Non-combat Applications of Super Powers
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Non-combat Applications of Super Powers
I've noticed from time to time that we tend to get bogged down with discussions on "who would beat who," how to maximize combat effectiveness, or yet another round of "can you use Mimic with Multiple Selves" until we're all blue in the face... but as I look back on my years of gaming I find that my best memories aren't of the ultimate combat roll, but rather from clever uses of super powers.
With that in mind, I'm putting my temporary masochism to work and throwing the following question to the group in a (probably futile) attempt to generate some "off-the-beaten-path" thought/discussion:
What are some good non-combat, yet still heroic (or at least altruistic), applications of super abilities?
Here are a few that come to mind for me:
Healing Factor: Giving blood. You recover from the blood loss more quickly and therefore can donate more often than a normal person.
Underwater Abilities: Searching for bodies/evidence with law enforcement agencies, making underwater repairs on ships/platforms, rescuing people from drowning, and/or assisting scientists with underwater research.
Invisibility: Pretty obvious, but tailing suspects and conducting reconaissance. Bend Light and Intangibility could also work here.
Sonic Speed (or any speed power): High-speed courier for critical items (such as donated organs). Also could be used to get ahead of rampaging animals or rescue passengers from out-of-control vehicles.
Resin: This is listed in the book, but repairing buildings and reinforcing construction projects. Think how useful a character with this power might have been in New Orleans reinforcing levees during/after Katrina.
APS Ice: Generating ice and helping to keep people/items cool in extreme temperatures (again, think how useful someone with this power would have been in New Orleans after Katrina and helping to keep people from suffering due to the heat around the Superdome). Also, the melting ice could be theoretically used as drinking water depending on whether or not the GM rules the generated ice is potable.
Glow Bug: Pretty obvious and also in the power description, but generate light so others can perform essential tasks. A field surgeon trying to save someone's life out in the wilderness at night would have a far easier time of it if he/she could see.
Flight Powers: Perform surveillance to observe and monitor movements/location/status of individuals/vehicles/buildings, high-speed courier of critical items (such as with Sonic Speed) and flying into/above storms to assist scientific research/storm preparedness.
Super Burrowing: The tunneling and excavating aspects would allow you to team up with local contractors to create underground homes in a quick and efficient manner. Habitat for Humanity would consider you the greatest thing since sliced bread.
What are some that the rest of you can think of?
With that in mind, I'm putting my temporary masochism to work and throwing the following question to the group in a (probably futile) attempt to generate some "off-the-beaten-path" thought/discussion:
What are some good non-combat, yet still heroic (or at least altruistic), applications of super abilities?
Here are a few that come to mind for me:
Healing Factor: Giving blood. You recover from the blood loss more quickly and therefore can donate more often than a normal person.
Underwater Abilities: Searching for bodies/evidence with law enforcement agencies, making underwater repairs on ships/platforms, rescuing people from drowning, and/or assisting scientists with underwater research.
Invisibility: Pretty obvious, but tailing suspects and conducting reconaissance. Bend Light and Intangibility could also work here.
Sonic Speed (or any speed power): High-speed courier for critical items (such as donated organs). Also could be used to get ahead of rampaging animals or rescue passengers from out-of-control vehicles.
Resin: This is listed in the book, but repairing buildings and reinforcing construction projects. Think how useful a character with this power might have been in New Orleans reinforcing levees during/after Katrina.
APS Ice: Generating ice and helping to keep people/items cool in extreme temperatures (again, think how useful someone with this power would have been in New Orleans after Katrina and helping to keep people from suffering due to the heat around the Superdome). Also, the melting ice could be theoretically used as drinking water depending on whether or not the GM rules the generated ice is potable.
Glow Bug: Pretty obvious and also in the power description, but generate light so others can perform essential tasks. A field surgeon trying to save someone's life out in the wilderness at night would have a far easier time of it if he/she could see.
Flight Powers: Perform surveillance to observe and monitor movements/location/status of individuals/vehicles/buildings, high-speed courier of critical items (such as with Sonic Speed) and flying into/above storms to assist scientific research/storm preparedness.
Super Burrowing: The tunneling and excavating aspects would allow you to team up with local contractors to create underground homes in a quick and efficient manner. Habitat for Humanity would consider you the greatest thing since sliced bread.
What are some that the rest of you can think of?
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Flight (any): Take a radio transmitter with you, and you're an "eye in the sky" correspondent.
Multiple Beings/Selves: Construction work. Rebuilding a house when you have five other heroes with you who can coordinate as well as a single person is very useful.
Growth: Also useful for construction.
Super-strength: Instant jaws-of-life.
Explosive Power: Useful for quick demolitions work, or exploding a suspicious package.
Energy Expulsion: Electricity: Instant defribulator. In fact, someone with super-strength, EE:E, and Healing Power would be the ultimate paramedic.
Multiple Beings/Selves: Construction work. Rebuilding a house when you have five other heroes with you who can coordinate as well as a single person is very useful.
Growth: Also useful for construction.
Super-strength: Instant jaws-of-life.
Explosive Power: Useful for quick demolitions work, or exploding a suspicious package.
Energy Expulsion: Electricity: Instant defribulator. In fact, someone with super-strength, EE:E, and Healing Power would be the ultimate paramedic.
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I have a GMPC oceanographer who uses his Stretching power to assist his deep-sea research.
Another used his Animal Brother powers to assist in his work as a Preserve Warden in Africa.
In order to make ends meet, one fellow was using his Sonic Flight to work as a courier.
A long-time fire-fighter actually had Create Force Fields as a power which he used at work.
And then there was the Physical Training character who worked as a physical therapist (although, she was also secretly scoping for other PT characters).
Another used his Animal Brother powers to assist in his work as a Preserve Warden in Africa.
In order to make ends meet, one fellow was using his Sonic Flight to work as a courier.
A long-time fire-fighter actually had Create Force Fields as a power which he used at work.
And then there was the Physical Training character who worked as a physical therapist (although, she was also secretly scoping for other PT characters).
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I've made a couple threads on this in the past.
I'll flip through the book and see what I come up with.
I'll flip through the book and see what I come up with.
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how about some non combat uses for Purely offensive powers:
Rocket Punch: playing Space Football In Mutants in Orbit Space.
Super Energy Expulsion: Powering Laser sails or other kinds of thrust systems
Super Power Punch: Rescues during Earthquakes and collapses
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Rocket Punch: playing Space Football In Mutants in Orbit Space.
Super Energy Expulsion: Powering Laser sails or other kinds of thrust systems
Super Power Punch: Rescues during Earthquakes and collapses
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Body Weapons and Vibration: the human Dremel
Invulnerability and Stretching: judge of a superhero punching contest. Winner is whoever makes the bigger temporary ding in his chest
APS Water and Vibration might make one a very versatile sculpter
Invisibility: special effects. Perfect for any invisible man movie, or for poltergiest/TK effects
Invulnerability and Stretching: judge of a superhero punching contest. Winner is whoever makes the bigger temporary ding in his chest
APS Water and Vibration might make one a very versatile sculpter
Invisibility: special effects. Perfect for any invisible man movie, or for poltergiest/TK effects
does super energy expulsion allow you to absorb radiation? if so, there would be one at every nuclear power plant for just such an emergency(and if not, control radiation would do just fine).
super strength, enhanced toughness, and intangibility would be great for rescues in hazardous environments(wtc, subways, underground, etc.).
resin would be great for quick casts of broken bones
healing power: DUH.
super consumption would be great for disposing of hazardous material.
aps light: power solar cells in the dead of night
control insects: no more "dangerous insect alerts," except when a giant one comes to town....
those are just of the top of my head. when i have my books with me, i'm sure i'll be able to get more.
super strength, enhanced toughness, and intangibility would be great for rescues in hazardous environments(wtc, subways, underground, etc.).
resin would be great for quick casts of broken bones
healing power: DUH.
super consumption would be great for disposing of hazardous material.
aps light: power solar cells in the dead of night
control insects: no more "dangerous insect alerts," except when a giant one comes to town....
those are just of the top of my head. when i have my books with me, i'm sure i'll be able to get more.
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A team of beings with Control Elemental forces: Air
never have Katrina again. seriously, just about 3 or 5 of them could take Katrina down to a breeze
never have Katrina again. seriously, just about 3 or 5 of them could take Katrina down to a breeze
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gadrin wrote:Nekira Sudacne wrote:A team of beings with Control Elemental forces: Air
never have Katrina again. seriously, just about 3 or 5 of them could take Katrina down to a breeze
ah, excellent, the first entry into my Terraforming Super-Inventions for Phase World: the Weather Control Machines.
what sort of range are we talking about ? may need to stack the power a few times to get the range to cover a decent area.
The range is 500 feet +100 feet per level.
so, let's just do this theroetically:
assuming it's being made by a 15th level super inventor, that's 2000 feet per machine. each one can reduce wind speed by up to 60 miles per hour, and precipitation by up to 90%. they can also increase them up to that amount, if desired
now, assuming your trying to protect a city, you could have a ring outside the city with them spaced 1000 feet apart. this means in any given space there's enough overlap to reduce wind speed by 180 miles per hour and precipitation to far less than 1%, essentially nullifying the rain.
1500 feet within that is a secondary ring of them spaved 1500 feet apart. this gives them enough redunacy to decrease wind speeds by 300 miles an hour. even a tornado would essentially loose potency and unwanted rain negated, though rain could be caused by these as well.
Lastly, you can install them on the back of moving trucks or hovercraft so you can converge them on a given area to prevent a tornado or line up along hte coast to stop a hurricane.
all that is going offically by the book. extend the range from that as you want.
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Super PS (any), moving heavy loads in areas too confined for a forklift or crane.
Telekineses. Rescue operations, particulary water and ice rescues.
Heightened sense of smell. Any of the tasks we currently use trained dogs for, except now you have a human mind behind the senses, with no need to interpret a dogs behavior. A character with this power and the track skill would be almost impossible to throw off a trail.
Intangibility. Getting the keys out of someones car when they've locked themselves out.
Sonic flight/speed. secure, fast courier service.
Mechano-link. Computer repairs.
GURPS Supers had a supplement called 'SuperTemps' about a company that connected supers with employers who could use their powers. I'll dig it up and read through it again. IIRC it had some good ideas for non combat usage of abilities.
Telekineses. Rescue operations, particulary water and ice rescues.
Heightened sense of smell. Any of the tasks we currently use trained dogs for, except now you have a human mind behind the senses, with no need to interpret a dogs behavior. A character with this power and the track skill would be almost impossible to throw off a trail.
Intangibility. Getting the keys out of someones car when they've locked themselves out.
Sonic flight/speed. secure, fast courier service.
Mechano-link. Computer repairs.
GURPS Supers had a supplement called 'SuperTemps' about a company that connected supers with employers who could use their powers. I'll dig it up and read through it again. IIRC it had some good ideas for non combat usage of abilities.
Personally, I think that we have a duty as role-players to try to anchor each other to reality a bit. To keep other gamers from being complete freaks and weirdos, or even psychopaths, if we can. Killer Cyborg
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Disaster Responses Forces
CEF:any would be good(earther's could shore up and repair levees/dikes/dams, while Air's have been already covered, and wdater could reduce flooding or hols flood waters back, Fire's coudl put out fires etc...) Geo-Thermal power could stop vbalcono's and so forth...
Divine Healers/Power touch's could tend to the injured(and powered touch could reapir machines/bridge's dam's levee's etc..). While Portals and Flying Force Disks, Gravity Planes, and Speedsters evacuate the masses, and EE and forcefields put down/stop criminals from taking advantage of the situation.
EDit: Heck One guy with Puwer Touch and CER:Water and Healing Factor and ExtraordinarySPD could have repaired the levees and sucked the water back into them in a day.
CEF:any would be good(earther's could shore up and repair levees/dikes/dams, while Air's have been already covered, and wdater could reduce flooding or hols flood waters back, Fire's coudl put out fires etc...) Geo-Thermal power could stop vbalcono's and so forth...
Divine Healers/Power touch's could tend to the injured(and powered touch could reapir machines/bridge's dam's levee's etc..). While Portals and Flying Force Disks, Gravity Planes, and Speedsters evacuate the masses, and EE and forcefields put down/stop criminals from taking advantage of the situation.
EDit: Heck One guy with Puwer Touch and CER:Water and Healing Factor and ExtraordinarySPD could have repaired the levees and sucked the water back into them in a day.
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If you support ICE/BCP/BorderPatrol at this point, you would have called the Gestapo on the people surreptitiously moving into your neighbor's attic and huffed that you were only following the law.
If you support ICE/BCP/BorderPatrol at this point, you would have called the Gestapo on the people surreptitiously moving into your neighbor's attic and huffed that you were only following the law.
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Here's an old thread I made with a simular concept:
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I am reminded of such (humour) titles as Damage Control (Marvel), and Hero Hotline (DC).
As well as short comic strips from various What If...comics, featuring such greats as Black Bolt as a rock singer.
As well as short comic strips from various What If...comics, featuring such greats as Black Bolt as a rock singer.
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Therumancer wrote:Hmmm, well most super-powers have non combat uses. I mean even super-strength (lifting) is pretty useful for things like Construction.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ben Grimm worked for some time as a construction worker.
He was only getting fired because he was too good at his job.
(Marvel Knights: "4" series).
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Sentinel wrote:Therumancer wrote:Hmmm, well most super-powers have non combat uses. I mean even super-strength (lifting) is pretty useful for things like Construction.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ben Grimm worked for some time as a construction worker.
He was only getting fired because he was too good at his job.
(Marvel Knights: "4" series).
stupid unions.....
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znbrtn wrote:Sentinel wrote:Therumancer wrote:Hmmm, well most super-powers have non combat uses. I mean even super-strength (lifting) is pretty useful for things like Construction.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ben Grimm worked for some time as a construction worker.
He was only getting fired because he was too good at his job.
(Marvel Knights: "4" series).
stupid unions.....
That was it.
If I were in construction, the last guy I'd try to get rid of would be the one man wrecking crew. But then again, I don't live in New York: my state is a Right To Work state in which unions have far less power.
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Daniel Stoker wrote:Didn't he also do some contruction work back in the old Marvel 2 in 1's?
Daniel Stoker
Yeah, but he did that out of the goodness of his heart.
At the time of the "4" series, he was unemployed.
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Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
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Daniel Stoker wrote:Sentinel wrote:Yeah, but he did that out of the goodness of his heart.
At the time of the "4" series, he was unemployed.
Man I need to pull those out now.... But good to see my memory isn't completly shot.
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They were collected into a Trade Paperback.
Wolf at the Door was the title, I believe.
See the Human Torch as a New York fire fighter.
See Mr. Fantastic in a 9-5 office job.
See the Invisible Woman as a teacher. Or, not.
when you get right down to it, Sentinel's right.~Uncle Servo.
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
Sentinel you have the biggest sig I've ever seen~Natasha
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
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Sentinel wrote:See the Invisible Woman as a teacher. Or, not.
That was perfect
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A slightly more general use of my Control Elemental Forces Air machines is pretty simple.
place some in farmland to control the weather.
always have the perfect amount of rain for each crop.
place some in farmland to control the weather.
always have the perfect amount of rain for each crop.
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You can have something done good, fast and cheap. If you want it done good and fast, it's not going to be cheap. If you want it done fast and cheap it won't be good. If you want something done good and cheap it won't be done fast. ~ Dark Brandon
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Remembering the series Kingdom Come (DC; illustrated by Alex Ross) there are scenes with Clark/Kal-El farming. Superman also did some farming in the late Eighties when he flew off into space (shortly after the Gangbuster and Invasion storylines).
While there are lots of powers that could be applied to specific non-combat activities and occupations, there also many, many ways to apply unrelated powers to such activities as well.
Superman for instance could be an effective toxic waste disposal guy by hauling tanks of toxic material and tossing them into the Sun (or a black hole). With some help from Firestorm, the material could be transmuted into fertile topsoil and used to replentish stripped land areas and grow crops.
Wonder Woman would make an excellent teacher of history, languages, and philosophy.
Mister Miracle has already enjoyed a career as a daredevil, but he could also devise restraint devices for police and correctional institutions.
Batman could take over a colleges' entire academic department and teach everything.
If he were willing to share the technology of the Bug, Blue Beetle could have put Lockheed-Martin into a world of hurt. Beetle and Batman together could has dominated the aerospace industry.
Just a few ideas.
While there are lots of powers that could be applied to specific non-combat activities and occupations, there also many, many ways to apply unrelated powers to such activities as well.
Superman for instance could be an effective toxic waste disposal guy by hauling tanks of toxic material and tossing them into the Sun (or a black hole). With some help from Firestorm, the material could be transmuted into fertile topsoil and used to replentish stripped land areas and grow crops.
Wonder Woman would make an excellent teacher of history, languages, and philosophy.
Mister Miracle has already enjoyed a career as a daredevil, but he could also devise restraint devices for police and correctional institutions.
Batman could take over a colleges' entire academic department and teach everything.
If he were willing to share the technology of the Bug, Blue Beetle could have put Lockheed-Martin into a world of hurt. Beetle and Batman together could has dominated the aerospace industry.
Just a few ideas.
when you get right down to it, Sentinel's right.~Uncle Servo.
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
Sentinel you have the biggest sig I've ever seen~Natasha
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
Sentinel you have the biggest sig I've ever seen~Natasha
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Someone with Animal Abilities:Nocturnal(most rodent's are nocturnal) and Control:Insects and Arachnids would make a killing at Pest Control(just command what evers there to leave).
Damn ICE/BCP/BorderPatrol! Damn everyone who won’t damn ICE/BCP/Border Patrol!! Damn everyone that won’t put lights in his windows and sit up all night damning CE/BCP/BorderPatrol!!!
If you support ICE/BCP/BorderPatrol at this point, you would have called the Gestapo on the people surreptitiously moving into your neighbor's attic and huffed that you were only following the law.
If you support ICE/BCP/BorderPatrol at this point, you would have called the Gestapo on the people surreptitiously moving into your neighbor's attic and huffed that you were only following the law.
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znbrtn wrote:Sentinel wrote:Therumancer wrote:Hmmm, well most super-powers have non combat uses. I mean even super-strength (lifting) is pretty useful for things like Construction.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ben Grimm worked for some time as a construction worker.
He was only getting fired because he was too good at his job.
(Marvel Knights: "4" series).
stupid unions.....
Unions are what give some of us decent wages compaied to tteh Wally-mart wages the service economy is handing out.
Beastmaster---K9 unit cop
Conduct Electricity--Linesman (power line worker)
Criminal Intuition--beat cop or PI
heighten sence of taist and time would make a great cook/cheff
Toy Control---Toy company sales rep
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drewkitty wrote:znbrtn wrote:Sentinel wrote:Therumancer wrote:Hmmm, well most super-powers have non combat uses. I mean even super-strength (lifting) is pretty useful for things like Construction.
>>>----Therumancer--->
Ben Grimm worked for some time as a construction worker.
He was only getting fired because he was too good at his job.
(Marvel Knights: "4" series).
stupid unions.....
Unions are what give some of us decent wages compaied to tteh Wally-mart wages the service economy is handing out.Unions can be good, although they can also be corrupt institutions like anything else. Unions can be used to foster a disincentive to excellence.
As a worker in a Right To Work State, I am well protected from abuses from my employer by impartial state and federal agencies. I have only once ever needed to draw on them.
The Wal-Mart referrence is not lost on me. But, I have also seen workers take the lazy way out because they were protected by the union.
Beastmaster---K9 unit cop
Conduct Electricity--Linesman (power line worker)
Criminal Intuition--beat cop or PI
heighten sence of taist and time would make a great cook/cheff
Toy Control---Toy company sales rep
when you get right down to it, Sentinel's right.~Uncle Servo.
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
Sentinel you have the biggest sig I've ever seen~Natasha
Sentinel. you'll be always loved by the German Princess.~Nelly
That's twice in one day Sentinel has cleaned up my mess.~The Galactus Kid.
That's the best place to start. Otherwise, listen to Sentinel~lather
Listen to the Sentinel...he speaks truth.~ Shadyslug
Sentinel you have the biggest sig I've ever seen~Natasha
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drewkitty wrote:Unions are what give some of us decent wages compaied to tteh Wally-mart wages the service economy is handing out.Unions can be good, although they can also be corrupt institutions like anything else. Unions can be used to foster a disincentive to excellence.
As a worker in a Right To Work State, I am well protected from abuses from my employer by impartial state and federal agencies. I have only once ever needed to draw on them.
The Wal-Mart referrence is not lost on me. But, I have also seen workers take the lazy way out because they were protected by the union.
Most service sector jobs pay between 7 and 12 bucks per hour (speaking from the LA Area) this hourly rate means that a familly has to have both parents working to meet ends meet and then thay can only shop @ Wally-mart. The more that ppl HAVE TO SHOP at wally-mart the greater the presser to Lower the hourly wage so ppl can afford to shop for the basic nessessities, but that means stores have to lower wages to lower the prices.
Unions, as a colective bargoning unit that does so to keep wages in line with the Cost of Living so a familly can live off of one income. I'm single and in a construction traide so I get a decent wage.....but I'm barly making my bills.
May you be blessed with the ability to change course when you are off the mark.
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