Living Wage

2008 Presidential candidate Ralph Nader discusses the need for a living wage and how it would impact the U.S. economy. From the Open the Debates super rally, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 4, 2008. Video by Karen Kilroy - http://karenkilroy.com

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[AssilemakaMelissa]

You are a great man Ralph Nader!votenaderdotorg

[thankgodcpa]

how right you are sir.......

[attemptingtobehumble]

@BobbyW3363 Not really I work as a window glazier and thankfully I am in a union. This union provide adequate safety standards, I have health benefits because of it, a living wage and it even keeps illegal immigrants from taking jobs away from Americans.

[attemptingtobehumble]

@BobbyW3363 No having tariffs will create more jobs. Do you want us to be like China where your employer can do whatever they want to you? Going back to feudalism will not raise wages. I'm not even saying we have to have a minimum wage but you need to have collective bargaining rights. I have had plenty of jobs and the ones with no unions generally the employer treats you like dog shit.

[BobbyW3363]

@attemptingtobehumble Abolishing the minimum wage and the labor laws would be great for our economy. These laws price the least experienced and least skilled people out of the jobs market - they make it ILLEGAL for them to get a job! And all the other labor laws just make hiring more expensive for the employer. High wages do not exist because of laws, to think otherwise is to be ignorant of basic economics.

[attemptingtobehumble]

@cobracarg Decentralized for one. I am of the mises theory on monetary policy where banks have to compete not where a central private bank loans money to the government then the people pay income taxes to pay off the interest. This system is criminal and against natural law.

[cobracarg]

@attemptingtobehumble so what kind of banking system do you have in mind then?

[attemptingtobehumble]

@cobracarg The central bank.

[cobracarg]

@attemptingtobehumble what do you mean by Fed? (like the central bank or the fed as in federal)

[attemptingtobehumble]

@BobbyW3363 Why don't we pay people under minimum wage like they do in China and lift all labor laws, I'm sure that would be great for the economy. People are really fucking stupid in this country. The corporations have the citizens totally brain washed. They want everyone working with no labor laws, no safety regulations, no minimum wage, no health benefits and no overtime.

[attemptingtobehumble]

@cobracarg Why couldn't you get rid of the Fed and still have a living wage?

[MrAppleseed88]

wages are less then 10% of the over head of any product. Because wages go does not mean prices have to go up, maybe CEO will take less, or profits will be 10% and not 85%. You are going straight to the fear tactic BS without thinking.