Do you believe Americans who work full time should earn a living wage?

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Yes.

 

[SirGreenThumb]

I hope to one day be part of the billionaires class. That would be pimp.

I'd make it rain on dolphins.

 

[SirGreenThumb]

Good luck bro. Sell yourself in that final interview.
Make that money!

 

[AlecTheGardener]

do those guys in jail get to take a shower each day?..that would be my concern.

I have been without bathing for some time before when it was necessary to my job, cat baths and baby wipes can turn a grody dude clean in mere moments.

 

[theexpress]

Good luck bro. Sell yourself in that final interview.
Make that money!

Thank you sir. Good luck to you as well...

 

[schuylaar]

I have been without bathing for some time before when it was necessary to my job, cat baths and baby wipes can turn a grody dude clean in mere moments.

true. are baby wipes allowed in jail, though?

 

[AlecTheGardener]

true. are baby wipes allowed in jail, though?

Wash cloth + water = so fresh and so very clean

 

[UncleBuck]

whoa! wait a sec..how old were you?

not for nothing but as down as i've been in my life (and i have some pretty crazy stories) i've never thieved once.

instead i'm enterprising and nothing is below me, except losing my self-respect by resorting to theft of some one else's hard work.

2 weeks ago, i offered to sweep/clean the store where i buy my dogs kibble in order to barter for a small bag in order to feed them.

only bad people steal. there's something off in their brain about being able to take someone else's property. it is true sociopath behaviors.

he wasn't even stealing from stores, he was robbing people's homes.

it takes an especially low lowlife to be that scummy.

 

[UncleBuck]

bucky that was a mean statement above.

you get mad when people..desert dude et al; do the same about rape..like yesterday.

assualt is assualt!

i don't think greendumb is aware, he bragged about it.

 

[UncleBuck]

I don't see how its relevant since I know for a fact we had different childhoods, but I was under 13, part of a gang and lived in the projects.
We had hardly any money and ketchup sandwiches was one of my favorite dinners as a kid. Every now and then we could buy ham to put on our bread and some mustard packets. (we stole them as well)

You through judging me yet, or should I continue?

lots of people have had it as bad as you but still have the morals not to resort to robbing people's homes.

scumbag.

 

[SirGreenThumb]

Thank you sir. Good luck to you as well...

I'm about to head out and go try and make some extra money here in just a minute.

Some rich people lost their dog and I'm going to see if I can find him for 1k reward money.

 

[SirGreenThumb]

lots of people have had it as bad as you but still have the morals not to resort to robbing people's homes.

scumbag.

 

[UncleBuck]

What I know is that we did what he had to do to get by otherwise it was live on the street. I don't expect you or anyone else to believe this, but we were turned down for food stamps and government assistance. Don't ask for the details as they are vague and my mother doesn't like to speak of those times so my information is what we lived through and what I did to try and help.

Was it right? No, never said or pretended it was. But I'd like to think I've done far more good than bad. How many people do you know that go and help at the homeless shelter and donate money? Or if I see someone on the side of the street and its raining I'll go to the nearest store and buy them an umbrella.

Were there other options? Probably, but when you live in those conditions most logic goes out the window when you are trying to find your next meal.

The comparison of our lives wasn't meant to mean that I know of your struggles as I don't and I would never ask as that is your story to tell if you want to tell it. I shared my story for the simple fact I was on the bottom and now I'm not because I worked very hard for it. My comparison was meant to just say I know you haven't had the same childhood as myself that is all. Sometimes I can be cryptic so for that, I apologize.

so you were't even poor enough to get public assistance, and you went out robbing people anyway?

you're not really helping your case, scumbag.

 

[god1]

so you were't even poor enough to get public assistance, and you went out robbing people anyway?

you're not really helping your case, scumbag.

What's the matter, no imaginary "racists" to fuck with tonight?
Nothing to jam up your ass? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
How you doing "Bucky"?

 

[Padawanbater2]

"Poor people are poor because they're just lazy"

I would like to think without all the detractors these individuals wanting more money would work for it instead of standing on the side lines demanding it. But then again I try to think the best of people and feel that most would really like to put forth the effort if they got the push they needed.

In this day and age everyone can have a piece of the pie, all you have to do is grab the knife.

The people who have been working at places like walmart who wanted to make a living wage do. They had the initiative and will to succeed and they moved up and started making a living wage while the lazy individuals stay where they are at complaining and living beyond their means.

The problem isn't corporations or fat cat CEO's, its people being lazy. The fact of the matter is everyone has the ability to make a living wage if they try and the people that don't do not deserve it. I don't care about excuses, there are 24 hours in a day and a lot of time being wasted on doing something other than being productive or bettering yourself. (If you are on RIU and complaining about not making a living wage, then you are not doing enough to better yourself)

Hard work and initiative pays off in the end if you are willing to work for it.

"Poor people are poor because they're stupid"

I think its sad that a political platform is used to convince people that they are too stupid to succeed, so instead they demand things from those who do.

I've seen it to many times where someone who has a problem, no matter what it may be, spending their paycheck before they even get it. What I mean is that they go to cash advance places and get an advance at a very high % rate. Their paycheck is spent before they get it.

"I'm better than poor people"

I guess I just feel like I'm better than mediocre.

At that time when I worked around people like that I was myself making $7.50 an hour and I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment with no cable and free dial up internet from Aol. I also had a car payment and insurance to pay for as well as food and utilities. I never applied for government assistance and I would always work overtime and do odd jobs for extra money. This went on for a very long time as I had dropped out of high school at 17, obtained my GED as part of the requirement and went to work. It wasn't until I reached 30 and needed a change and realized I was never going to make my goals if I didn't go back to school.

If anyone has a problem with that, fuck you, I don't care. I came from nothing and have worked my ass off to get to where I'm at.

Fast forward to today and now I have graduated college with a degree in information technology, but with the knowledge that I had already learned over the years and the ability to properly interview I found myself landing a position making almost 60k before even graduating and now that I have I'm due to make even more. I have also payed back the majority of my student loans and have been saving for a house that we will have in 9 months.

Lets see some kind of evidence for this claim

You through judging me yet, or should I continue?

You are the definition of a hypocrite

So there you have it folks, its not about rich white people being greedy or republicans or conservatives.

Where did the money come from to increase average CEO income from ~25 x's average employee income in 1965 to 325+ x's in 2015 (top 350 corporations)?

How do you explain this chart?

Or this one:

Or these:

 

[UncleBuck]

What's the matter, no imaginary "racists" to fuck with tonight?
Nothing to jam up your ass? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
How you doing "Bucky"?

the fuck are you talking about?

greendumb is one of the worst racists on the forum. he gets his info from the white supremacists at colorofcrime.

 

[SirGreenThumb]

"Poor people are poor because they're just lazy"





"Poor people are poor because they're stupid"


"I'm better than poor people"




Lets see some kind of evidence for this claim

You are the definition of a hypocrite


Where did the money come from to increase average CEO income from ~25 x's average employee income in 1965 to 325+ x's in 2015 (top 350 corporations)?

How do you explain this chart?

Or this one:

Or these:

I already explained how everything works in the posts you quoted but didn't comprehend.
I don't need to show you a paycheck and wouldn't. I have nothing to prove to you since you fail at life and refuse to work hard. You are the one on riu complaining. Stop complaining about people who make something of themselves and do it yourself.

You are the problem, not the solution.

Learn about inflation and hard work and shove your irrelevant charts up your ass.

 

[Padawanbater2]

I already explained how everything works in the posts you quoted but didn't comprehend.
I don't need to show you a paycheck and wouldn't. I have nothing to prove to you since you fail at life and refuse to work hard. You are the one on riu complaining. Stop complaining about people who make something of themselves and do it yourself.

You are the problem, not the solution.

Learn about inflation and hard work and shove your irrelevant charts up your ass.

I think I'll take the word of a couple prize winning economists on the issue of income inequality over some dip shit on a cannabis forum's opinion, you understand

 

[UncleBuck]

I think I'll take the word of a couple prize winning economists on the issue of income inequality over some dip shit on a cannabis forum's opinion, you understand

we can't all rob our way into hypothetical businesses and hypothetical houses, like greendumb.

 

[spandy]

Poor people should just buy more money and stop being poor, fuck.

I'm about to head out and go try and make some extra money here in just a minute.

Some rich people lost their dog and I'm going to see if I can find him for 1k reward money.

You'd be doing more to better yourself than many here.

Maybe if someone posts another chart, shit will get changed. 90 min video on redistributing wealth? One can only hope.