US pay gap widens, poor get poorer

[redguard57]

Free market capitalism could only be countered by free market unionization. I'm talking multi-national unions of entire classes of workers. That actually was the situation that began to develop in the late 19th century when governments took a laissez-faire approach to labor and capital. However, most industrial countries' governments saw that as dangerous. Instead they suppressed the unions and implemented progressive reforms (8 hour day, minimum wages, worker safety conditions, health care, etc...) to ameliorate workers and counter the negative externalities of free market capitalism.

Someone who's truly in favor of a free market should also be in favor of free association.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by redguard57

Someone who's truly in favor of a free market should also be in favor of free association.

And freedom from association.

[artillery77]

Originally Posted by xray731

Wrong - people would pay for their Ice Cream cones and milk shakes at the corner Ice Cream Store with their EBT.

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Whether its $194 or $200...do you care? Do you care how they spend it? It's so little, and it's for food. Most of these people have children...and even if they didn't it's food for a person who doesn't have money.

My cooking is terrible. Just last night I tried to cook dinner for my daughter, and she dutifully tried to eat it, and after sliding it around for awhile finally asked if she could make some instant noodles. I've got commercial grade kitchen equipment, a walk in pantry and any cooking appliance my wife has ever thought looked interesting for 5 minutes. I still can't cook well.

There's nothing that says growing up poor means you know how to cook. It may be cheaper to bake your own bread....if you have an oven. If you have a place where you can store food. If you're not in a halfway house or shelter where others will steal from you.

How many people did we feed "luxuries" last year? How much did we spend entreating foreign dignitaries? How much did we spend on F-35 JST Fighters? How much did we spend incarcerating people or caring for foster children?

Keep that family going. It's a bargain if you can for $200 a week.