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I have a friend who was career military and a historian. I asked him why Japan attacked in WWII, and he told me that the US wanted the Japanese to attack. Some sort of economic battle while we were playing isolationist. I have heard others on here say the same. I asked this same guy about...

Great thread Bonzi, This is a topic that means a great deal to me. I believe in predestination and I also believe in God. I was brought up Christian and I ended up studying a lot of philosophy. I always found the free will debate fascinating if a bit pointless. The two sides bickering are...

I know the economy is in the toilet, and I know the government is squeezing small business every way it can. I have a step-son (no I was not irresponsible enough to be a poor person who had a child) who wanted to be a pharmacist. A few months later, he tells me that he can't be a pharmacist...

Hey Flipper To me a living wage = an apartment, a used car, cheap food - hot dogs, chicken nuggets(nothing expensive or healthy), and the ability to get your blood pressure pills. Is it charity or robbery for 40 hours a week to get you that? Increasing the minimum wage doesn't have to be...

I'm listening. Is it totally impossible to raise the minimum wage? If it isn't possible, then what can be done to keep welfare from growing even faster? Is there any way businesses can raise payroll money and survive? I always hear the 100 dollar cheeseburger arguments and that businesses...

Why does everyone resort to communism? I never once mentioned government money. 15$ dollars an hour sounds fair. As someone pointed out, even O'Reily said paying employees isn't a bad thing. It seems if companies can only survive by using a labor force that can't support itself then that is...

Post #2 - only kids work for minimum wage Post#3 - In response to living wage - belief in silly things, told to join "reality" - will admit I misread comment about illegal aliens - not an attack on the poor. Post#7 - general statement about "Driving businesses under" All posts by Stephanie...

So you would rather have this guy be a brain surgeon, or perhaps your dentist. Don't worry Alan Greenspan told everybody these guys should go back to school. I don't blame successful people for not understanding why others are not successful. There are many more of "us" than you would think...

Just because I am poor doesn't mean I am not a republican. I know the government messes everything up. I honestly don't know the answer to getting people off of government dependence. It is pretty clear that throwing money at education doesn't do any good, but I'm guessing that goes in the...

This is something else that bothers me. If your employer treats you like garbage it is assumed that you can just leave. I haven't seen this to be the case. Even people in low end jobs can't just up and leave to find greener pastures. Most people are grateful to have any kind of work, and do...

I did not intend to hit such a nerve. I never once advocated welfare. I'm talking about people who are working. I honestly did not expect people to be bashing people that are indeed working. It is kind of low to bash people that have jobs. This is kind of the point I was trying to make...

Hey, I'm new. One of the things that confuses me the most about the Republican Party is its stance on poverty. I want to start out by saying that I am an Indiana Republican and I grew up middle class. We lived by two common rules. Work Hard, Believe in God. These two things were not a bad...