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3. Well remember all the fast-food restaurants offering wages far over the minimum wage

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 10:32 AM

Jan 2022

to get workers. That money doesn't come from the CEO's salary it comes from the consumers.
I worked for 50 years through many union contracts where we got a signing bonus and a raise
and saw prices rise taking it away every time. I don't know the solution but the working man never
gains. You tax the rich we pay for it we get a raise in pay we pay for it ourselves. This started back
in 1980 with Reagan and this country is a full blown oligarchy today.

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Well remember all the fast-food restaurants offering wages far over the minimum wage doc03 Jan 2022 #3

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