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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 9:29:11 AM   
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Oh you are back... and you are ridiculing the fact that it was and is republican dogma, mantra and stable shit, same as its always been.
Reagan and his ilk, have done more long term damage for regular joes than anything since.
We knew it back in the 80s, and its been proven time after time not to work
but you could never accept blame for any of it.



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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 9:31:44 AM   
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and we descend into the ridonkulous again



It is only ridonkulous when you wish to answer a valid point with ridicule because you have no other tool to argue. The point was valid and you can't respond except to ridicule.


If $15 per hour is good why not $150 per hour?

Either of which make it illegal for a barber or hair stylist to hire a high school kid to come and sweep up hair on his way home from school at a rate the high school kid would accept and the barber would be happy to pay.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 9:39:08 AM   
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try being a little realistic, and you wont get derision.



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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 9:52:03 AM   
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Nope, and you dont possess any smidgen of intellect that would allow you to even attempt to impugn my words with your chickenshit dipshittery, that is nutsuckerbotism right out of Goebbels.

So what you are saying is you are a fucking shiteater in keeping with your characterizations.  


As a matter of course for the less cogent and cognizant among us....the non-working poor, having the foodstamps and so on, will thru the increased revenues brought in be given a miserly raise that will allow them their pound of hamburger. And still be a weeping pus on you nutsackers.

But if it cannot be bought at any price, then the price is of no concern, it is a Goebblesy bitch by nutsackers, propaganda, a distraction, a derail, a red herring, a straw man, a overarching imbecility they are imbued with.   A thing called reality.








Oh jester...goebbles was a nazi,, a national socialist. One who believed the government should have central control of the economics of the state. That is a description of Obamabots not nutsackers. Again, I call BS on all your arguments.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 9:59:56 AM   
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Well for what it's worth, I'm a huge fan of raising minimum wages and enacting living wages. Because we're all valuable human beings and we should probably start acting like it.

Frankly, workers need food clothing, and heat and people should be able to have things like that.

The 6 members of the Walton family (as in Wal-Mart) have more wealth than the poorest 42% of Americans combined.

Yeah. Read that again.

There's a difference between making a living and making a killing. And the Waltons are making a killing at the expense of their own workers.


Oh where do I start. I really don't want to make any law based on your moral perspective, my moral perspective, what you perceive as fair or any other little happy catch tune. All of the Walton's wealth is not sitting around in banks waiting to be spent on bonbons. It's capitalized in business creating jobs for millions of people. God, I could go on but this is silly.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 10:23:34 AM   
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try being a little realistic, and you wont get derision.




I don't see any realistic discussion in any of your comments. Yours are all derisive. You're just upset because a conservative treats you the same way you treat others. God, how liberals hate that.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 10:34:29 AM   
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hardly upset...a simple fact is not emotion. ...and you are simply not qualified to upset me

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 10:43:35 AM   
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Please learn to read English. I simply pointed out a major reason that most of the activity is aimed at Wal-Mart.


Please learn to stay on topic.

WalMart wages being singled out has nothing to do with it's illegal actions in other wage matters. By making the argument that WalMart's illegal labor actions are why their wages are being singled out, it implies that if the wages would be acceptable if there hadn't been these illegal activities.

If that's what you're saying, then, by all means, continue.

Actually it does.

First even if Wal-Mart pays what it claims, there are serious doubts about that, the fact is the company routinely forces employees to work off the clock and otherwise takes actions which drive down the size of their employee's pay checks. Secondly Wal-Mart is far larger than Target etc. so putting pressure on them is likely to affect more people.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 10:46:32 AM   
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yeah because LMAO how many millions of jobs were lost in the past decade? How many companies shut down, technology is getting rid of jobs, higher demands by shareholders, trickle down economics? Entry level is all some people have and will have....to survive on. Yet you wanna castigate them for taking the only jobs they can find, of course they are the problem....
fucking typical



LMAO, there is actually no such thing as trickle down economics. That term was invented by liberals, as they so often do, to ridicule things they couldn't argue, exactly as you do here. Economics, basically is supply and demand. Supply side economics, as implemented by Reagan, was also how Kennedy wanted to jump start the economy after WWII and Korea forced the US into using a sluggish economy as a way to divert material to the wars.

WTF? The economy through the 50's grew at levels that are far higher than anything we've seen under supply side stupidity. The fact is that supply side economics has destroyed the US economy and no legitimate economist even still considers it worth debating. The only place supply side is still believed is in far right politics where it is simply an object of faith despite decades of failure.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 11:10:36 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: HunterCA


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yeah because LMAO how many millions of jobs were lost in the past decade? How many companies shut down, technology is getting rid of jobs, higher demands by shareholders, trickle down economics? Entry level is all some people have and will have....to survive on. Yet you wanna castigate them for taking the only jobs they can find, of course they are the problem....
fucking typical



LMAO, there is actually no such thing as trickle down economics. That term was invented by liberals, as they so often do, to ridicule things they couldn't argue, exactly as you do here. Economics, basically is supply and demand. Supply side economics, as implemented by Reagan, was also how Kennedy wanted to jump start the economy after WWII and Korea forced the US into using a sluggish economy as a way to divert material to the wars.

WTF? The economy through the 50's grew at levels that are far higher than anything we've seen under supply side stupidity. The fact is that supply side economics has destroyed the US economy and no legitimate economist even still considers it worth debating. The only place supply side is still believed is in far right politics where it is simply an object of faith despite decades of failure.


My comment was with respect to a person using derision as argument. JFK stated he wanted to cut taxes from high wartime level to stimulate the economy. Argue your point with him. I use the point because Kennedy is apparently a god to liberals and the only reason that supply side economics became derisive in the left is because Reagan employed it and the left hates Reagan. As to your point about the system working or not, compare the Reagan recovery to the Obama, or even FDR, recovery and what you argue just isn't true. It's just residual hatred from the left.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 11:40:57 AM   
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Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/08/04/how-does-president-obamas-economic-recovery-compare-to-those-of-other-presidents/


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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 11:49:06 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: HunterCA


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yeah because LMAO how many millions of jobs were lost in the past decade? How many companies shut down, technology is getting rid of jobs, higher demands by shareholders, trickle down economics? Entry level is all some people have and will have....to survive on. Yet you wanna castigate them for taking the only jobs they can find, of course they are the problem....
fucking typical



LMAO, there is actually no such thing as trickle down economics. That term was invented by liberals, as they so often do, to ridicule things they couldn't argue, exactly as you do here. Economics, basically is supply and demand. Supply side economics, as implemented by Reagan, was also how Kennedy wanted to jump start the economy after WWII and Korea forced the US into using a sluggish economy as a way to divert material to the wars.

WTF? The economy through the 50's grew at levels that are far higher than anything we've seen under supply side stupidity. The fact is that supply side economics has destroyed the US economy and no legitimate economist even still considers it worth debating. The only place supply side is still believed is in far right politics where it is simply an object of faith despite decades of failure.



I've just provided you a source to validate my comments. Please provide the same for your "supply side economics has destroyed the US economy" and "no legitimate economist even still consider it worth debating". Or are those, again, just derision used as argument on the left such as you "supply side stupidity" comment. Perhaps, you should, as Lucy says, get real, argue with something to back up what you say other than "all your friends believe the same thing" and don't expect derision to fly as reason.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 2:03:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
quote:

ORIGINAL: DomKen
Please learn to read English. I simply pointed out a major reason that most of the activity is aimed at Wal-Mart.

Please learn to stay on topic.
WalMart wages being singled out has nothing to do with it's illegal actions in other wage matters. By making the argument that WalMart's illegal labor actions are why their wages are being singled out, it implies that if the wages would be acceptable if there hadn't been these illegal activities.
If that's what you're saying, then, by all means, continue.

Actually it does.
First even if Wal-Mart pays what it claims, there are serious doubts about that, the fact is the company routinely forces employees to work off the clock and otherwise takes actions which drive down the size of their employee's pay checks. Secondly Wal-Mart is far larger than Target etc. so putting pressure on them is likely to affect more people.


The majority of the links that popped up in your linked Google search were about last year's Black Friday "strikes" and are mainly from anti-WalMart (anti Capitalist and/or anti-conservative) sites. Nothing like a little partisanship, right? What took a year to figure out, anyway? This isn't even a conviction, either.

You may doubt all you want, but if you can't back up that allegation, you'll be even less relevant in your ravings. Any proof of them "routinely" forcing workers to work off the clock?


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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 2:05:56 PM   
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I've just provided you a source to validate my comments. Please provide the same for your "supply side economics has destroyed the US economy" and "no legitimate economist even still consider it worth debating". Or are those, again, just derision used as argument on the left such as you "supply side stupidity" comment. Perhaps, you should, as Lucy says, get real, argue with something to back up what you say other than "all your friends believe the same thing" and don't expect derision to fly as reason.


Seriously? How many more rhetorical questions are you going to pose for them to ignore? lol


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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 3:29:46 PM   
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It's this simple (forgive the attachment to Desi....I just grabbed a fast reply here...however, for the record, I agree with 99.999999999999999% of what Desi says...in nearly every post he makes):

Here's the deal....

Wanna start a business? You can.

Wanna start a multi BILLION dollar business? You can. Others did. Others will long after you leaved this Earth.

Wanna work harder than anyone you've ever known? You can. Others did before you.

Bill Marriott said it best: "You can be immeasurably wealthy like me and....work just half days....like I do. Pick your poison....6:00 a.m to 6 p.m. or, 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m."

Half days.

Your option.

THAT's
how you start a business.....that's how Sam did it, THAT's why the heirs of Sam are worth 19 kabillion dollars and can buy Picasso's for cash, and THAT's why they're worth shitloads of money.

I'm worth somewhat less than 19 kabillion dollars (by several decimal points...multiples actually...I'm happy) but, I did (what I did) by buying studio condos in my early years....earning far less than minimum wages (then larger real estate....then larger still) when I was a broke punk ass kid in my early 20's while others complained that the world was fucking them in the ass and I drove a piece of shit Vega station wagon with a blue front fender and a green body with a duct taped back hatch (and got limited pussy by virtue) because....I knew that struggling (then) was better than struggling (today).

THAT's how it's done.

THAT's how it's always done...and THAT is how it's gonna be done tomorrow. (Really wish I'd have gotten the pussy though).

Get over it.

You wanna win tomorrow?....sacrifice today.

Others have done it before you.

Others will do it long after you breath your last.

The Man ain't out to get you....your pizza's, 4 dollar coffee's (and excuses as to why it can't be done) are.

Get over the whole why it "can't be done" shit....and fucking DO it.

If you can't, or....won't....quit complaining why the man is fucking you. It ain't the man...it's you. It's always been you.

"The Man" ain't fucking you....he actually doesn't give a shit about you. You take up far too much of his time for him to be concerned about you.

But apparently....you do....enough to step on your own feet.

(Doesn't have to be that way....successful people know that). You don't have to lose for (others) to win.

You don't even have to lose....period.

The funny thing is...the guy you're certain is to "out get you" actually wins....when you do. He's (actually) rooting for YOUR success.

He cares about all the same shit you complain about, on end, that matters....(to you).

Winners want you to win.

Make it yours. Make (this guy you're convinced wants you to lose) a side note in history.......by blowing his doors off!

(It's easy....honest).

He's FAR too busy building his own future to worry about yours.

You're the reason why you failed.

No one else.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 3:54:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: HunterCA


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ORIGINAL: DomKen


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ORIGINAL: HunterCA


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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

yeah because LMAO how many millions of jobs were lost in the past decade? How many companies shut down, technology is getting rid of jobs, higher demands by shareholders, trickle down economics? Entry level is all some people have and will have....to survive on. Yet you wanna castigate them for taking the only jobs they can find, of course they are the problem....
fucking typical



LMAO, there is actually no such thing as trickle down economics. That term was invented by liberals, as they so often do, to ridicule things they couldn't argue, exactly as you do here. Economics, basically is supply and demand. Supply side economics, as implemented by Reagan, was also how Kennedy wanted to jump start the economy after WWII and Korea forced the US into using a sluggish economy as a way to divert material to the wars.

WTF? The economy through the 50's grew at levels that are far higher than anything we've seen under supply side stupidity. The fact is that supply side economics has destroyed the US economy and no legitimate economist even still considers it worth debating. The only place supply side is still believed is in far right politics where it is simply an object of faith despite decades of failure.


My comment was with respect to a person using derision as argument. JFK stated he wanted to cut taxes from high wartime level to stimulate the economy. Argue your point with him. I use the point because Kennedy is apparently a god to liberals and the only reason that supply side economics became derisive in the left is because Reagan employed it and the left hates Reagan. As to your point about the system working or not, compare the Reagan recovery to the Obama, or even FDR, recovery and what you argue just isn't true. It's just residual hatred from the left.


Bullshit!!!!!!

Cutting taxes is not supply side economics. JFK cut taxes on the top earners because the tax rate was confiscatory. He did not do it to stimulate production as there was no problem, real or perceived with production.

Supply side economics is a discredited school of thought that says that stimulating production, by any means, is more important than stimulating demand. It just happens that the most common method employed by the idiots that believe in such stupidity is to cut taxes on the wealthy.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 3:59:22 PM   
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You may doubt all you want, but if you can't back up that allegation, you'll be even less relevant in your ravings. Any proof of them "routinely" forcing workers to work off the clock?


Yes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/business/24walmart.html?_r=0
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wal-mart-loses-unpaid-overtime-case/

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 4:01:31 PM   
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It's capitalized in business creating jobs for millions of people.


The trouble with the US economy is a lack of demand from consumers, not a lack of capitalization from the wealthy.

Raising the minimum wage could actually help everyone: it could help shrink the size of government benefits needed to support the working poor, it could increase demand in the US economy, and a healthier economy =s better sales for businesses. This is a virtuous cycle.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 4:13:56 PM   
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I've just provided you a source to validate my comments. Please provide the same for your "supply side economics has destroyed the US economy" and "no legitimate economist even still consider it worth debating". Or are those, again, just derision used as argument on the left such as you "supply side stupidity" comment. Perhaps, you should, as Lucy says, get real, argue with something to back up what you say other than "all your friends believe the same thing" and don't expect derision to fly as reason.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/10/29/071029on_onlineonly_surowiecki?currentPage=1
http://www.itep.org/debunkinglaffer/
http://sharepoint.mvla.net/teachers/RobertF/Micro%20Economics%20AP/Documents/THE%20RISE%20OF%20SUPPLY%20SIDE%20ECONOMICS.pdf

You are also welcome to search academic economics journals where the subject is no longer even written about at all. Supply side economics is thoroughly disproven.

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RE: Minimum wage in america - 12/9/2013 4:26:55 PM   
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I've just provided you a source to validate my comments. Please provide the same for your "supply side economics has destroyed the US economy" and "no legitimate economist even still consider it worth debating". Or are those, again, just derision used as argument on the left such as you "supply side stupidity" comment. Perhaps, you should, as Lucy says, get real, argue with something to back up what you say other than "all your friends believe the same thing" and don't expect derision to fly as reason.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/10/29/071029on_onlineonly_surowiecki?currentPage=1
http://www.itep.org/debunkinglaffer/
http://sharepoint.mvla.net/teachers/RobertF/Micro%20Economics%20AP/Documents/THE%20RISE%20OF%20SUPPLY%20SIDE%20ECONOMICS.pdf

You are also welcome to search academic economics journals where the subject is no longer even written about at all. Supply side economics is thoroughly disproven.



You're giving me the New Yorker magazine to prove a economics theory. Get serious.

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