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A growing economy, by itself, is no longer enough to bring solid pay increases, which are in turn the lifeblood of rising living standards.
The public-sector workplace has become a kind of artificial Eden, whose fortunate inhabitants enjoy solid pay and 1950s-style job security and retirement benefits, all of it paid for by their less-fortunate private-sector peers.
Roberts, whose popularity has shot into the stratosphere recently, will no doubt be angling for a very solid pay raise as well.
Now it looks like their powerful example is resonating all the way to the White House, with reports that the Obama Administration is developing a federal procurement policy that would reward companies that provide solid pay and benefits while shunning firms that repeatedly violate workplace and environmental laws.
Any combination of these fighters would bring enough credibility to the event to draw solid pay per view numbers, and the promotion of a yearlong road to the title would create a new buzz for the UFC, which stopped hosting tournament-style events over a decade ago, save their lesser forays to crown the first 155 and 125-pound champions.
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This system of solid, paid training has deteriorated with the gradual loss of interest in, and respect for, skilled labour.
When Seth Paulsen learned from one of the returning fathers that Joey was working long hours up there, cleaning gutters and cutting brush and scraping paint, he wondered whether Patty might be paying Joey a solid wage for his services, whether this might be part of the deal.
"These are real jobs with good solid hourly pay," said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com.com
"We cannot on a solid basis pay for our social model, or what I call our European way of life," he said.
"We cannot on a solid basis pay for our social model, or what I call our European way of life," Mr. Van Rompuy argued, adding: "We now have a window of opportunity for a strategy".
"With consumer price inflation stuck at zero, workers are experiencing solid real pay rises for the first time since the recession," he added.
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