In what ways would you be considered trashy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I let my kids eat frozen dinosaur nuggets.

Same here, but we cook them first

[Anonymous]

I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

We would all be poorer for it. Therefore, we would all be more trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

We would all be poorer for it. Therefore, we would all be more trashy.

Actually not true in the long term.

Countries with livable wages do better especially for families. They have lower crime rates and spend more money on public education and health. The money to pay forbid come from corporate and income tax of the wealthiest. Small businesses do better because average people have more money to spend.

All the cities in the top 10-20 of most livable cities in the world have livable basic wages. We all benefit in many important ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

We would all be poorer for it. Therefore, we would all be more trashy.

Actually not true in the long term.

Countries with livable wages do better especially for families. They have lower crime rates and spend more money on public education and health. The money to pay forbid come from corporate and income tax of the wealthiest. Small businesses do better because average people have more money to spend.

All the cities in the top 10-20 of most livable cities in the world have livable basic wages. We all benefit in many important ways.

How is that done without us having to pay for it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

Why did you open this up to now being hijacked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a low paying job where people assume anyone who isn’t college ages is uneducated and frequently trashy (think day care worker, bus driver, home health aide, classroom assistant).

We would all be less trashy if we paid livable wages to all our essential workers caring for children/ elderly parents, driving our kids to school, helping to educate our children, and transporting the food and goods we need.

Thank you for your work.

We would all be poorer for it. Therefore, we would all be more trashy.

Actually not true in the long term.

Countries with livable wages do better especially for families. They have lower crime rates and spend more money on public education and health. The money to pay forbid come from corporate and income tax of the wealthiest. Small businesses do better because average people have more money to spend.

All the cities in the top 10-20 of most livable cities in the world have livable basic wages. We all benefit in many important ways.

How is that done without us having to pay for it?

The economic impact of local living wages
by Jeff Thompson and Jeff Chapman

The modern living wage movement was born in Baltimore in 1994, when the city passed an ordinance requiring firms to pay employees a rate above the minimum wage while working on city contracts. Since then, over 120 communities have followed suit, some setting wage floors more than twice the federal minimum wage, and some requiring various benefits.

The astounding growth of the living wage movement has been a response to the predicament of Americans who work but are unable to make ends meet, as well as to the public policies contributing to the problem.

Living wage laws have small to moderate effects on municipal budgets.
• A detailed survey of 20 cities found that the actual budgetary effect of living wage laws had been consistently overestimated by city administrators; actual costs tended to be less than one-tenth of 1% of the overall budget.
• Two separate studies of the Baltimore living wage found that city contract costs increased less than the rate of inflation.
• A study of the Los Angeles ordinance found no measurable effect on the city’s fiscal health.
• A study of living wage ordinances in three New England cities found that contract costs only rose in one city.
• Multiple studies have shown that the bidding for municipal contracts remained competitive or even improved as a result of living wage ordinances.
Living wage laws benefit working families with few or no negative effects.
• Recent studies using original surveys in both Los Angeles and Boston have shown that the workers affected were mostly adults and mostly working full time.
• Both the Boston and Los Angeles studies also showed that most living wage workers were in households struggling to meet a basic-needs budget.
• In Baltimore and Boston, empirical studies have found no evidence of diminished employment.
• In Los Angeles, surveys of workers and firms show that job losses affected just 1% of workers getting a raise.
• Two studies of San Francisco living wage policies found employment increased among airport workers and home health care workers.
• An exception to the general conclusion of research on living wages is a series of studies by David Neumark and Scott Adams that estimate relatively large wage gains and employment losses. The method of these studies has been severely criticized, and the findings discredited by many researchers.
Living wages laws have raised productivity and decreased turnover among affected firms.
• Multiple studies of Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco have shown that firms enjoy lower turnover among employees as a result of the living wage ordinance.
• A study of home-care workers in San Francisco found that turnover fell by 57% following implementation of a living wage policy.
• A study of the Los Angeles ordinance found that absenteeism declined, and the decrease in turnover offset 16% of the total cost of the living wage ordinance.
• A study of the San Francisco airport found that annual turnover among security screeners fell from 95% to 19%, as their hourly wage rose from $6.45 to $10.00 an hour.

Effects of living wages on municipalities and consumers?
One frequently raised concern is that the cost of the living wage might be passed onto the municipality through higher prices for contracts. If contract prices do increase, the municipal government will be faced with cutting services, raising taxes to pay for the higher costs, finding ways to become more productive, or some combination of the three.

A number of studies have examined changes in municipal contract costs resulting from living wage laws. In general, the evidence from enacted ordinances, as well as the more carefully prepared prospective studies, shows that the overall cost of contracts does not rise significantly.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t answer the question.
Start another board and stop trying to insert your agenda on forums that have nothing to do with your politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t answer the question.
Start another board and stop trying to insert your agenda on forums that have nothing to do with your politics.

Yes, don’t ask underhanded questions that invite statistical answers that require “politics” either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t answer the question.
Start another board and stop trying to insert your agenda on forums that have nothing to do with your politics.

I only brief
Ly responded to a poster wrongly designating him or herself as trashy for doing an essential but low paid job. Someone else took issue that we would all be less trashy if we paid living wages.

There is tons of evidence to support the value to workers, employers, the economy and society by providing living wages and I will be happy to start a new thread about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t answer the question.
Start another board and stop trying to insert your agenda on forums that have nothing to do with your politics.

Yes, don’t ask underhanded questions that invite statistical answers that require “politics” either.

There was no answer to the question. Only more politics for your agenda that you’ve hijacked this forum for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had my first child at 18 with a guy I barely knew who later became my husband.

Lo in my late age this now sounds romantic! Are you still together?

This thread is surprisingly wholesome and also surprisingly gentle. Thank you DCUM for making me like you again.

We were until he passed four years ago! He was the love of my life

I'm really sorry for your loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t answer the question.
Start another board and stop trying to insert your agenda on forums that have nothing to do with your politics.

I only brief
Ly responded to a poster wrongly designating him or herself as trashy for doing an essential but low paid job. Someone else took issue that we would all be less trashy if we paid living wages.

There is tons of evidence to support the value to workers, employers, the economy and society by providing living wages and I will be happy to start a new thread about this.

Then you should’ve just started a new thread instead of taking this sideways. Thanks a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only shower every other day.
I eat in bed.
I love trash TV.
Occasionally I don’t brush my teeth before bed.
I refuse to buy designer items even though I can afford them.
I love to cruise.

Are you me?

Ok, yes all very trashy. Except not buying designer items. But cruises, eating in bed, poor hygiene...yikes!