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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 1609 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 985 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 979 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 859 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 934 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 956 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 951 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 927 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 868 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 888 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 892 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 901 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 946 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 882 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 857 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 629 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 497 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 963 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 935 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 958 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 898 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 1034 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 573 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 551 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 932 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 887 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 911 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 979 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 1000 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 864 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 905 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 825 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 947 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 953 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 892 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 918 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 968 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 860 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 926 Views
Hyperbole is all well and good for internet memes but it really doesn' advance your argument. - 03/07/2017 04:22:59 PM 823 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 1073 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 531 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 550 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 1036 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 884 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 873 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 822 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 1067 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 586 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 907 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 1014 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 837 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 896 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 931 Views

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