The minimum wage is not designed to support a family, it is designed for entry level jobs. Not sure what your point is. Your CEO statistic is misleading some CEOs make a million a week most make 3 or 4 times their employees. But I agree with you the death tax has destroyed family run businesses and lead to college boy mercenaries who add little value to a company product. They play paper games with paper money to cheat the tax system. This year the merge to create synergy, next year the split up to create efficiencies. But that fact is you and your leftie buddies importing aliens to gain votes is suppressing the wages in this country. Chamber of Commerce Republicans love it and help you.

I think you should look at you family tree before talking about Aliens. And I already know my family tree and where they originated. Except if your a Native Indian, and you still shouldn't be talking like that.

The leaches who know how to milk the system, free iphones, welfare, etc etc get to stay home and watch soap opera on wide screen TV's. I hear they have a lifestyle of someone who works 40 hours a week and grosses 40k a year.

So who's to blame?

http://go.bloomberg.com/multimedia/ceo-pay-ratio/

C'mon FauxShoulder, you can do better than that...

FTA..In 2005, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reported that several states listed as part of their definition of a “federal work activity” under TANF the following:
1. Bed rest
2. Personal care activities
3. Massage
4. Exercise
5. Journaling
6. Motivational reading
7. Smoking cessation
8. Weight loss promotion
9. Participating in parent teacher meetings
10. Helping a friend or relative with household tasks and errands. . . .


How Obama has gutted welfare reform - The Washington Post

Faux Hunter ... I'm confused? To the best of my knowledge, we're not currently in CEO Pay Negotiations. To be honest I really don't care how much he makes. He works hard, has almost certainly put in VERY long days and invested a significant portion of his personal wealth. He deserves to be paid a good (very good!) salary.

We're in pilot pay negotiations. We deserve to be paid a good (very good!) salary too. We shouldn't have to beg or drag negotiations on for years!*?

Why is alien a bad word. My family tree has immigrants from 1810 to 1890. All of them came legally. Some of them likely discriminated against. I am as much Indian as the fake Indian Senator from Massachusettes. What does that have to do with the fact that we are exporting jobs and every new job in the last 10 years has essentially gone to aliens legal and illegal. This has caused the wage stagnation you whine about.

Foxy,

What FDXLAG meant to type was 3 or 4 HUNDRED TIMES their employees. A simple typo I'm sure.

Yeah exactly, that is why there are so many billionaire small business owners!