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In reply to the discussion: Fast-Food Strikes Expand Across U.S. to 50 Cities [View all]Hekate
(91,512 posts)342. Thank you so much for this reality check. Who the hell ARE these people? nt
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+1. I also love it, because Repugs are in overdrive attacking workers - they can't help themselves!
reformist2
Aug 2013
#105
i think if it goes to fifteen bucks they will price themselves out of a job
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#10
or people who know that why would someone work for twelve bucks when they can move jobs
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#33
no, but the reality is that if tbe wage goes to fifteen dollars then more skilled people will take
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#44
probuably cause they cant get employees due to the oil business paying so well
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#54
that they cant get anyone to work mcdonalds in minot, whereas in other markets
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#58
in minot it seems everyone with any skills is also emlpoyed in the oil industry and support
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#62
After a while low skill workers gain experience and skills. Maybe get promoted to shift manager.
Pterodactyl
Aug 2013
#209
This will help get the Federal minimum wage raised to at the least $9, as O has proposed forever
Sunlei
Aug 2013
#11
There's no such thing as low-skill labor, and the notion that skill has anything to do
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#102
Too many of us have gone well and truly insane. They're completely invested in perpetuating
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#193
All work is most certainly no equal, and the value placed on it depends on the skills required, as
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#215
I worked fast food too, while I was going to college so that I wouldn't have to work in fast food.
Flatulo
Sep 2013
#350
I don't begrudge anyone the highest wage they can get. I *did* work in fast food, and it's
Flatulo
Sep 2013
#352
At $15/hour, you're talking $31,200 per year - assuming you can get full time hours . . .
hatrack
Sep 2013
#353
You can't possibly compare skill needed to clean a toilet to the skill needed to operate on a brain.
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#213
Yes, you can. But reading through your replies on this thread, it is pretty clear that writing out
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#253
You don't even know what anyone else is talking about, but here you are,
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#265
I was responding to a post that claimed that the connection between skill level and wage
Flatulo
Sep 2013
#349
Flat wrong on every count. Do you have any more Reich-Wing talking points you want to
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#269
I apologize if I've mis-characterized your position on the political spectrum. From your several
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#279
Dude, it is not "nifty" and I'm glad that you are not bearing me any ill will.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#266
Nobody's making that argument. And "low-skilled" is either code or ignorance, depending on the
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#256
I said it. It's my take on one poster's disdain for people whom I consider to be deserved
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#294
The arguments have been made thousands of times by hundreds of people. If you're unaware of them,
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#321
Thanks for the detailed, thoughtful response. I appreciate the time it takes to do this, because
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#323
Are you arguing for wage equality, or just a living wage? You scold and scold, but really don't
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#280
As a well experienced and licenced truck and auto mechanic, my last job paid $14.50 per hour.
ConcernedCanuk
Aug 2013
#108
republicans are in general agreement with your opinions expressed here.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#141
So, because you are willing to trade your life for a tiny fraction of what it's worth,
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#325
It's all about negotiation, people. They ask for $15/hour and are hopeful
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2013
#159
I'm so tired of hearing it's not going to work. Did Hoffa say that when he first led the Teamsters?
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#235
Not sure if Hoffa is a good example. He ended up murdered by the gangsters.
Pterodactyl
Aug 2013
#300
There's no such thing as unskilled labor. And yes, you sound like you're getting old. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#194
Chipotle is no longer a McDonald's company. They tried it and it didn't work for them
mountain grammy
Aug 2013
#20
You will not support decent wages, instead will be a scab for a fish sandwich? WHY are you on DU?
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#80
Search shows very mixed reviews. At least he is being straightforward about being a scab for a taste
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#83
I did. Hopefully MIRT will be issuing a pizza... Never mind, they just did!
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#96
You do not support living wages. Your need for a taste treat outweighs others need for housing/food.
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#94
How is making enough money to be able to eat and put a roof over your head outrageous? n/t
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#81
Be a scab for a burger? On the positive side, you've only been on 1 jury here.eom
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#75
That's classic Marxist dogma, and demonstrably untrue. Most businesses start out as
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#233
They should all get $15 an hour. That's only $600 a week, you know (before taxes).
reformist2
Aug 2013
#104
Actually, wage slavery is real. We shouldn't be afraid to call it a form of slavery.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#110
No, people expressing a rightwing point of view are in agreement with the republican view.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#164
No it is rightwing to refer to people as "burger flippers" who don't deserve a living wage.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#289
There is no such thing as unskilled labor. The fact that our government's unwavering support
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#196
I knew before opening the thread that it would be a RW talking point roll-call of sorts -
bullwinkle428
Aug 2013
#65
And the funny thing is that the true cost per meal for paying decent wages to fast food workers...
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#77
So many here just don't understand that raising wages is the start to raising all wages.
canoeist52
Aug 2013
#31
Exactly. It's good for business too. People will be able to afford to buy stuff.
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#40
Bullshit. Ford paid what he did because he had to pay it to get the level of labor he needed.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#68
No, it won't be catastrophic. It will put us where we were in the late 1960s in today's dollars.
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#324
The federal min. wage should be raised to $15, like it was in the 1960s in real dollars.
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#327
We keep manufacturing jobs here by stopping the tax incentives for outsourcing.
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#331
Please provide the link to that Krugman quote. It cuts him off in the middle of a thought.
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#341
There has to be a NATIONAL minimum wage. Otherwise, there is not a level playing field.
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#348
I understand, and in normal times, it's a sound strategy. But we're in a depression, where
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#118
Those "millions of jobs going over seas" is why low-paid jobs are now in the limelight....
Eleanors38
Aug 2013
#206
Understood. The difference, and I don't think it's a trivial one, is that the factory jobs
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#212
Jobs lost because companies wanted to increase profits by paying workers slave wages
Mother Muckraker
Aug 2013
#211
I think you're underestimating that effect that efficiency has had on job destruction.
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#226
In one of my last jobs (I'm retired now) we had a 5-axis Haas machining center and one guy
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#277
Just being realistic. There's no way that zero skill labor is going to earn $15 when college
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#117
Without some income disparity, how do you incentivize people to do the hard jobs?
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#150
That's not my beef. The poster I was replying to was suggesting that workers with higher
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#232
My son is in the same boat - $200,000 in education (thankfully paid in full by Dad) and
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#236
Because then the paralegal will start at $20 after a short period of adjustment
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2013
#238
I agree that the downward wage pressure started with Reagan. I haven't read Keynes, but I do
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#239
Instead of a completely content-less drive-by insult, how about you identify where I'm wrong
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#152
Why not set it to a livable wage? Oh wait, then you would be supporting the strike. N.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#168
I can support indexing the minimum wage to inflation. If that's $15, fine with me.
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#223
That was a valid philosophy prior to the Reagan years. It worked for me. I worked hard,
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#119
when a worker doesn't make enough to do things like feed themselves -- you as a tax payer
xchrom
Aug 2013
#136
Who is handing out happiness? You imagine the workers are not worth the increase?
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#138
$15 is reasonable. In fact in a lot of areas you would be hard pressed to
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#188
right? especially when tax payers are put in the position of providing subsidies like food stamps
xchrom
Aug 2013
#130
You've been here a lot longer than I have. Surely you recognize the names? n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#197
That's a start. THEN we take his/her ownership of the means of production.......
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#184
It is correct for restaurants owned directly by McDonalds (about 20% of McDonalds' restaurants).
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#315
Exactly. They never want to start with the real welfare queens, they won't even talk about that.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#268
They said on the news that fast food restaurants would have to raise prices if they
B Calm
Aug 2013
#244
Fast food is gross. Period. Anyone making money off me eating nasty "food" can get bent.
xoom
Aug 2013
#247
This country is in massive debt because Bush started two wars without putting them on the books...
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#309
Also, the minimum wage would be $21.72 if it kept pace with increases in productivity. Graph:
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#346
I'm in complete agreement with you. This is an unbelievably demoralizing thread.
Hekate
Sep 2013
#339