Again, you stated that Democrats jacked up corporate taxes to the highest rate in the world,
Do you understand?
AGAIN, where did I state the above?
The question is 'do you understand'? You have falsely accused me AGAIN!...
Why are you opposed to paying those at the bottom of the pay scale a wage that they might be able to survive on?
Did you ever hear of Henry Ford? Ninety nine years ago in January, 1914 Ford raised the pay of his workers to $5.00 a day.
He reasoned that since, because of his innovations, it was now possible to build inexpensive cars in volume, more of them could be sold if employees could afford to buy them. The $5 day helped better the lot of all American workers and contributed to the emergence of the American middle class. In the process. Ford had changed manufacturing forever.
More here:Henry Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unfortunately most of you people on the right just don't understand how the economy works.
Have a nice day.
"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.
Nice job of completely ignoring the point I made about tax reform.
I apologize for my error.
So you do not blame Democrats for jacking up corporate taxes to the highest in the world, but you still seem to have an opinion that the GOP did something about this, and yet, American still has the highest corporate taxes in the world.
When Washington mandates that businesses raise minimum wage, it drives the cost of labor up making it more difficult for businesses to make a profit. And with the economy teetering on the brink of collapse, it's "most of the people on the right" who don't understand how the economy works? :lamo
So, when I show that you lied about Henry Ford and his views on business, which I backed up with a quote, your response is to then make up more lies from you own mind, then pull these lies out of your ass and post them as facts. Then to make matters worse, you attack the product that Ford makes because you don't like his belief that labor should be paid a decent wage.
It wasn't that long ago that right-wingers was praising Ford for not taking government money. I guess you don't remember this.
I'll be upfront with you. I don't like Obama and I disagree with many of his purported policies. But I did agree with 2 things he said last night.
1) Minimum wage. First, not that many people are getting less than $9 an hour anyway. The least anybody is making is $7.25 and many states are higher than that anyway. So, realistically, there are a few million workers making less than $9, so they'll get a $1 raise. Any business that can't afford another $8 a day isn't much of a business. I've been self-employed for about 45 years and I never once paid minimum wage. I'd frankly be embarrased to and I ask for loyalty and dedication so I'm not going to not be at leastt 20% above minimum.
So, I feel this is not harmful at all and nobody can survive on less than $9. The only ones who get this "raiuse" are people that actually have a job. Not parasites - workers.
2) Manufacturing development labs - This is one of my ideas and I feel Obama should pay ME for suggesting this years ago. Developing new products and licensing them to IS manufacturers and making them in the US is a wise, and not excessive, investment. Look how many things NASA invented as a by-product of the space program! The USG will probably turn a profit on the patents and stuff will get invented that private industry hasn't gotten to yet. This makes America stronger. It will also train new engineers who can then go with their inventions to whomever buys the license. In the end, it costs probably zero and we need to get back ahead of China, Korea and Japan etc. in new technology.
Just because Obama is wrong about many things doesn't mean he's wrong about everything. I wish he had more good ideas. But I will support what is good, I want America to succeed. He;s already elected - lets get the best possible from him. Don't you think that's wisest?
I love it when a liberal shoots themselves in the foot with their own "example". :lamo
Henry Ford was a great, great man. He failed twice at establishing a successful auto manufacturing company before he was successful. He did not get a government bailout, he persevered. He kept trying and finally succeeded. As the owner of his company, he decided to raise his worker's wages on his own. That's right, no pressure from government, no government mandate, just his decision. He made the decision to raise the pay for those who worked for him and take a hit on his own profits. It wasn't done via the barrel of a gun from Washington, it was done because he wanted his workers to be able to buy the same vehicles that they were building, which is good business sense.
When Washington mandates that businesses raise minimum wage, it drives the cost of labor up making it more difficult for businesses to make a profit. And with the economy teetering on the brink of collapse, it's "most of the people on the right" who don't understand how the economy works? :lamo
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I'll be upfront with you. I don't like Obama and I disagree with many of his purported policies. But I did agree with 2 things he said last night.
1) Minimum wage. First, not that many people are getting less than $9 an hour anyway. The least anybody is making is $7.25 and many states are higher than that anyway. So, realistically, there are a few million workers making less than $9, so they'll get a $1 raise. Any business that can't afford another $8 a day isn't much of a business. I've been self-employed for about 45 years and I never once paid minimum wage. I'd frankly be embarrased to and I ask for loyalty and dedication so I'm not going to not be at leastt 20% above minimum.
So, I feel this is not harmful at all and nobody can survive on less than $9. The only ones who get this "raiuse" are people that actually have a job. Not parasites - workers.
2) Manufacturing development labs - This is one of my ideas and I feel Obama should pay ME for suggesting this years ago. Developing new products and licensing them to IS manufacturers and making them in the US is a wise, and not excessive, investment. Look how many things NASA invented as a by-product of the space program! The USG will probably turn a profit on the patents and stuff will get invented that private industry hasn't gotten to yet. This makes America stronger. It will also train new engineers who can then go with their inventions to whomever buys the license. In the end, it costs probably zero and we need to get back ahead of China, Korea and Japan etc. in new technology.
Just because Obama is wrong about many things doesn't mean he's wrong about everything. I wish he had more good ideas. But I will support what is good, I want America to succeed. He;s already elected - lets get the best possible from him. Don't you think that's wisest?
I love it when a liberal shoots themselves in the foot with their own "example". :lamo
Henry Ford was a great, great man. He failed twice at establishing a successful auto manufacturing company before he was successful. He did not get a government bailout, he persevered. He kept trying and finally succeeded. As the owner of his company, he decided to raise his worker's wages on his own. That's right, no pressure from government, no government mandate, just his decision. He made the decision to raise the pay for those who worked for him and take a hit on his own profits. It wasn't done via the barrel of a gun from Washington, it was done because he wanted his workers to be able to buy the same vehicles that they were building, which is good business sense.
When Washington mandates that businesses raise minimum wage, it drives the cost of labor up making it more difficult for businesses to make a profit. And with the economy teetering on the brink of collapse, it's "most of the people on the right" who don't understand how the economy works? :lamo
And you ignored that Obama has made that statement before and until something concrete is proposed I ignored nothing but you ignored the lies.
Actually economics says that these people will loose their job if their labor is not worth the increase.
Well lets say businesses are required to give a million people another 2 dollars an hour. Thats 2 million per hour total, 80 million more per week (since obama says theyre all working full time), 320million more per month, 3 billion more a year in labor costs, that would then be passed down to consumers. It adds up.
I don't think we understand the phrase "liberal shoots themselves in the foot" in the same way. shrubnose pointed out that Henry Ford, a racist anti-Semite by the way
Using this line of reasoning, I should hope that nobody ever gets a wage increase. Never. Why, prices might go up! My best friend just got a raise to $18.03 an hour and I don't think her company's prices went up.
Even using your figures, not allowing for the fact that the current amount is $7.25 and thus we're talking about $1.75, not $2.00 and allowing for the fact that there are a number of states that already have a higher minimum wage, I just want to remind you that these are WORKERS not PARASITES and the amounts you are concerned with are negiligible in context.
I seriously doubt that anybody will lose their job over $1.75 an hour. Even $9 an hour is hardly high wages but it's enough to get them off the welfare rolls.
So you support tax reform?
Using this line of reasoning, I should hope that nobody ever gets a wage increase. Never. Why, prices might go up! My best friend just got a raise to $18.03 an hour and I don't think her company's prices went up.
Even using your figures, not allowing for the fact that the current amount is $7.25 and thus we're talking about $1.75, not $2.00 and allowing for the fact that there are a number of states that already have a higher minimum wage, I just want to remind you that these are WORKERS not PARASITES and the amounts you are concerned with are negiligible in context.
I seriously doubt that anybody will lose their job over $1.75 an hour. Even $9 an hour is hardly high wages but it's enough to get them off the welfare rolls.
Thank you for this!...
No, I don't blame anyone as EVERYONE is at fault and the mere application of blame is pointless. Yes the GOP did do SOMETHING, frankly compounding the already complicated tax code even further (as I inferred previously).
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I will only focus on one line, which distinctly highlights again just how out to lunch the man is when it comes to real healthcare reforms in this country.
Nonsense. Do you assert that welfare is less now than $320/month? It will shift the "welfare" costs from gov't to private employer, but do no more than that. Increasing wages with no increase in productivity is insane. Why not make that "living minimum wage" $25/hour then?
Examining the Means-tested Welfare State
Australia's minimum wage is $15.96 (Australian), which translates to $16.50 (U.S.) and the country has a jobless rate of just 5.4 per cent. AND their Prime Minister is an atheist!
Australia's minimum wage is $15.96 (Australian), which translates to $16.50 (U.S.) and the country has a jobless rate of just 5.4 per cent. AND their Prime Minister is an atheist!
Using this line of reasoning, I should hope that nobody ever gets a wage increase. Never. Why, prices might go up! My best friend just got a raise to $18.03 an hour and I don't think her company's prices went up.
Even using your figures, not allowing for the fact that the current amount is $7.25 and thus we're talking about $1.75, not $2.00 and allowing for the fact that there are a number of states that already have a higher minimum wage, I just want to remind you that these are WORKERS not PARASITES and the amounts you are concerned with are negiligible in context.
I seriously doubt that anybody will lose their job over $1.75 an hour. Even $9 an hour is hardly high wages but it's enough to get them off the welfare rolls.
Absolutely, too bad Obama's idea of tax reform only hits the upper income earns which is nothing more than a drop in the bucket to solve our spending problem promoted by liberalism. How much in Federal Income Taxes do the 22 plus million unemployed/under employed/discouraged workers pay?
Exactly. If he supported tax reform he would have done something with the TAX REFORM COMMISSION HE SET UP!
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