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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:30 PM Original message |
Many Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet the Basics |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Remember the chart on the Ed Show a few months ago? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That makes sense. The benefits unions create in the workforce |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I'm willing to bet that there is a chart that would compliment the two |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. If those numbers are a national average, then |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Here in the SF Bay Area, you need about twice that. NT |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Very Important! |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well said, earthside. In complete agreement. n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. This is the metric that EVERYONE should be looking at. This needs to be news |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R! Good to see someone in the media is pointing this out. |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. K & R. nt |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. America, this is how we become a Third World Country |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. A "no shit, Sherlock" moment. K&R. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. Many Low-Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. K&R |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Time for a living wage to be mandated... |
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jschurchin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But, But, But, unemployment fell to 8.8% and we added |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Do you think it bad news that the economy added a larger than expected number of jobs? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. And in other startling news: it costs money to live! |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. As the price of bread rises, Madame Defarge knits |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. But hey! 216K were added last month! And we all know they were |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. THANK YOU. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. Kick |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kicked and strongly, strongly recommended. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R! Too important to drop. nt |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. This has been the same old story since 1997. |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Those kind of jobs are part-time |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Not necessarily. |
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udbcrzy2 (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I worked at a union grocery store |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. I always wonder about this when the propaganda on "new jobs" is trotted out |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Multi family housing is making a big return because of the unlivable wage. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is precisely what a financial analyst was saying this morning on the radio. |
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