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Hyperbole is all well and good for internet memes but it really doesn' advance your argument. random thoughts Send a noteboard - 03/07/2017 04:22:59 PM

There are social safety nets in this country. Were you find people going hungry is the US is when their parents sell their food stamps to buy crack. They real goal needs to be to elevate them out of poverty and telling them that all the problems in their life are the result of rich white males being greedy may get them to the ballot box but it undermines any real chance of helping them change the life choices that keep them in poverty.

I know minimum wage is one of the favorite battle cries of the alt left but they ignore things like the simple fact that half of all minimum wage workers are under the age of 24 and most still live with their parents. Not everyone who works needs to make enough money to support a family of four. My wife doesn't make enough money to support our family but that doesn't mean there is no value to us in what she does make.
One of the biggest lies is that minimum wage is just another form of racism despite the fact that 77% of them are white. I had a minimum wage job in high school and it did me a lot of good. I spent most of the money on pot and albums but I did learn how to show up at work and to be responsible, I did need to make enough money to support myself to get that benefit. Getting rid of those jobs because they are too expensive hurts the people who need them. No one would pay a 16 year that much money.

The world's do gooders need to take a Hippocratic Oath to first do no harm. Most of what they do is based on what feels good not what makes sense and seldom are they willing to look at the unintended consequences. They wanted to stop child labor in the rug industry in Afghanistan, seemed liked a noble cause but the kids are still hungry and now pick through trash looking for things to sell or eat. I doubt they are grateful for the "help"

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Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1598 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 972 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 974 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 846 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 923 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 946 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 944 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 919 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 855 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 879 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 878 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 894 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 938 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 874 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 850 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 624 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 493 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 951 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 925 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 950 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 889 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 1025 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 568 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 548 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 925 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 877 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 900 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 969 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 995 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 853 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 893 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 813 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 932 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 935 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 880 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 906 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 954 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 853 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 919 Views
Hyperbole is all well and good for internet memes but it really doesn' advance your argument. - 03/07/2017 04:22:59 PM 813 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 1053 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 526 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 547 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 1027 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 879 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 863 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 812 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 1058 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 581 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 894 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 1001 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 825 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 886 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 925 Views

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