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midnight

(26,624 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2013, 06:44 PM Jul 2013

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Collective Bargaining and Shared Prosperity: Michigan, 1979-2009. (Original Post) midnight Jul 2013 OP

Wonder secondvariety Jul 2013 #1

Florida (where I live) secondvariety Jul 2013 #3

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1. Wonder

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:47 AM

Jul 2013

what the outlier state is that has high Union membership but a dismal Ginni Coefficient. I'm thinking it's California.

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2. I can't tell... But it does show how the erosion of equal sharing of wealth has hurt places

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 04:06 PM

Jul 2013

like Michigan... Now they are gunning for the pensions via their bankruptcy ploy...

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3. Florida (where I live)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 04:35 PM

Jul 2013

was built by Henry and Harriet moving here with their defined pensions. I predict the state is gonna be in a world of hurt once the pensions dry up.