My roommate just pointed out something I can't believe I never noticed before. I'm making like, $850 a month on SSDI, and that's significantly less than minimum wage. Minimum wage in Oregon is $9.25 per hour. If I were working 40 hours a month at minimum wage, assuming four weeks in the month, I would be making $1480 per month. Minimum wage is not ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know this post uses dated numbers, but I've been on disability for a few years and I wrote this without any Internet access.)

Go out and about among the people and say "I'll pay you $7 if you clean my toilet." I doubt anyone would take you up on that offer. So when they decline, ask them "You won't clean a single toilet for $7, but you're ( Read more... )

I just read about Wal-Mart is using a modern version of company scrip to pay their employees. And given all the other shit they've been doing over the years, I just fucking lost my shit for a while and then calmed down enough to do something about it ( Read more... )