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In reply to the discussion: In 1981, I was a full time stock clerk at an Ohio Big Bear grocery store making 12.60 an hour [View all]Johnny2X2X
(19,498 posts)And I agree, something needs to give.
It's remarkable how deftly the ruling class gets working people to turn on each other. When UPS workers got a good deal, it was instant hate from other working people. But some CEO gets a $50 Million bonus and it doesn't even make the news.
So yeah, we need to get to a point where some grocery store workers are making $90K a year to get back to the middle class we had 40 years ago when the American Dream was still the norm. They've trained so many working people to not think working people deserve the American Dream.
We're the richest country in human history, wokring people deserve the basics in life. A modest and affordable house, a car in the garage, savings, a retirement, health care, the things that it takes to have dignity. These things we used to have, the rich took it from us. So yeah, workers in entry level jobs deserve to live a good life, UAW workers deserve to set the standard for working lives, that's what this country is meant to be. The last 40 years ahve been gang busters for the US economy for growth and productivity, the middle class should be living better than we did 30 and 40 years ago, not worse. It would take $150K a year being the average to get us back to that.