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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 11:32 AM Original message |
Each industry should have its own minimum wage. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Crickets? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why assume miners work 60hrs and office folks 40? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction" workers work an average of 47 hours each week. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Big difference |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. What? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Agreed... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thanks. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. option 3) OSHA, Living Wage Laws, 30hr Week, Medicare for all |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Is your problem with the concept limited to the numbers? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. My problem is with allowing the hazards. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. OSHA enforcement has proven inadequate to the task. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. So increase OSHA's ability to do its task. nt |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. 30 years of rape-onomics. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. How about just valuing everybody's life equally? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. On the contrary. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. My point is that if we did equalize the value of life, nobody would choose to be a coal miner |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The criteria? Expertise required and risk involved |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I don't agree, actually. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. do you make an exception for teachers? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I disagree. Vociferously. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. No we can't, sorry. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're missing something here... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If teaching a class on semiconductor circuit analysis allows you retain twice as many life hours... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. That coal miner will work infinitely harder |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Every able minded person on earth can teach SC analysis. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Should" as in "in a perfect (in your view) world" or "should"... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Both. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. When it comes to the best solutions... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. There's little motivation to automate or improve conditions if labor is cheap. |
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