Earl (12-06-2019)
A new report indicates that nearly half the working American population has a problem.
According to a Brookings Institution analysis, unemployment may be down, but there aren't enough good jobs to go around.
They say 44% of American workers are employed in low-wage jobs that pay median annual wages of $18,000.
The report says their median hourly wages are $10.22. That's higher than the federal minimum wage which sits at $7.25. The minimum wage in Louisiana is also $7.25.
That's nearly half of the American workforce who don't make what's considered a living wage. According to MIT, a living wage for a single person in Louisiana is $11.28. The poverty wage for a single adult with two children is $9.99.
This isn't just a problem for workers who are young or inexperienced, according to the report. The low-wage workforce is primarily made up of post-college age adults and older Americans.
https://www.knoe.com/content/news/Re...565741211.html
So much for the shills and their praise of Trump's great economy.
Last edited by Cinnabar; 12-08-2019 at 09:22 AM.
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
Earl (12-06-2019)
CharacterAssassin (12-07-2019), Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019)
Earl (12-06-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Micawber (12-06-2019)
Jobs are jobs.
Entry level jobs are the pathway to higher paying jobs.
The 43% is not half and I doubt that it is accurate.
Callinectes (12-07-2019)
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
Callinectes (12-07-2019), Into the Night (12-06-2019), Life is Golden (12-08-2019), Wolverine (12-06-2019)
Earl (12-06-2019)
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019)
Maybe Uncle Ben will donate his services...
ben carson.jpg
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
Earl (12-06-2019)
Trumpet (12-06-2019)
Callinectes (12-07-2019)
Callinectes (12-07-2019)
And the farmers are filing BK cuz bad weather and tariffs. So sad Trump did not make America great.
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-06-2019)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
right wing, racist, white american men love slave labor.
They have been getting away with it for decades.
Lots of white americans chopped their noses to spite their faces.
Guno צְבִי (12-06-2019), Trumpet (12-06-2019)
Hello Cinnabar,
18K would hardly have been enough for a single person in the 90's. No way anybody could have a minimal comfortable life on that now.
You know how many hours a week somebody has to work to be counted by the BLS as 'employed?'
One.
That's right.
If you work just one hour per week, they count you as having a job.
Even though in a practical manner you don't have enough to live on. Doesn't matter! You're counted!
The 'Unemployment Rate' is just a number. It doesn't describe what's going on in this country.
What's going on is a class war where the rich make life miserable for the poor, utilize their labor without paying them enough, rip them off for everything they need to buy, lock them out of wealth building because they can never afford nor qualify for a home, and claim as justification that it's a 'free market' and anybody can make it if they try.
They say people who work low wages jobs are working harder, not 'working smarter.'
Well, it makes you wonder if all those punished hard working people took that advice and one day transformed themselves into professionals and executives, then who would be left to perform all those menial jobs?
Did they ever talk about THAT?
Somebody has to perform that function in our society. Somebody has to do those jobs. They should be respected for working hard, but they are not. Under our system they are called 'dumb' for 'making the wrong decisions.' Decisions like getting born into a troubled family with no opportunity readily and practically available to them, I guess. Yeah. 'Bad choice.' 'Their own fault.' 'They deserve no help.' 'They didn't earn it.' At least according to pro-business, anti-labor, low-taxes-for-the-rich Republicans.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Trumpet (12-06-2019)
I am still waiting for just ONE example of a rich man who has ever been made poor by taxes.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
LOW WAGE JOBS.
That is what you get when you vote republican
Most white america have been voting republican since Reagan.
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