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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 09:13 AM Jun 2014

So how would a Republican's Secretary of Labor describe labor conditions today?

The Grand Old Party has moved a long way from Ike ....

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So how would a Republican's Secretary of Labor describe labor conditions today? (Original Post) Scuba Jun 2014 OP

Eh, they'd just deny they do either. malthaussen Jun 2014 #1

Today: "We've got 'em right where we want 'em." (nt) Heidi Jun 2014 #2

Way to go, Scuba! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #3

malthaussen

(17,194 posts)

1. Eh, they'd just deny they do either.

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 09:58 AM

Jun 2014

The problem with terms like "overwork" and "underpay" is that they are definitional: they can mean whatever you want them to. Kind of like "appropriate," ya know?

-- Mal

Heidi

(58,237 posts)

2. Today: "We've got 'em right where we want 'em." (nt)

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Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:01 AM

Jun 2014

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. Way to go, Scuba!

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 01:15 PM

Jun 2014

Wouldn't it be nice if people could recognize how far we have fallen as a nation.

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