House Passes 40 Hour Work Week

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[quote="John Galt"][quote="Bauce Sauce"]The poverty line for an individual in America is actually $11,670.[/quote]

so 32x greater than global poverty, whatever. and further, making that much would lead you to get a host of benefits[/quote]

I get the sense you think we could learn a thing or two about how wealth should be distributed from the third world. I personally would rather be less like them, not more.

[Saz]

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[John Galt]

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Since we're a developed country it doesn't make sense to compare our poor to the poor in undeveloped countries. If you look at others in the developed world and still see a discrepancy then there's something to talk about.

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[Professor]

[Professor]

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[quote="Professor"][quote="Bauce Sauce"]The problem I see from conservatives here is that their solutions are things like "work harder than everyone else" and "develop skills to distinguish yourself from the pack". While this is great personal advice, it's not a legitimate public policy to promote prosperity and social mobility. Categorically, the masses cannot "work harder than everyone else". Extraordinary individuals have the ability to rise to the top, but a great society affords average people the ability to still have a decent standard of living, and I've heard no solutions for this here.[/quote]

Tax the rich at a greater rate.

Seriously, I'm OK with that. But, only after getting rid of a LOT of other fat in the budget. However, there isn't enough fat to get rid of without taxing the rich at around 50% or more.[/quote]
What do you want to do with this additional tax revenue?

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