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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 07:19 PM Original message |
Edwards Unveils Plan to Cut U.S. Poverty |
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unfrigginreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you, Senator Edwards |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a shrewd move. According to the government's figures |
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tobius (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. may be a shrewd move, but does it solve the problem? nt |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Doesn't he support more police for cities to lock up the homeless? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Republicans want robo cops and robo soldiers. Dems want people to have |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Good point. How would a robo-cop be able to tell if it's a homeless person |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No problem that has been created by decades of inadequate |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. It depends on which problem you mean |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think you mean 4 times the affordability (e.g., less than 33% of |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I mean the price of a day's labor is below the price of a day's survival |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Sorry, you need to go back to math class. Please review my earlier post. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. A living wage for a day's work is not socialism |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:11 PM Original message |
Right. Dont' give them anything if you're not going to give them |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Give? I thought we were talking about whether Americans who work 40 |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Core value of liberalism: raise the value of work, since it's the only |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. As long as it's "raised" to still be below the price of survival |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I highly doubt that you speak for people who make minimum wage. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I have no doubt that they will be delighted to be thrown into the street |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. For those on the street now, it might put a roof over their heads. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sounds good. Go get a job for minwage plus a buck fifty, let me know |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What's your logic? I don't want a job at $X-(1.50)/hr. I'd rather have the |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Ah, the trickle down theory. yes, a liberal classic |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Trickle down is when you increase the MAXIMUM wage and leave untouched |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. When the situation reaches this level of crisis, it's the same |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. He has had these specifics on his website a long time |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Poverty is a WMD |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. He needs to raise the minimum wage by MORE than $1.50 |
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tobius (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. how about mandating $49.75 an hour? |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're clever. So, how's that working out for you, being clever? |
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tobius (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. not sure, I was trying to illustrate the foolishness |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. My apologies |
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SangamonTaylor (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. i'd take it |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Every journey begins with a single step. Should we give up all the .... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We've seen this all before |
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SangamonTaylor (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. the greatest impact is not the 1.50, it's actually talking about the issue |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Talk is cheap |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Maybe Edwards supporters can go talk to all the landlords |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 12:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Talk doesn't put a meal on the table |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I'm wondering if the critics of this idea know the first thing about being |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. This is some of the most hostile anti-poor rhetoric I've read in a while. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 12:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Listen, if you raised it to $300 an hour and you still couldn't support |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. So let's not do anything? Let's let rich corporations keep that money and |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I'm not talking about politics or your admiration for Mr Edwards |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. This is a good focus for his campaign |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. His plan is not comprehensive |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. Good to see Edwards change his position on minimum wage increase |
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