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Leviathan Song posted:AmeriCorps is actually paid work in most cases and does nearly everything you are describing. The main caveats are that it is only open to a limited number of people and there are time limits for how long you can be employed by them. quote:Do I get paid? A "modest living allowance" is not a proper paycheck. It's meant to provide living expenses for young volunteers, not to support families. edit: Yup, it's barely minimum wage, and actually appears to be below minimum wage for some of the categories of workers. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/AmeriCorps-Salaries-E152264.htm AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:A "modest living allowance" is not a proper paycheck. It's meant to provide living expenses for young volunteers, not to support families. The WPA paid on average $40 to $55 per month depending on your source of information. That's less than the current minimum wage adjusted for inflation. I don't disagree with your point but the answer is still to increase funding for AmeriCorps so that they can pay more people more money. You don't need another federal agency, you need more support for programs that already exist.
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This would've absolutely been worth doing 3-7 years ago, today in the US not so much.
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Narciss posted:Are there leftists out there that really don't understand that the intelligent allocation of capital is itself a valuable contribution to society? Don't you people understand? A valuable contribution to society! http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/28/hedge-funds-puerto-rico-close-schools-fire-teachers-pay-us-back
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Tercio posted:Don't you people understand? A valuable contribution to society! lol did you see that on r/worldnews
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Typo posted:lol did you see that on r/worldnews No.
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Agronox posted:This would've absolutely been worth doing 3-7 years ago, today in the US not so much. We had similar measures in the US, that's what the stimulus package was.
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Shayu posted:We had similar measures in the US, that's what the stimulus package was. Paying a bunch of contractors to skim 15-20% off the top who in turn work to minimize wages and benefits is not the same as providing decent compensation to workers directly for those projects.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Paying a bunch of contractors to skim 15-20% off the top who in turn work to minimize wages and benefits is not the same as providing decent compensation to workers directly for those projects. Do you think Davis-Bacon wages are unfair? Because ARRA required them for all the projects it funded. Edit: for example, a laborer hired for an ARRA project in California must be paid between $16-24.00+ an hour (plus benefits) depending on the project and locale. Trabisnikof fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Trabisnikof posted:Do you think Davis-Bacon wages are unfair? Because ARRA required them for all the projects it funded. I think that a contractor has every incentive to try to minimize wages and benefits for its employees within the bounds of minimum legally required standards, and that federal workers are far more likely to have collective representation than the employees of contractors. And that's not to mention the percentage the contractors skim off the top for their margins that public agencies don't have to. e: And way to cherry pick, by the way. That number is below $10/hr in a lot of states. AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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