In the last decade Oil companies post record profits, Banks post record profits, what about you Joe?Oil companies record profits: http://www.mediaite.com/online/oil-companies-spin-billions-in-profits-while-charging-more-for-gas-its-good-for-america/ Goldman and Sachs payout $16 billion in bonuses to their staff http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/21/goldman-sachs-bonus-cut Remember who bailed them... |
I was going through some old papers and found some of my mother's pay stubs that date back to 1984. She worked in the drafting department at Southern Bell. In 1984, she made $15 an hour, which was a good wage in 1984. Guess what that same job pays now... If you guessed $15 an hour, you are correct. The price of gas has more than tripled since then, food costs 4 times as much now, and our homes are now worth less than they were in 1984....All this, but wages are still the same?
You just DON'T get it, do you?
The FIRST thing a company does when it has profits, you see, is to run out and hire a bunch of long-term unemployed people. Yup, that's what the conservatives tell me.
Joe became a plumber and found 15 minutes of fame.
That's far too general a statement for it to be true, especially considering all the banks closed.
But we still have the opportunity to do business with these reputable companies, and that's what matters.
Apparently these are the job creators they are protecting.
Someone got stiffed.
