The Thom Hartmann Program - July 31
Guest: Michael Chapman Managing Editor www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom and Conservative Michael Chapman debate - Will a minimum wage help or hurt the economy?
Guest: Tom Hayden www.tomhayden.com Topic: Thom goes in-depth with activist Tom Hayden about the future of activism.
Guest: Jeff Golimowski www.cnsnews.com Topic: Outsourcing a defense contract? to - BAE Systems - who is under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly paying more than $2 billion in bribes to Saudi officials in a successful effort to win a contract to supply fighter jets to the Saudi Air Force.
That and your calls right here on The Thom Hartmann Program - Fair and Slightly Unbalanced
- July 31, 2007








Is Chapmann really that closed minded?
He argues the government can't determine what wage is necessary to support a family in this country when by god they can determine what wage will keep you in poverty. He advocates keeping family's in poverty, turning the work force into slave labor making it impossible to get out of poverty. He would have us believe that billionaires and millionaires would suddenly develop a conscious and pay people more if they do better work when history proves they never have. In fact they do just the opposite, keeping "expenses" at the lowest rate possible. making it necessary to work at least two jobs just to survive. Just watch...most businesses will use the increased wage as a reason to raise the cost of their products keeping profits as high as possible. These people will never be able to regulate their own greed...ever. The government needs to do it for them. They would use $100 bills to light cigars for each other rather than give it to their workers. Look at how many have outsourced making products or providing services to foreign countries just to pay slave wages to increase their own profits. They are driven by greed. They don't need to make so much profit at the expense keeping others in poverty. After the first billion, how much more money do you need for an excellent qaulity of life. Chapman start calling for us to go live in east berlin etc when they are the creators of such states to begin with.
THE MINIMUM WAGE DOESN'T DETERMINE WHAT IT TAKES TO RAISE A FAMILY, ONLY WHAT WILL KEEP YOU F ROM LIVING IN POVERTY...THE LOWEST OF POVERTY.
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By bjobottsJuly 31, 2007 - 11:42am