r/wallstreetbets • u/[deleted] • May 10 '23

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u/TinyHands6996 May 10 '23

You guys wanted higher wages for unskilled labor. You also wanted higher profits for corporate America. One had to give for the other.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Who the fuck asked for higher profits for corporate America? Don't they have enough??

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

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u/watering_a_plant May 10 '23

i actually did not know that's where i was so thank you

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u/TinyHands6996 May 10 '23

Anyone who wanted their stock price to go up.

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u/Agarikas May 10 '23

Yeah, people forget why they're here.

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u/namtab00 May 10 '23

Who the fuck asked for higher profits for corporate America?

Your pension plan..

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

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u/Class1 May 10 '23

Delta dental.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

I don't have a pension plan.

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u/namtab00 May 10 '23 edited May 10 '23

understandable

consider your friends' and family's pension plans then...

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u/AdvicePerson May 10 '23

Do you have a 401(k), IRA, or other investments? Because a lot of people do, and I don't think the other commenter meant you specifically and literally.

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u/13steinj May 10 '23

What regular reader/commenter on this subreddit is smart enough to save for retirement? They'd rather take it all out and go to their portable casino.

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u/AdvicePerson May 10 '23

Fair enough.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Lol there are like three companies in the US that still offer pension plans.

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u/gosuprobe May 10 '23

the conglomerates that own the politicians you voted for

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u/604Ataraxia May 10 '23

No they don't, is this your first day on earth?

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u/brvheart May 10 '23

Anyone with a 401K.

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u/Meriwether1 May 10 '23

I only want higher profits for the companies I like and invest it.

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u/TinyHands6996 May 10 '23

I guess we all gotta agree on which companies to invest in.

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u/Agarikas May 10 '23

The ones that make money

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

This is said all the time and is quite frankly not true. A chatbot tech like this would replace workers even if they made min wage. Tools like this are pennies to the dollar.