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That's disgusting! The top 10% have made sure they can have their,yachts, 3 or 4 beach homes, while their employees struggle to make ends meet. Once greed took over in this country back in the 80's it's been downhill for the majority of Americans ever since.
Nice generalization......why would someone need (or want) more than 1 beach home?
For every 1%r there are 10 folks seeking their entitlements.....whether govt or union provided.
It's actually about 97% or whatever since some people do make an artificially set minimum wage.
So you think McDonalds workers should make $15 an hour so that everyone then pays $3 for a basic hamburger......then they decide it isn't worth $3 and stop going to McDonalds, so the store slows down and the manager fires the $15 an hour burger man. Now that person feels they are worth no less than $15 an hour, passes up a couple $12 jobs and is eternally unemployed........ Now living on govt. assistance.
As for my response to the data(and other threads like it)why are so many people surprised? Do you really think most Americans are out here balling? I see these threads where people asking "is 100,000 enough for a single guy to get by" and I'm like are you serious? Lol
So you think McDonalds workers should make $15 an hour so that everyone then pays $3 for a basic hamburger......then they decide it isn't worth $3 and stop going to McDonalds, so the store slows down and the manager fires the $15 an hour burger man. Now that person feels they are worth no less than $15 an hour, passes up a couple $12 jobs and is eternally unemployed........ Now living on govt. assistance.
Reading comprehension isn't your best attribute, I take it.
...and 100% of American Workers are being paid the market value of their labor. Any who wish to be paid more have a variety of means to become more valuable to the rest of society.
Yes agree, most people feel the job is all about them on a "personal" basis. The employer only looks for a job to be done and the value of the labor to do it. When the employee wants more money the employer will reevaluate the cost of labor and decide if the increase in cost is viable. Now the employee can always accept the decision or look for higher paying employment.
From the linked article: "Because it is so difficult to find a good job in America today, I often recommend to people that they should consider starting their own businesses.
But thanks to the bureaucratic control..., small business ownership in America today is at an all-time low.* It is almost as if they don't want the "little guy" to win.* Every avenue of prosperity for the middle class is under assault..."
Reminds me of the entrepreneurial Oregan girl selling home-made mistletoes on the street was shut down, and told panhandling however is allowed there.
American middle class, may you rest in peace.
Exactly.
The democrats try to claim to be "for the little guy" and constantly paint the right as against the middle class and the "little guy"
It is so far from the truth that it is laughable.
The democrats do more to hurt small business (the middle class) than ANYONE in this country. Remember, small business employ more people than any other segment.
The Dems, with the media's help, have done a great PR/marketing campaign to fool everyone into believing their BS
and 50% make more. does anyone really care what others have supposedly? not really. between cost of living differences and subsidies and tax incentives that can be the equal of 50-60k for someone else .
bingo, it seems like most people in these forums are from large cities. So they hear 25-26k and think "how could they make it", but in reality 25k in a small town or city like Tulsa, OK would probably be the equivalent of 45-50k in Boston or NYC. Two people making 26k is 52k/yr, when you can buy a decent home for 125-150k in some of these smaller towns and cities it really isn't a terrible living like it would be in NYC.
Yes agree, most people feel the job is all about them on a "personal" basis. The employer only looks for a job to be done and the value of the labor to do it. When the employee wants more money the employer will reevaluate the cost of labor and decide if the increase in cost is viable. Now the employee can always accept the decision or look for higher paying employment.
To the bolded-
False dichotomy. Having the choice is 'look for' higher paying employment is not a choice with much or any utility for many Americans.
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Now living on govt. assistance.
