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Several restaurants, hotels and retailers have started or are preparing to limit schedules of hourly workers to below 30 hours a week. That is the threshold at which large employers in 2014 would have to offer workers a minimum level of insurance or pay a penalty starting at $2,000 for each worker.

rofl... few of those offer much or any benefits already.

And few of those workers (restaurants and hotels specifically) count on their paychecks as their main source of income.
Don't tell the government but these folks make far more in gratuities....lol

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave
I suppose it's always easy to have a conscience with money stolen from others.
Like, say, Joe Biden and Obamao. They're all too happy to care for you with my money.

This kind of argument is as simplistic as it is misleading.
The claim :"They're all too happy to care for you with my money" assumes the speaker will derive no benefit whatsoever from the US Govt for the entirety of their existence. I would have thought it is impossible to live in a modern society without enjoying some benefit from Govt on a daily basis, whether that is merely the use of public roads, or enjoying public security or something more substantial like welfare or health benefits. Once it is accepted that the speaker will derive some benefit from Govt the claim's impact collapses completely.

There are people who will not ever get welfare benefits from the Federal Gov't. outside of a small bit of SSI and Medicare. There are some that will pay in a vast amount more than they will ever get out, paying for those who don't pay in as much and get a lot more out. You can mince words all you want, and I'm sure you will continue, but there just are some things you can't obfuscate your way out of.

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If the speaker has in mind only those who benefit from Govt welfare and health systems, it should be noted that recipients of these benefits very rarely retain any savings - the benefit they receive is spent in toto, re-circulating through the economy helping to keep businesses of all sorts and the local economy afloat. So the beneficiaries of Govt benefits are many and may ultimately be the recipient's landlord, supermarket owner or some such service provider. Again the claim's impact collapses entirely.

Yes, that money goes into the economy. But, just like the much debunked "broken window" fallacy, you don't take into account what that money would have been used for had it stayed with the person that earned it. To take your "logic" to it's ultimate conclusion, the Government should provide everything for everyone, regardless of what that person does. But, who is going to produce? Who is going to provide that which the government doles out?

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The claim is so inaccurate that it cannot have a basis in economic reality. One is tempted to consider that it is instead motivated by the usual emotions that fuel Right wing claims - fear, greed, selfishness and insecurity.

If Government continued to take more from you and put more and more layers of regulation on business, you'd feel a bit insecure, too, unless you were one of those relying on government to give to you.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
Yes there are such people. I am one of them. I pay thousands more in taxes than I receive in benefits every year. But I'm happy to do so as it ensures I, and all Australian residents get free at delivery cradle-to-grave quality healthcare and there is a comprehensive safety net for those on the margins of society, as well as all the other services Govt supplies in modern societies. If the US Govt didn't squander the hundreds of billions it does on the military annually, and instead focussed on supplying those services that Govts can supply efficiently to its citizens (eg healthcare) I suspect I'd hear a lot less of the whinging I hear from Americans on this topic.

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Your claim here may or may not be valid (For instance, there's no guarantee that the $ saved will get spent at all, or invested prudently - they could all get squandered on a new Porsche, or more cocaine). But it's relevancy is questionable and it does seem to concede my argument that the simplistic "The Govt is spending my tax $ on you" approach is stupid.

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As explained above I am one of those people who pays far more than they get back and I don't begrudge the money. In fact I'd happily pay more if it meant improved services to those that need them. And all that makes me feel more secure not less. I imagine I am far from unique in that respect. I do recall a few opinion polls here some years ago to confirm that most Aussies share that feeling. So I guess you have a bit of figuring out to do.

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ORIGINAL: JanahX
.09 cents of individual tax dollars per year go towards welfare. I understand ... how you dont want to part with that 9 cents. Its really going to break your budget.
http://myesoteric.hubpages.com/hub/How-Much-of-Your-Tax-Dollar-Really-Does-Go-to-Help-the-Free-Loading-Indigent-Ought-to-Get-a-Job-Americans

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• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
• Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
  

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
If Government continued to take more from you and put more and more layers of regulation on business, you'd feel a bit insecure, too, unless you were one of those relying on government to give to you.

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If Government continued to take more from you and put more and more layers of regulation on business, you'd feel a bit insecure, too, unless you were one of those relying on government to give to you.

Sorry you missed it, nice cave you live in there, etc., but the country has been on an un-tax-and-spend, deregulation tear for the last 30 years.
The spending was on unwarranted invasions, and bailouts resulting from the the predictable (and predicted) consequences of deregulation. And to ensure that the hit to the deficit would come from both sides, at least 5 different uncalled for and completely irrational tax cuts were enacted along with. As I said, un-tax-and-spend, along with killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, putting millions out of home and job domestically, and generally lowering our standing in the world in every way imaginable, along with lowering the standard of living in this country, have been SOP for some years now.
That's worked out well, hasn't it?

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True what you say, though, about those relying on what government gives them feeling more secure. There hasn't been any time in the last 100 years when oil companies, agro-chem, military ('defense'), pharma, and especially the financial industry, have felt more secure in their position than what they most assuredly feel now, given the unprecedented favorable recent history regarding such phenomenal munificence from the government to their quarter, in every regard.

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
• Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
  

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ORIGINAL: JanahX
I already paid my 9 cents this year thank you. And if it will make you feel better so you can use that ten dollars to go eat a Big Mac and fries - I would happily pay your 10.00. I wouldnt want to see you starve.

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
• Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
  

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This is true,lol
For myself I always like to tip in cash,it's the memory of waiting on tables myself.
Pay with the card,tip in cash.
Not that I am advocating trying to avoid paying ones fair and actual tax bill(like a certain candidate for President who uses every dodge in the book both legal and just a little sketchy)

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lol.. and how many pay in cash these days. I can honestly say my last year of waiting tables, 90% of my tips were credit card.

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This is true,lol
For myself I always like to tip in cash,it's the memory of waiting on tables myself.
Pay with the card,tip in cash.
Not that I am advocating trying to avoid paying ones fair and actual tax bill(like a certain candidate for President who uses every dodge in the book both legal and just a little sketchy)

But you are dear boy. You are.

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But you keep going along and thinking there is some equivalency with a waiter fudging his returns and your candidate fucking shipping money out of the country...in other words fudging on a grand fucking scale !

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
If Government continued to take more from you and put more and more layers of regulation on business, you'd feel a bit insecure, too, unless you were one of those relying on government to give to you.

Sorry you missed it, nice cave you live in there, etc., but the country has been on an un-tax-and-spend, deregulation tear for the last 30 years.
The spending was on unwarranted invasions, and bailouts resulting from the the predictable (and predicted) consequences of deregulation. And to ensure that the hit to the deficit would come from both sides, at least 5 different uncalled for and completely irrational tax cuts were enacted along with. As I said, un-tax-and-spend, along with killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, putting millions out of home and job domestically, and generally lowering our standing in the world in every way imaginable, along with lowering the standard of living in this country, have been SOP for some years now.
That's worked out well, hasn't it?

Outside of the bullshit talking points... um... yep... nothing there.

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And, we both agree that we need to separate Government from Big Money. Cutting the influence of money in DC is of prime importance, and much of that can be done by reducing the amount of money Government controls.

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to answer the stupid topic... why you found us out! I want to take away obama phones. There, I said it. Now the bloods will have to shout or walk over to their drug dealers to make a deal instead of using free phones. There. I said it. Now go riot. YEEE hawwww!

I would rather cut my own throat than be on the same side of an aisle or an issue as this character.
And yet there are scores of folks,a few right here at collarme,who feel they are wholly reasonable and yet this is their ideological brother.
How do they live with that ?

How do you live with the bigots on your side of the fence?

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But you keep going along and thinking there is some equivalency with a waiter fudging his returns and your candidate fucking shipping money out of the country...in other words fudging on a grand fucking scale !

Guess it's just a matter of degree with you. Like an employee ripping off a few bucks here and there versus big time thousands.

You're not a man of principle, are you!