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Eh, thought the column was actually just one guy trying to make income inequality more polarizing, all the while criticizing polarization.
I do agree with him that raising the minimum wage by itself, will not do much to curb income inequality. I also agree that bad schools and other individual behavioral activities contribute to one's income status.
But I disagree in that the Dems are trying to create some sort of class war on the issue of income inequality. FWIW, I am not a Dem. But I don't believe it is a political party by itself that is causing such drastic gaps between the wealthy and poor. I also feel that the continuing decline of the middle class is the issue moreso than the bottom quintile of workers. The middle class is suffering like poor people now. It is almost impossible for many people will college degrees to break the $40K mark per year and I know many people who have been hired and have been working making around that amount of money who have not received any sorts of raises for 3-7 years, yet the cost of living keeps going up so these people are falling further and further down in income demographics and getting into debt.
The issue IMO is that our businesses now do not want to invest in America and make a commitment to hire American workers and remain loyal to workers like workers have remained loyal to corporations in the past. Even during the 50s-70s families could have one parent work a job and provide for all the needs of the family, larger families than those we have now, and they lived a comfortable life. This is not possible anymore in this country, so in essence it has been the focus on businesses and corporations on profits over people that have caused the income inequality in the country. And fWIW, I don't blame them for wanting to make profits, but this is what happens when people can no longer get decent middle income jobs anymore due to companies wanting to ensure they continue to make a lot of money for owners/investors.
That works for subsidy kids and others who can afford it...what about burger flippers who can't afford it?
Since you have student loans, you were offered the opportunity of college. You just didn't do anything with it. That is not society's fault. Undoubtably, the kids to your left and right in those classes are doing things requiring higher skill sets than flipping burgers.
Companies are free to do what they want.
There is no "we" about what a corporation does.
We wasn't used in the sense of the government.
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The only way "we" can keep the jobs here is to have the government nationalize the companies and then the government can "create jobs" for the masses.
You really want communism ?
No it isn't. There are many, many, many things we can do. As I noted earlier today in another thread, we can get rid of our duplicitous rules and regulations. As I said in the other thread, that isn't an argument for getting rid of regulations.
We can simplify our taxes and have them encourage jobs here and discourage sending them elsewhere.
Since you have school loans, didnt you learn a skill that would earn you more than burger flipper wages?
Your lucky if the Pell Grant covers 4 course credits and your books for one semester. And the books part is being generous. Reality is, you have to bury yourself in the Stafford and Perkins.
Since you have student loans, you were offered the opportunity of college. You just didn't do anything with it. That is not society's fault. Undoubtably, the kids to your left and right in those classes are doing things requiring higher skill sets than flipping burgers.
WTF am I supposed to do with it? I graduated at the bottom of a recession in the most depressed job market. Now nobody will hire me for anything more than flipping burgers. And I expected to go to law school, but that became too expensive.
Your lucky if the Pell Grant covers 4 course credits and your books for one semester. And the books part is being generous. Reality is, you have to bury yourself in the Stafford and Perkins.
WTF am I supposed to do with it? I graduated at the bottom of a recession in the most depressed job market. Now nobody will hire me for anything more than flipping burgers. And I expected to go to law school, but that became too expensive.
Weird because many of us dont even have a degree and doing just fine not flipping burgers.. Maybe there is a problem other than everyone else to blame
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