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Working Poor

w0nderer

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4. in effect gov support for companies

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:16 AM

Jun 2016

as you say they should make up the difference
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by paying so little the company in effect is having its workforce subventioned by the tax payer (by way of government programs)

I'm not opposed to those programs (or taxes)
i just don't agree that large companies or profitable companies need help increasing their profit margin this way

i can see a small not fully established company might have problems..but a large nationwide or world wide corp? naaah
they CAN..they just "don't want to" or "won't"

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America’s new working poor — in manufacturing [View all] inanna May 2016 OP

It's every place. It's in construction too. rusty quoin May 2016 #1

K & R for visibility of this w0nderer Jun 2016 #2

If your employees are paid so little AwakeAtLast Jun 2016 #3

in effect gov support for companies w0nderer Jun 2016 #4

One of my favorite FDR quotes: inanna Jun 2016 #5

That would encompass a lot of our corporations AwakeAtLast Jun 2016 #6