YES! Otherwise taxpayers end up subsidizing their workers.
17%
YES! And cities around the nation should do the same!
83%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Right through the worst of the Bush years and into the present, Thom Hartmann has been one of the very few voices constantly willing to tell the truth. Rank him up there with Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, and Paul Krugman for having the sheer persistent courage of his convictions."
From Cracking the Code:
"In Cracking the Code, Thom Hartmann, America’s most popular, informed, and articulate progressive talk show host and political analyst, tells us what makes humans vulnerable to unscrupulous propagandists and what we can do about it. It is essential reading for all Americans who are fed up with right-wing extremists manipulating our minds and politics to promote agendas contrary to our core values and interests."
From Screwed:
"Once again, Thom Hartmann hits the bull’s eye with a much needed exposé of the so-called ‘free market.’ Anyone concerned about the future of our nation needs to read Screwed now."
The US has made great strides in recent years to dramatically expand the number of people who can be denied fair, equal, or even the minimum wage. In addition to the well-known exploitation of corporations, we have such policies as workfare replacement labor that have been serving powerfully to phase out the past century of labor progress. We also removed the rungs from the proverbial ladder out of poverty, so the percentage of impoverished Americans continues to grow. At the least, this translates into a "snowball rolling downhill" -- more poverty means fewer consumer purchases, so fewer products need to be manufactured, so fewer workers are needed, increasing poverty... and on it rolls.
Not only a living wage but health benefits as well.