Why is it that republicans fail to realize that the ONLY way to boost wages for the poor...

Gotta keep our priorities straight. Stupid RWS would rather subsidize Big Business with their taxes than feed children, women, elderly, disabled vets.

They think its just fine to buy from Walmart, McDonald's and others who teach their employees how to get welfare rather than just pay them a livable wage.

While GOP Shames Poor On Food Stamps, We Pay Big Oil $10 Million-A-Minute



Republicans would love to have you believe that poor people wanting to eat something other than cat turds with their SNAP benefits is what you should be screaming about. It’s a real simple formula, actually: billionaires pay millionaires to convince the middle class that it’s poor people to blame for all their ails. It helps to have an entire fake news network to get the message out 24/7 as well. But while they drop this Weapon of Mass Distraction on the gullible masses, the real dirty culprits continue feeding at the trough until their freaking heads explode. (That is a pretty funny image.)


According to a new estimate compiled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Big Oil companies are benefiting from global subsidies of $5.3 trillion a year. To break that down a little further, that’s equivalent to $10 million a minute every single day. Conversely, in 2012, the average American taxpayer making $50,000 per year paid just $36 towards the food stamps program. Now you might be quietly thinking, “Yeah, but fossil fuel helps get me to the job I hate, and it’s not like we can use poor people as a fuel source.” One, don’t give the Koch Brothers any ideas; two, the majority of those fat subsidies go towards paying off the costs of polluters not compensating the governments for their eco disasters.


Take New Jersey’s professional YouTube screamer and occasional governor Chris Christie, for example. Christie gift wrapped a present to Exxon — a big fat potential 2016 campaign donor — at the expense of the environment and residents of New Jersey. Since his 2016 power lust is way more important than the people of New Jersey, Christie blatantly interfered with his state’s $9 billion lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil when he let them off the hook for billions. This is just one of many egregious examples of this kind of scumbaggery.

You can look at your postings to see stupid. and you really are a ugly and miserable human being. are you EVER HAPPY? also all you liberals are SUCH LIARS

And if I was poor you and OP would be the last people I'd want to care about ME. I'd rather stay poor . care for yourselves leave the REST OF US ALONE
 
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People make choices in life...
If a person doesn't get an education and doesn't have any skills then why are they having kids?

And then telling everyone else to pay for said kids because the parents are too poor to pay for them.


You already do.

You pay it in taxes, sure. As noted above, you pay it to active military who can't live on what we pay them. But, you also pay it every time you buy from such as Walmart, McD's and others who pay minimum wage.

Can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em isn't a hard concept. Of course, if we're talking people trying to raise families on minimum wage we're not exactly talking about real forward thinkers.
 
You Said: Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

I say: Well, well, well, so businesses can pay the executives and CEOs obscene amounts of money. But they can't afford minimum wage increases for the poor? This is classic class warfare. Why do you expect the tax payers to pay for WalMart and McDonald's workers food stamps? When McD and WM refuse to pay fair wages to their employees, we the tax payers pay for their social services including Medicaid and food stamps. Either way, either the corps pay for this expense or you and I have to foot the bill. Which option do you prefer?

Tell me freak, how many McDonalds franchise owners make obscene money, be very specific, they are small businesses. It's very obvious you ignorant yahoos have never ran or managed a small business. BTW I guess you're not keeping up with current events, WalMart gave all their lower pay people raises.

Aww look another con steps in to pay other business owners' bills through his own taxes. Good, I am so happy you've decided to pay someone else's bills.

I said CEOs and business execs. Small business owners are not CEOs. If you can't afford to run a business, then don't do it.

Hey while you are at it, can you send me $200 via Paypal today? Because you like to pay other people's bills, please add me to your list of beneficiaries for regular monthly payments.
 
for all you liars on the left. No one believes a word you say anymore. If it meant anything your party wouldn't have BEEN voted into MINIORITY in Congress under that thug Democrat President you all stuck in there, in a HISTORIC ass whipping in two back elections. get in the back of the bus and pipe down

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Gotta keep our priorities straight. Stupid RWS would rather subsidize Big Business with their taxes than feed children, women, elderly, disabled vets.

They think its just fine to buy from Walmart, McDonald's and others who teach their employees how to get welfare rather than just pay them a livable wage.

While GOP Shames Poor On Food Stamps, We Pay Big Oil $10 Million-A-Minute



Republicans would love to have you believe that poor people wanting to eat something other than cat turds with their SNAP benefits is what you should be screaming about. It’s a real simple formula, actually: billionaires pay millionaires to convince the middle class that it’s poor people to blame for all their ails. It helps to have an entire fake news network to get the message out 24/7 as well. But while they drop this Weapon of Mass Distraction on the gullible masses, the real dirty culprits continue feeding at the trough until their freaking heads explode. (That is a pretty funny image.)


According to a new estimate compiled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Big Oil companies are benefiting from global subsidies of $5.3 trillion a year. To break that down a little further, that’s equivalent to $10 million a minute every single day. Conversely, in 2012, the average American taxpayer making $50,000 per year paid just $36 towards the food stamps program. Now you might be quietly thinking, “Yeah, but fossil fuel helps get me to the job I hate, and it’s not like we can use poor people as a fuel source.” One, don’t give the Koch Brothers any ideas; two, the majority of those fat subsidies go towards paying off the costs of polluters not compensating the governments for their eco disasters.


Take New Jersey’s professional YouTube screamer and occasional governor Chris Christie, for example. Christie gift wrapped a present to Exxon — a big fat potential 2016 campaign donor — at the expense of the environment and residents of New Jersey. Since his 2016 power lust is way more important than the people of New Jersey, Christie blatantly interfered with his state’s $9 billion lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil when he let them off the hook for billions. This is just one of many egregious examples of this kind of scumbaggery.

You can look at your postings to see stupid. and you realty are a ugly and miserable human being. are you EVER HAPPY? also all you liberals are SUCH LIARS

And if I was poor you and OP would be the last people I'd want to care about ME. I'd rather stay poor . care for yourselves leave the REST OF US ALONE


Say's the fat hippo-crite who gets welfare, food stamps, Medicaid but wants children to starve.
 
You Said: Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

I say: Well, well, well, so businesses can pay the executives and CEOs obscene amounts of money. But they can't afford minimum wage increases for the poor? This is classic class warfare. Why do you expect the tax payers to pay for WalMart and McDonald's workers food stamps? When McD and WM refuse to pay fair wages to their employees, we the tax payers pay for their social services including Medicaid and food stamps. Either way, either the corps pay for this expense or you and I have to foot the bill. Which option do you prefer?

Tell me freak, how many McDonalds franchise owners make obscene money, be very specific, they are small businesses. It's very obvious you ignorant yahoos have never ran or managed a small business. BTW I guess you're not keeping up with current events, WalMart gave all their lower pay people raises.

Aww look another con steps in to pay other business owners' bills through his own taxes. Good, I am so happy you've decided to pay someone else's bills.

I said CEOs and business execs. Small business owners are not CEOs. If you can't afford to run a business, then don't do it.

Hey while you are at it, can you send me $200 via Paypal today? Because you like to pay other people's bills, please add me to your list of beneficiaries for regular monthly payments.

No dip stick, you specifically name McDonalds, I guess you're just too ignorant to know they are almost all owned by franchise holders. As for you, maybe if you got professional help for your delusions of grandeur, you might be able to get a real job and support yourself. Your need for big colorful fonts says a lot about you, pathetic.
 
"Why is it that republicans fail to realize that the ONLY way to boost wages for the poor is to the raise the minimum wage?"

Because they adhere blindly to the anachronism that is pre-Lochner economic dogma, failing to understand that it's no longer the 19th Century, that the relationship between employer and employee is not one of equals, and that there are political, economic, and social conditions that work to keep wages low, and factors that preempt workers from indeed finding higher paying jobs – in particular the fact that in many communities higher paying jobs simply don't exist.
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

:desk: Raise prices. Oh wait if they do that the new minimum wage won't be worth anymore than the old minimum wage. I guess liberals are idiots never mind.
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.
Businesses will inevitably benefit from the boost in consumer spending from bigger paychecks.
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

:desk: Raise prices. Oh wait if they do that the new minimum wage won't be worth anymore than the old minimum wage. I guess liberals are idiots never mind.
The price raise would be Pennies on the dollar. Over time the boost to consumer spending will lower prices.
 
Interestingly enough, if the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, then the current minimum wage would be around 10.50 to 10.75/hour.

Prices have risen, so should the minimum wage to keep up with it.

I mean...............even the military gets a cost of living allowance every year.
 
This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high.

Have you asked Democrat stock holders who are heavily invested in these corporations if they are willing to give up their profits? Start with the teachers unions, let us know what they say. :laugh:
 
"Why is it that republicans fail to realize that the ONLY way to boost wages for the poor is to the raise the minimum wage?"

Because they adhere blindly to the anachronism that is pre-Lochner economic dogma, failing to understand that it's no longer the 19th Century, that the relationship between employer and employee is not one of equals, and that there are political, economic, and social conditions that work to keep wages low, and factors that preempt workers from indeed finding higher paying jobs – in particular the fact that in many communities higher paying jobs simply don't exist.

You mean like the lefts insatiable desire to import millions upon millions of poor, uneducated people, both legal and illegal, to flood the labor markets? Supply and demand works, who knew?
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.
Businesses will inevitably benefit from the boost in consumer spending from bigger paychecks.

You didn't answer the question, I don't care what your crystal ball says.
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

:desk: Raise prices. Oh wait if they do that the new minimum wage won't be worth anymore than the old minimum wage. I guess liberals are idiots never mind.
The price raise would be Pennies on the dollar. Over time the boost to consumer spending will lower prices.


I have never in my life seen prices being lowered...On anything.And I'm not talking about a store running a sale for a day or two....
Once prices are raised they seem to stay there or go even higher.
 
...is to the raise the minumum wage? You people whine about the poor on welfare yet you are too dense to realize that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is to force employers to pay more. IF the minumum wage is raised, far less peeople are eligible for programs like food stamps. Problem solved.

This really isn't hard to figure out. Corporate profits are already at an all time high. The wage gap in this country is staggering. Where is the incentive for these "job creators" to choose to raise wages on their own accord? Why invest in a strong labor force when it is just easier for them to keep the ridiculous amount of money they already earn? The US has the widest income inequality gap in the world. Pathetically, you people call what I am saying "envy" and it's so moronic. This is an economic issue that will eventually affect the entire economy. If the poverty in this country continues to grow and the middle class continues to shrink, the economy will continue to destabilize and more crises will occur. This economy, small businesses especially, depend on consumer spending. Consumer spending can't flourish based on the current climate.

18 million people make less than 10.10 per hour. How many more make less than $15 which is the wage one must be able to live off of based on current inflation?

Exactly how do you expect businesses to absorb the higher wages, higher payroll taxes and higher workers compensation insurance? Those are just the direct pay related costs, there will be more.

:desk: Raise prices. Oh wait if they do that the new minimum wage won't be worth anymore than the old minimum wage. I guess liberals are idiots never mind.
The price raise would be Pennies on the dollar. Over time the boost to consumer spending will lower prices.


I have never in my life seen prices being lowered...On anything.And I'm not talking about a store running a sale for a day or two....
Once prices are raised they seem to stay there or go even higher.

Yep. And if the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would be 10.50 to 10.75 per hour.
 

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