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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-…
Georgia GOP House candidate: 'I do not support a livable wage'
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“This is the difference between being a liberal and a conservative. I do not support a livable wage," Karen Handel said during a debate with Democrat Jon Ossoff.
“What I support is making sure that we have an economy that is robust with low taxes and less regulation,” she added.
I'd like to know what the GOP/omg/robo spin on this will be. I'll just leave it at that.
You know there's a great scene in a good older movie that I liked even though its politics were a bit too transparent...I'm proudly liberal, but it was too good v evil...anyway, Matewan, dir John Sayles. Anyway, it's about a battle between West Virginia union coal miners in the early 20th c and the coal company. There's a speech by a union organizer, played by Chris Cooper, where he angrily denounces the white miners who are trying to exclude black or Italian miners from the would-be union.
"You think this man is the enemy? Huh? This is a worker! Any union keeps this man out ain't a union, it's a goddam club! They got you fightin' white against colored, native against foreign, hollow against hollow, when you know there ain't but two sides in this world - them that work and them that don't. You work -- they don't. That's all you got to know about the enemy."
I always wonder with Repubs and their supporters...are they all business owners who feel like their workers are all trying to screw them? Or are they workers who are just addled? I mean, who the fuck doesn't support a livable wage?
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- since there are enough jobs for everyone, everyone is skilled, and not a single person has a disability, it seems like everyone-for-themsel... is just fine :/monospaced
- plus, healthcare is now more affordable than ever with Trumpcare, especially for people with pre-existing conditions, and nobody needs a living wage for that!monospaced
- forget all about the feasibility, just remember that there's now more "choice." employers can choose to pay less, and people can choose to find a better jobmonospaced
- and if the shop in town won't cater to you because of your beliefs or sexual orientation, you have the choice to drive elsewhere to spend that living wagemonospaced
- ^^^ all this. lolallthethings
- oh and don't forget, poverty is a lifestyle choice, just like homelessness, and if working a double shift at Walmart isn't enough, then eat less avocado toastmonospaced
- Part-time burger flipping jobs arent suppose to support you... but where were you when 300k manufacturing jobs went away under Obama?robotron3k
- lol, see?monospaced