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After thinking about that for a few minutes.....and going over Healthmyths' wonderful thread about how wealthy our poor people are, I have had a change of heart.
There are some really stupid AND insecure people here.
If you compare what we as Americans think are poor people to the people of the world who really are poor, you can see the difference. Our poor people have cell phones and cars, they dont have to worry about paying there bills because they are paid for by the taxpayer. Be honest here, when you see folks who claim to be poor buying cigarettes and booze, are they really poor? By world standards, our poor people in America are way better off then poor people from around the rest of the world.
A fact we can all be proud of and thankful for.
When have unions spilled 2 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico?
When have unions created a $516 trillion dollar derivatives Ponzi scheme that destroyed the world economy?
When have unions fought against the minimum wage and healthcare for all Americans?
When have unions sought to abolish child labor laws?
When have unions bought influence in Congress that was against the best interests of all Americans?
When?
Every time the min wage gets raised and it hurts especially black teenagers. I realize you don't give two shits about black teenagers but some of us want to see them work their way out of poverty and oppression by the government.
When have corporations used violence against people for nothing other than crossing a line?
If you compare what we as Americans think are poor people to the people of the world who really are poor, you can see the difference. Our poor people have cell phones and cars, they dont have to worry about paying there bills because they are paid for by the taxpayer. Be honest here, when you see folks who claim to be poor buying cigarettes and booze, are they really poor? By world standards, our poor people in America are way better off then poor people from around the rest of the world.
A fact we can all be proud of and thankful for.
Maybe you can, but I can't. Capital should not be taken from one man to be given to another who is not willing to go out and earn it themselves. If they have enough money to buy cellphones and booze with then they do not need to be getting a penny from the taxpayer.
Every time the min wage gets raised and it hurts especially black teenagers. I realize you don't give two shits about black teenagers but some of us want to see them work their way out of poverty and oppression by the government.
When have corporations used violence against people for nothing other than crossing a line?
Oh..they've done it. Perhaps you need to study up on the Robber Baron Days of our country during the Industrial Revolution and beyond. Corporations killed strikers with the help of local militias on numerous occasions. You have no fucking clue what you're talking about.
Back in the day...yes, but that is not happening now. You act like if we didn't have unions now it would be like that all over again, which is not true. The unions of back then have a had a far different agenda than the unions of today.
Maybe you should write Obama a letter explaining to him your disdain for his economic adviser, you know the CEO of general electric that has not paid taxes in 3 years? If you want people to take you serious than maybe you shouldn't have a double standard when it comes to the haves and have nots.After thinking about that for a few minutes.....and going over Healthmyths' wonderful thread about how wealthy our poor people are, I have had a change of heart.
There are some really stupid AND insecure people here.
If you compare what we as Americans think are poor people to the people of the world who really are poor, you can see the difference. Our poor people have cell phones and cars, they dont have to worry about paying there bills because they are paid for by the taxpayer. Be honest here, when you see folks who claim to be poor buying cigarettes and booze, are they really poor? By world standards, our poor people in America are way better off then poor people from around the rest of the world.
In case you missed it, Obama is ushering in the misery of the days of old, while COnservatives are fighting him tooth and nail to reverse it.wow.... I guess that only reinforces my belief that the REAL Conservative agenda is to make our country like all those other ones where the poor is "REALLY" poor.
If you honestly believe that then you need to get out from under that rock. The difference between conservatives and progressives is that we believe that each man should make it on there own without the government getting involved. progressives use the power of government to ram through there own agenda regardless of what liberties it violates. Big difference. If you look at the progressive presidents in the history of America, you will see that each one passed legislation that hurt America and took even more liberty away from the American people, not helped America.Thanks for proving my point.... that Conservatives are the REAL anti-Americans... Not Progressives. Progressives want a degree of Comfort and success for ALL Americans... not just the select few who "make it".
Furthermore, Progressives... unlike Popular Conservative Opinion... aren't calling for income equality(everyone making the same), we just don't want to be hosed by the ultra wealthy.
They must not be poor enough, because they absolutely refuse to work even when offered a job.I think enough of our population is speaking in volumes about how much they are struggling... yet all I hear is that "they aren't REALLY poor", or "they're just lazy", or a host of other bullshit remarks that are just parroted talking points that come forth by wealthy, greedy people who don't want to "Trickle Down" to the people that made them wealthy.
Remember the OWS protesters who refused applications?
Your country is the former soviet union apparently.I am starting to think that the wealthy elite's vision for this country come from studying Banana Republics in Central and South America, and saying YEAH.... that's the way I want MY country to run!
If this is the case... it's YOUR side that is the enemy of the State... Not the Progressives, who want everyone to live a better life. We are a BETTER Society than Banana Republics, We are a BETTER Society than a Corporatist dictatorship like China, We are the best country in the world and we need to set the damned bar MUCH higher than it is right now. If the wealthy elite have a problem with that, Maybe it's they who need to get the fuck out of OUR country. I consider them borderline traitors anyway.
When has a union created a job?
When, largely through the efforts of the Labor Movement, a working person, unionized or not, makes a decent enough wage to have some discretionary income to pump back into the economy and the free time to pump it back in.
That's when.
Unions don't create Jobs, they save them. Sheesh, some of you 1%ers really need a dose of reality.
Or for that matter.. when has a group of poor people created jobs?
Or why don't we declare ALL businesses are NONPROFIT!
Which means there will be committees , i.e. central planners in D.C. that will tell all oil, transportation, manufacturers how often they will drill, or pump or when cars can be on the roads, or how many iPads can be built because
Central planning" says there isn't enough lithium available for the batteries because Central planning hasn't signed the Afghanistan agreement from China!
NOT for profits meaning NO Federal income/state/local/sales or property taxes!
Come on all of you are in favor of withdrawing from these evil profit making banks and putting into those kindly nonprofit credit unions right???
AFter all they have "union" in their name!
So who will pay the property taxes after all NONPROFITS are exempt!
Again.. tell me all you OWS supporters.. why not do away with ALL evil for profit companies?
Because that seems to be the logical extension!
A fact we can all be proud of and thankful for.
Maybe you can, but I can't. Capital should not be taken from one man to be given to another who is not willing to go out and earn it themselves. If they have enough money to buy cellphones and booze with then they do not need to be getting a penny from the taxpayer.
I don't think you should talk about our retired military that way.
Oh..they've done it. Perhaps you need to study up on the Robber Baron Days of our country during the Industrial Revolution and beyond. Corporations killed strikers with the help of local militias on numerous occasions. You have no fucking clue what you're talking about.
Back in the day...yes, but that is not happening now. You act like if we didn't have unions now it would be like that all over again, which is not true. The unions of back then have a had a far different agenda than the unions of today.
Bullshit...they worked for a living wage, health care, a way to quit working before they died on the job and some sense of security. I was in a union for about ten years, OCAW local 9-288. The company never gave anybody a damn thing but when they saw they were going to have to grant something to the union workers they hurried up and gave it to the salaried employees first. In some cases no more than the week before. A company looks at one thing...bottom line profit. They wouldn't give a nun enough warm piss to take a pill if someone or some thing didn't make them.
Unions always create jobs. That's because unions keep wages high, high wages mean high consumer demand, and high consumer demand means high investment in the production of goods and services to satisfy that demand.
It's wrong to call the rich and corporations "job creators." Consumers create jobs. Businesses are just the middlemen.
For that matter, consumers create businesses, too.
When 3 trucks pulled up to a jobsite of mine in Floridastan with loads of drywall and the owner was forced to "call the hall" since there were only journeyman on the job and unloading of trucks was work for laborers.
Some lazy ass bum who openly chooses to not work but relishes the 1st of every month so he can get taxpayer dollars to go to the bar with does not deserve it and it should not be allowed. .
I'll tell you what soldier boy...send me a list containing names and addresses of those who are doing that and I promise you I will personally put a stop to it.
The fact is that because of the percentage of single moms food stamps mostly go to feed hungry children. Right now is one period where more people are on food stamps than at any other time since they began to issue them. We also have about 20 million unemployed...when those who have stopped looking are included, 45 million with no health insurance, tens of thousands of students with $50,000-$100,000 college debts, stagnated wages for what used to be the middle class and while all this continues the upper 1% of Americans have quadrupled their wealth in the last fifteen years. There will be a breaking point...it's not whether, it's when.
Higher wages also means the price of the product will be higher as well. You dont actually think the employer is just gonna suck up that loss in cash do you?
And higher wages do not mean higher consumer demand. A good product at a reasonable price will though.
Unions always create jobs. That's because unions keep wages high, high wages mean high consumer demand, and high consumer demand means high investment in the production of goods and services to satisfy that demand.
It's wrong to call the rich and corporations "job creators." Consumers create jobs. Businesses are just the middlemen.
For that matter, consumers create businesses, too.
After thinking about that for a few minutes.....and going over Healthmyths' wonderful thread about how wealthy our poor people are, I have had a change of heart.
There are some really stupid AND insecure people here.
If you compare what we as Americans think are poor people to the people of the world who really are poor, you can see the difference. Our poor people have cell phones and cars, they dont have to worry about paying there bills because they are paid for by the taxpayer. Be honest here, when you see folks who claim to be poor buying cigarettes and booze, are they really poor? By world standards, our poor people in America are way better off then poor people from around the rest of the world.
wow.... I guess that only reinforces my belief that the REAL Conservative agenda is to make our country like all those other ones where the poor is "REALLY" poor.
Thanks for proving my point.... that Conservatives are the REAL anti-Americans... Not Progressives. Progressives want a degree of Comfort and success for ALL Americans... not just the select few who "make it".
Furthermore, Progressives... unlike Popular Conservative Opinion... aren't calling for income equality(everyone making the same), we just don't want to be hosed by the ultra wealthy.
Unions don't create Jobs, they save them. Sheesh, some of you 1%ers really need a dose of reality.
Unions always create jobs. That's because unions keep wages high, high wages mean high consumer demand, and high consumer demand means high investment in the production of goods and services to satisfy that demand.
It's wrong to call the rich and corporations "job creators." Consumers create jobs. Businesses are just the middlemen.
For that matter, consumers create businesses, too.