On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:16:19 GMT, "Colonel Kurtz"
wrote:


On 9-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

OK, I agree with you - your elected government should control your wages
-
how much should you be paid? How much should you pay for an automobile,
a
toaster, cheap wine and lottery tickets?

uh no. the govt has been gutted WRT worker rights. few countries in
the western world are as anti-labor as the US.

companies and their stockholders control wages. stockholders aren't
middle class.

You've been touting "the government" to control wages and "get" you a raise.

uh no. i've been touting regulating the market so that CDO's and other
economy destroying instruments aren't possible. i've been touting tax
increases for the rich who've seen their incomes skyrocket. i have
been touting better regulation of union busting policies that
companies use to destroy middle class bargaining

IF the middle class had SOME power we'd be better off

you simply don't understand how the economy works

Employers control wages, based on supply and demand.

no, they dont. they control wages based on how much they want to pay
their CEO and rich stockholders. the proof of this is that's where
all the money went in the last 40 years

your right wing bull**** and mythology doesn't stand up to the
evidence