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an apt comparison damookster Send a noteboard - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM


In rather the same way that victims of crime aren't taking care of themselves and are responsible for their own lives, yes, I suppose so...


Like burglary victims who leave their doors unlocked while posting on Facebook from the venue they will be at for the next few hours? Or the car theft victim who left the keys in the ignition and the windows open? In that case, we agree.

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Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage Anonymous2000 - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1636 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study damookster - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 1019 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 1011 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective Cannoli - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 898 Views
Exactly. If you have to pay people $15/hour as a McDonald's cashier, put in the robots instead. Tom - 27/06/2017 07:18:11 PM 954 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 965 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... Cannoli - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 992 Views
Many? damookster - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 980 Views
Amen. Tom - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 964 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 902 Views
So is life. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 923 Views
Re: So is life. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 925 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 944 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 983 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy damookster - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 919 Views
How is that really relevant, then? Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 888 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* Clover - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 648 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 510 Views
Personal choice damookster - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 1008 Views
Re: Personal choice Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 976 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 987 Views
Very good questions Tom - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 932 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 1079 Views
Also, curtailing immigration, like keeping the minimum wage low, really only delays the inevitable. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 11:05:58 PM 943 Views
damn *NM* damookster - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 590 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 567 Views
I wish. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 962 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences random thoughts - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 928 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 940 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... Jeordam - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 1011 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 1036 Views
an apt comparison damookster - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 900 Views
So everyone who "can't" nossy - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 938 Views
ummm damookster - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 854 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. nossy - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 977 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions damookster - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 990 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 932 Views
Si nossy - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 959 Views
Who said that? damookster - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 999 Views
Who said what? nossy - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 892 Views
There is a huge difference.... Jeordam - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 954 Views
Hyperbole is all well and good for internet memes but it really doesn' advance your argument. random thoughts - 03/07/2017 04:22:59 PM 868 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? Cannoli - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 1110 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* AgentApple - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 545 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 574 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? Cannoli - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 1065 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 917 Views
So just to put this out there... Jeordam - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 896 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... Ghavrel - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 852 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... Cannoli - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 1103 Views
The example for this post was for Seattle, or perhaps King County only. damookster - 29/06/2017 11:49:32 PM 1011 Views
"Attract labor"? Minimum wage labor? I believe you mean, violently repell businesses Cannoli - 30/06/2017 03:31:36 PM 978 Views
Like anything else not addressed in the Constitution, it should be up to state and local government damookster - 30/06/2017 05:22:51 PM 997 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* Urza - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 598 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... Vodalus - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 937 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. Clover - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 1048 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. Roland00 - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 867 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. Vodalus - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 933 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. Legolas - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 968 Views
Don't say "liberalism" - there's nothing liberal about them. Say "Leftism". *NM* Tom - 27/06/2017 05:07:36 PM 499 Views
I was thinking the same. Even in the US, that's a weird context to use that word in. *NM* Legolas - 27/06/2017 05:50:21 PM 543 Views
Most Americans have no idea about the historical context of Liberalism. The Shrike - 27/06/2017 06:03:38 PM 923 Views
But even so, surely even in the US the main connotation is with social progressives, not economic? Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:28:54 PM 914 Views
I think it started to change in the 1980s Tom - 27/06/2017 07:14:26 PM 809 Views
Re: I think it started to change in the 1980s Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:05:23 PM 909 Views
Whether or not their views are shitty is a subjective determination Tom - 27/06/2017 11:15:22 PM 931 Views
A decade under conservative deans would fix the situation nicely, I think. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 11:24:41 PM 857 Views
Yes! I wonder what Dean Wormer from Faber is doing these days... *NM* Tom - 28/06/2017 12:03:46 AM 424 Views
So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... Jeordam - 28/06/2017 05:47:26 PM 1006 Views
It varies fairly significantly from location to location. MIT has a decent calculator. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:56:41 PM 1454 Views
Re: So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... Cannoli - 29/06/2017 05:08:56 AM 1016 Views
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