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CNN, 1/8/12A few miles north of the Georgia Avenue Food Cooperative, Andono's husband, Alan, 47, serves steaks to some of the targets of the Occupy movement: the 1% of Americans who have enjoyed nearly 60% of all gains in income over the last three decades
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The original settlement in 1907 accounted for light, clothes, boots, furniture, life insurance, union pay, sickness, books, newspapers, alcohol, tobacco, transport fares and so on. Since then it has changed through the natural course of politics but that initial ruling still guides decisions. Working 40 hours a week one should be able to support a family in reasonable and frugal comfort. They should be able to put three squares on the table, a dry roof over their head, be able to afford to get to work, clothe themselves in other than rags, insure themselves and their belongings and participate in the cultural activities of the community. Without all of these things (and probably some others I'm neglecting) a person cannot be said to have access to their community. I know you, especially, don't understand concepts like "community" or "greater good", but I'm happy to be living in a country where these things are taken as serious necessities for a happy, productive and successful nation.
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Your intention and belief is that you will arrive at some figure which you can argue is too high, and will put businesses out of business, cost jobs etc, etc.
Fine. Go ahead and make that argument. But while you are warbling on about the harm that paying people enough money to live on will do to America, I will be looking at the smoking wreckage of the US economy smoldering on, giving the lie to any argument for the maintenance of the status quo or a move to weaken the position of workers in the US.
Remember: employees are also customers, if they have money.
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Really? Wow, you should start a psychic hotline business then. I mean, your prediction is right up their alley.
Do it yourself.
I see that in your rush to condemn a position I haven't stated yet, you missed the vital question I asked.
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Oh wait, you guys enforce your immigration laws.
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Many people who make below the 'living wage' in their area tend to commute. Some commute pretty far.
By definition, the living wage can not be one national objective number, so in that respect you have a point, but it is far from incalculable on a regional basis.
Also, any concerns about the response from 'the market' is conjecture and should just be dealt with as it comes up, if it even does. It doesn't seem to come up in other countries.
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