands with capital over labor and business as usual...
AOR
Nov 2015
#17
What a stark admission of conservatism this is. The author of the Vox piece is a Cato Institute guy
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#18
When I post some of his stuff you can come whine to me then, I don't so I'm pointing out that your
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#46
Well your OP touts a Koch brother loving GOP libertarian straight out of the Cato playpen, so
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#57
I'm the person who pointed out his roots and resume, linked to his bio, and first named him in
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#85
If Glenn Greenwald is writing rightwing economics articles go ahead and call it out
Armstead
Nov 2015
#54
But Alan Krueger, the co-author of that famous fast food employment study and a former adviser to
Cha
Nov 2015
#28
HaHa.. some anonymous poster on here asks if you're a "koch bro operative"!!!!!!1111111 and it
Cha
Nov 2015
#31
That's because the editorial the OP cites is by a Koch trained Cato Institute flack.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#51
You know, if we had a single payer healthcare system that was not tied to employment,
PatrickforO
Nov 2015
#34
Earlier you claimed he wanted to "immediately jump" to $15/hr now you're posting libertarian screeds
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#49
Hot Links to Cato Institute podcasts by the author for you Mags, since you are such a fan....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#68
She touts right wing anti minimum wage attacks on a Democratic candidate then gets cheesed off
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#75
Show me where in that editorial the author says HE supports a $12 minimum. He does not.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#90
It is punditry, an editorial with a strong point of view against living wages.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#169
Ezra and Matthew did not write this, Mags. Timothy Lee of Cato Institute wrote this.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#82
Vox is not the author of the article, Timothy Lee is and he's the libertarian from Cato....
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#80
Why do you think Greenwald is some free pass for you? I'm not Greenwald, nor do I cite him.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#170
What's with this theory among Clinton supporters that their actions are mitigated by the actions
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#167
It is an editorial. What makes you think it isn't? It's punditry, commentary.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#172
Prescisely.. start out with $12.00 instead of slapping $15 Nationally on every state like they
Cha
Nov 2015
#133
Not everyone is cut out to be a rising professional. And the idea is to raise overall wages
Armstead
Nov 2015
#177
Bernie's plans sound good to those under 30 that don't know political realities
JTShroyer
Nov 2015
#161
perhaps $250 resorts in Puerto Rico can raise prices a little more to cover a living wage
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#166
That's what this is about, businesses that extract excess profits from low wage labor
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#171