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In reply to the discussion: Sitting in a restaurant today I realized how much trouble we are in for [View all]madrchsod
(58,162 posts)16. that`s why my wife leaves cash if at all possible
she was waitress on and off most of her adult life ...she`s looking for a part time waitress job this week
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Sitting in a restaurant today I realized how much trouble we are in for [View all]
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
OP
It's not really anything to do with meals. it's to do with the assumption of tips.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#70
Those laws should be struck down. Apparently, they have become worse since I did restaurant p/r.
Cleita
Apr 2012
#107
The real problem is the attitude of the millionaire farmers...who probably aren't growing a damn
nanabugg
Apr 2012
#69
The difference is between $8 an hour and $20 an hour, for a good manufacturing job.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#24
Despite your well known and feeble attempts to slander posters by using terms
former9thward
Apr 2012
#13
Because you phrase those memes exactly like they do. It makes me think that this is where
Cleita
Apr 2012
#25
Sorry, but not all of us have the confidence you have. The Trustees Report also says...
sad sally
Apr 2012
#39
I think there'll be a civil war before the right-wing breaks and gives in, in the grand scheme.
Selatius
Apr 2012
#71
"Legislative modifications" = rate increase, as has been done many times in the past.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#74
No one who actually delves into the history and the numbers for themself can actually believe that.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#73
Steinbeck said that when property is gathered in too few hands it is taken away.
leeroysphitz
Apr 2012
#33
Everyone sees that the employment figures as getting better, but that's not the whole story.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#9
My son is a cook at a chain restaurant. He has been there since it openned. He has done
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#19
The middle class workers who built the American economy in the early 20th century
baldguy
Apr 2012
#20
Don, the fruits and joys of living in a society in which most public policy is driven by a
indepat
Apr 2012
#31
There are many different opportunities to look around you and reach the same conclusion.
Quantess
Apr 2012
#36
We see it coming - financial issues, just like global warming, just like....but we can't think big
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2012
#37
How do you know this is his only job? Maybe he works another job and this one trying to make as
RB TexLa
Apr 2012
#41
Yup, our systems were not designed to work based on high unemployment or shrinking wages.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#44
The more I look around the more I think we're headed for an economic revolt in the not too distant future.
Initech
Apr 2012
#46
We need the jobs back in the U.S., not in China. We need tariffs or something
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#61
The reason why the auto industry jobs paid well and had good benefits was because of unions
Major Nikon
Apr 2012
#63
I agree. In Spain, where I lived for many years, waiters are paid a living wage
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#97
Pretty much the same way these workers are loading floor pans at 3:00 minutes into this video
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#89
I think the 1% running this country will get rid of the Social Security and then those working these
midnight
Apr 2012
#104
"Millionare farmers" that probably sit around complaining about Obama all day.
louis-t
Apr 2012
#106