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I never could understand how a bunch of republican millionaires could trash American workers while receiving the most socialistic benefits on the planet. When they start cutting their own pay and benefits I may listen to the hypocrites.
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You probably support Obama's drilling moratorium.
Well I didn't mean to imply that workers should be paid a minimum of $100,000 a year, that would be stupid. But one of the biggest problems we have is that workers don't earn enough money to support the economy, so they must borrow it.Ah, but it's a delicate balance. If it were that easy, we'd just pay everybody a minimum of $100,000 a year. Too much money chasing too few goods is another problem we don't want to have. There's no magic potion -- at least none that we've found so far.
My apology, Liberal Avenger, I was out of line with that comment.
Now I would appreciate it however if you responded to my post and in addition let us all know what you are doing to create jobs for individuals and paying them a liveable wage? DO you own a business, have you taken any risk, have you invested your own money in a business, ever have an employee steal from you or fail to show up for work forcing you to cover their job? Seems that a lot of people never have run a business so don't have a clue as to the expenses required and how difficult it is to make a living in that business. Over 80% of the businesses in this country aren't those evil corporations you and others seem to hate and very few if any of those mega corporations pay minimum wage to their employees and that includes that evil Wal-Mart
LiberalAvenger;1058908788]What am I doing to create jobs? I teach people building skills on a volunteer basis. I help them find employment through my business contacts.
Do I own a business? I owned a construction business for 30 years. I receive SS but I usually work about two weeks per month to supplement my income. I am self employed so you could say that I still own my own business. I volunteer two days a week for a large charitable organization.
I have taken many risks and lost lots of money. I have taken a few risks and made some money. I've invested plenty in my business.
I have had plenty of employees steal from me. Some of them were people that I was helping. In my career I would estimate that I have had at least 100k of theft from my business, especially tools and equipment.
Having said that, it does not mean that my opinion is superior to others. I will say that I have gained knowledge that you will never learn from a book.
That is not what I said.
You want people to be paid a set amount, around 40k. As if people are entitled to such money. All you'd do is create inflation and devalue money.Well we have a bounty of food and shelter yet many struggle everyday just to achieve those goals. I would have to argue for a living wage in the neighborhood of 40k depending on the location eg New York City vs Twiddle de Dum Arizona.
You most certainly did sir.
You want people to be paid a set amount, around 40k. As if people are entitled to such money. .
All you'd do is create inflation and devalue money
Well we have a bounty of food and shelter yet many struggle everyday just to achieve those goals. I would have to argue for a living wage in the neighborhood of 40k depending on the location eg New York City vs Twiddle de Dum Arizona.
Well I didn't mean to imply that workers should be paid a minimum of $100,000 a year, that would be stupid. But one of the biggest problems we have is that workers don't earn enough money to support the economy, so they must borrow it.
You most certainly did sir.
You want people to be paid a set amount, around 40k. As if people are entitled to such money. All you'd do is create inflation and devalue money.
That implies people are owed a so called "living wage".I said I want people paid a living wage.
Well then we'd raise taxes on business for raising prices, and we'd print more money for the poor....and we'd increase minimum wages so they could afford more stuff.That implies people are owed a so called "living wage".
And you put that at $40k a year.
Why do people on Min-Wage lack the buying power of those who make $40k a year? Because the price of goods and services. IF $40K became the NEW Min-wage, you'd have more people buying things, which would be a temp bump in economic activity, but over time there would be more $$ then things to buy. Supply and Demand would cause prices to rise till, over a period of time, $40k would be like $18k today.
Economics 101.
People aren't entitled to money. You have to earn it.
So you automatically assume that all people who can't find jobs don't want to work. Is that it?
ricksfolly
So how much did you pay your workers and where did you get the money? Who told you what to pay those workers?
You seem to buy the rhetoric that everyone needs a liveable wage but ignore how wages are decided and the costs associated with it. We have a minimum wage in this country, any idea who and how many make that minimum wage? Find out instead of generalizing. What qualifies you to tell other businesses what to pay their workers? Do you know their financial situation, their costs, their market, their competition?
So you have taken risk, invested and lost money yet you want to tell others what they should pay their workers? If you invested in your business then you know that you are the last one paid in that business. I look forward to you telling us all who told you how much to pay them and how you came to that decision?
So how much should those employees have been paid? could it be they stole from you since you didn't give them a "liveable" wage? Why did they steal from you? Why didn't you pay them more?
So you think I got all my knowledge from a book? You do speculate a lot and most of it is wrong. I value street smarts over book smarts and I have both. Worked hard, ran a business, got a college degree, and understand human behavior. You seem to speak out of emotion while ignoring your basic business principles that you cannot pay people more than your business earns. You seem to lack a basic understanding of that concept.
That's because I am a socialist bastard and proud of it.
thank you for being honest for probably the first time in your life. There was never a doubt in my mind as you believe it is ok to redistribute wealth and take from those that produce to give to those that don't. This country wasn't built on those principles
thank you for being honest for probably the first time in your life. There was never a doubt in my mind as you believe it is ok to redistribute wealth and take from those that produce to give to those that don't. This country wasn't built on those principles
This country was built on slave labor at the beginning.
So you would compound the mistakes of the past by implementing the failed socialist model in this country? Interesting, please name for me one socialist model that has been successful and define that success?
If you want to call Social Security socialist, it has been very successful and will continue to be despite all the doom and gloom from the right. It has never missed a payment and has stopped millions from falling into poverty.So you would compound the mistakes of the past by implementing the failed socialist model in this country? Interesting, please name for me one socialist model that has been successful and define that success?
If you want to call Social Security socialist, it has been very successful and will continue to be despite all the doom and gloom from the right. It has never missed a payment and has stopped millions from falling into poverty.
So you automatically assume that all people who can't find jobs don't want to work. Is that it?
ricksfolly
Today an unemployed worker gets over two years of benefits not to work. Does that make sense to you? Where is the incentive to get a job?
It's not a hand out. It's unemployment insurance the workers paid for every week.
If there are no jobs, it doesn't matter if you have incentive or not.
ricksfolly
If you want to call Social Security socialist, it has been very successful and will continue to be despite all the doom and gloom from the right. It has never missed a payment and has stopped millions from falling into poverty.
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