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pat_k

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14. FWIW

Reply to Mr.Bee (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:53 PM

21 hrs ago

I answered erronis in Posts 10 and 13

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220768060#post10

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220768060#post13

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Of Course Americans are BROKE [View all] Mr.Bee 23 hrs ago OP

Thank you for the data. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #1

Hiding In Plain Sight Mr.Bee 22 hrs ago #2

My MAGA relatives would say, Diamond_Dog 22 hrs ago #3

I would tell them Mr.Bee 22 hrs ago #6

Well, you can imagine how they feel about FDR. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #11

Did any of them ever stop to think Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #22

I certainly heard that line many times over the years in markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #17

Median wage has been stagnant relative to productivity for 45 years. pat_k 22 hrs ago #4

Please supply reference links. Not disputing your excerpts, but backup documentation is needed. erronis 22 hrs ago #7

Oh! I beg pardon- Mr.Bee 22 hrs ago #9

World Economic Forum, Capital in the 21st Century, pat_k 22 hrs ago #10

Thank you! erronis 21 hrs ago #15

They've been stealing from us for decades Mr.Bee 21 hrs ago #12

FWIW pat_k 21 hrs ago #14

Regarding weakening of unions and tax law that facilitated concentration of wealth: pat_k 21 hrs ago #13

Republicans always talk about "redistribution of wealth". markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #19

Yes, R's have been hellbent on systematically "redistributing wealth" from the hands of the many to the hands of the few pat_k 21 hrs ago #23

Why don't the labor unions understand these charts and data? FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #40

Sadly, a great deal of damage had been done by '60. pat_k 2 hrs ago #41

That also means that the current business model Javaman 22 hrs ago #5

FDR's concept of the minimum wage: Mr.Bee 22 hrs ago #8

And, policies that concentrate wealth in the hands of the few at the expense of the many make for a very fragile economy pat_k 21 hrs ago #18

I very much concur Metaphorical 15 hrs ago #34

And who was in charge then? Oh yeah Ronald Reagan. Initech 21 hrs ago #16

Yes he certainly did. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #20

Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980 KS Toronado 21 hrs ago #21

Must do more than raise the minimum wage. Inheritance tax, wealth tax, capital gains taxed higher than labor and... pat_k 20 hrs ago #24

Oh there's a ton of stuff we need to get done and quickly. KS Toronado 17 hrs ago #32

My big worry is that too few of our electeds are out there advocating for the big stuff. pat_k 17 hrs ago #33

A tax on spending rather than income Metaphorical 9 hrs ago #35

Should be at least $30 per hour MichMan 19 hrs ago #31

Seattle's minimum wage is 20.76 and will increase to 21.30 1/1/26 pat_k 2 hrs ago #42

The minimum wage as established in 1938 was 25 cents per hour MichMan 20 hrs ago #25

But did it have the same purchasing power? leftstreet 20 hrs ago #27

In 1957, J. Paul Getty was worth $2-4 billion dpibel 20 hrs ago #30

Raygun made munimum wage political southmost 20 hrs ago #26

K&R Bayard 20 hrs ago #28

Big corps worked to keep prices down and wages low. Klarkashton 20 hrs ago #29

That goes back HarryM 9 hrs ago #36

So glad you pointed this out. cer7711 9 hrs ago #37

Minimum wage should have been indexed to inflation like Social Security. n/t Buttoneer 8 hrs ago #38

From the comercial. "I was drowning in debt." Hotler 8 hrs ago #39

TOP TEN COUNTRIES of Minimum wage chouchou 1 hr ago #43

K&R BlueWavePsych 32 min ago #44

"republicans"... Godot51 9 sec ago #45