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No Labor Protests in San Diego
You couldn't be more right. I recently visited Denver and I was blown away how a smaller city could be so much more vibrant and well-maintained. The wages are comparable, and the housing is SO much less expensive. Denver doesn't have the beach, but it's hardly Des Moines.— March 18, 2011 11:20 a.m.
No Labor Protests in San Diego
The "very high base" of the early 20th century, when many American workers lived in abject poverty or in Triangle Shirtwaist-style conditions? The late 1800s and the "very high base" of income provided by sharecropping? The higher base that Americans received was due to two things: WWII and unions. Americans didn't earn much before the mid 20th century and they are steadily earning less. Perhaps you would benefit from some corrective lenses for your historical myopia.— March 18, 2011 11:18 a.m.
No Labor Protests in San Diego
Of course, this article also ignores the fact that the most oppressed workers in San Diego are often those who don't speak English and aren't familiar with American labor traditions. If both English- and Spanish-speaking low-wage workers banded together, something could happen... Unfortunately San Diego is a pretty racist place. Read the comments on any local news site and you'll see proof. It's difficult to reason with people who think that the reason their house was foreclosed upon is because a Mexican snuck into California for a shitty job. On a side note, this article, while commendably using the Gini coefficient to explain income inequality, uses the misleading statistic of "per capita income" which has little to no purpose in a discussion of income equality (as a billion dollar raise to a single person in the county would be reflected as a massive increase in per capita income). Instead, we should look at median personal and median household income for a more accurate look at the state of inequality in San Diego.— March 18, 2011 11:16 a.m.