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Cicada

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2. Maybe slave labor isn't fair

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 08:18 AM

Sep 2016

I get it, that the whole point of post docs and grad students is to have slave labor. But a small bump in NSF and NIH funding can pick up this extra cost. And maybe that's only fair. The economic return on Fed govt science funding must be something like a hundred to one so a little bump for this is reasonable. And fair.

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University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP

Same thing is happening nation wide, including in your home state. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #1

Maybe slave labor isn't fair Cicada Sep 2016 #2

Slave labor, Gracie? Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #3

Someone with an IQ of 150 working 60 hours per week to improve our world deserves $100000 per year Cicada Sep 2016 #4

Yeah. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #5

Some people think raising minimum wages kills jobs, some don't. Cicada Sep 2016 #6