Okay, I would like to start a thread and I would really like it to stay on topic, if at all possible.

Okay, I would like to start a thread and I would really like it to stay on topic, if at all possible. July 23, 2013 8:09 am Jody

It has been duly noted here on the Zone that some of us perceive that *wage slavery* is what plagues the nation. (Although I readily admit I had never heard the term before this)

My question is, what do you perceive as a viable alternative to this?

"Middle-out" Economics. by RobVG 2013-07-23 20:56:19
- Names matter by Robert 2013-07-24 09:41:56
  - Question by SteveS 2013-07-25 07:50:33
    - I guess it depends on your age by Robert 2013-07-25 12:17:03
      - The Pew Report by TB 2013-07-26 13:11:51
      - Age of the fantasy by SteveS 2013-07-26 10:00:49
      - Note the 1970-1980 dip... by ER 2013-07-25 14:39:07
      - Here ya go... by TB 2013-07-25 13:51:21
        
        thanks! by Robert 2013-07-25 14:30:48
        
        Actually, that chart doesn't show who's in those groups over time at all. by TB 2013-07-25 15:19:06
  - Trickle down economics by ER 2013-07-24 12:15:02
  - Did you read the article? by TB 2013-07-24 10:42:13
    - "every Democratic policy over the past five years" by Robert 2013-07-24 11:16:59
      - Obamacare was signed into law on March of 2010. by TB 2013-07-24 12:01:58
- Are you a recent convert? Welcome :-) by BuckGalaxy 2013-07-23 22:47:55
- Aw, Rob... by TB 2013-07-23 21:59:42
  - I know, I know . n/t by RobVG 2013-07-23 22:22:42
Simple, Right to Work Laws by SteveS 2013-07-23 12:55:35
- You probably mean and believe that. Brainwashing is effective. by bowser 2013-07-23 19:46:45
- That sword cuts both ways. by ER 2013-07-23 13:53:22
- Leftism demands compulsion. by TB 2013-07-23 13:44:02
  - If it weren't for the compulsion, you'd be screwed. by bowser 2013-07-23 17:09:02
You might have better luck on Current Events by Robert 2013-07-23 10:34:34
- Sure Robert go ahead and move it...and thank you in advance.:) by Jody 2013-07-23 11:08:48
  - You can move threads of your own too, Jody. by TB 2013-07-23 11:10:35
    - Too late by Robert 2013-07-23 11:12:12
      - I like the dashboard. by TB 2013-07-23 11:16:04
- Freedom by TB 2013-07-23 10:45:47
  - I can definitely see a mental block being demonstrated here. by ER 2013-07-23 14:38:29
    - Yeah, me too. by TB 2013-07-23 15:36:24
Unions, collective bargaining, and the right to strike. by ER 2013-07-23 08:42:38
- Yeah, I think we all owe a debt to unions. by RobVG 2013-07-23 17:35:14
- I don't think that is realistic anymore, ER. by Jody 2013-07-23 09:10:07
  - Take my word for it, by ER 2013-07-23 09:17:00
    - Maybe what is needed is a global minimum wage. n/t by RobVG 2013-07-23 17:36:35
    - 20 percent of the Chinese population is unionized. by TB 2013-07-23 10:02:09
      - Wages in China are raising by Jody 2013-07-23 11:17:51
        
        To be fair, that's probably not because of unions. by TB 2013-07-23 11:28:22
      - But do they have any real economic power? by ER 2013-07-23 10:06:51
        
        That is human nature ER...and on that note... by Jody 2013-07-23 11:10:30
        
        Yes. Think long and hard on that. by TB 2013-07-23 10:12:06
        
        Now you sound like Ed McMahon introducing Karnak the Magnificent. by ER 2013-07-23 10:24:17
        
        Another example of government/union synergy: by TB 2013-07-23 10:23:07
        
        In a free society, by ER 2013-07-23 10:31:32
        
        And another... by TB 2013-07-23 10:28:21
    - But we can't exist on what ifs...the fact is that now..at this time and place...we by Jody 2013-07-23 09:25:36
      - ER's point is not some theoretical construct by BuckGalaxy 2013-07-23 10:22:44
        
        Okay...what about Auto workers? by Jody 2013-07-23 11:12:39
        
        GM and Chrystler are doing fine by BuckGalaxy 2013-07-23 22:41:47
      - When resources are limited, there will be a struggle to divide them. by ER 2013-07-23 09:59:37

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