Cheapskate socialists.

• Author: Evans, Zenon
• Position: Living wage for me - Freedom Socialist Party - Brief article

The Freedom Socialist Party in Seattle, Washington, wants a mandatory minimum wage of $20 per hour, plus union-type benefits, for all workers. They denounce "capitalist greed," insisting that "compromise destroys solidarity" and the party must "leave no one behind."

Except when the party needs some help with its website, that is. In October, the Socialists posted a job listing for an online content manager. Although the average annual salary of a Web developer in the U.S. is around $60,000, the Freedom Socialist Party only offered $13 per hour, which amounts to $26,000 a year--if the position were fulltime, which it isn't. The job is also non-union, so applicants also shouldn't count on the medical and retirement benefits the party demands for other people's employees.

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