$15 minimum wage

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

"I was just responding to SWChandlers post, he called them losers."

Well, if one was to really review my 4/18 post, it was pretty clear that I was putting on the attitude that some of our more hateful contributors here on the right voice about folks that aren't up to their standards. As a whole, the post was more a challenge to them to offer something constructive. Looking at all my other posts on this thread, I think that it's pretty clear where I really stand on the minimum wage issue. I have no doubt that boggmans understood where I was coming from, and that his comment wasn't singling me out as one that really thinks like that.

boggsman1 · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9120 Location: at a computer

beaglebuddy · Joined: 10 Feb 2012 Posts: 1120

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gronquist · Joined: 12 May 2000 Posts: 70

mrgybe · Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 5180

Oh dear. Let me explain this slowly. The only jobs government creates are government jobs. OK? They are very good at that as those who actually pay taxes know. However, government policies can encourage or discourage job creation in the private sector. So, if, for example, government introduces legislation that potentially penalizes full time work, business will respond by creating part time jobs. Or if the government dithers for years on tax policy or regulation, that creates uncertainty which causes businesses to hold off expanding or hiring. Or if they put major projects through years of scrutiny, and then, even after passing multiple repetitive examinations, the President steps in and says the project can't go ahead just because.......that stifles job growth. Recognize any of these? The facts speak for themselves. Low skilled, low paying jobs have grown under this Administration while skilled jobs have declined. The outcome....household income has dropped significantly. No amount of smiley faces or "likes" will alter those facts.

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

It's so simple, the problem is President Obama and his administration. Pick any issue or topic, any perceived shortcomings or untoward outcomes happening right now are rooted in the poor job Obama and his people are doing.

Now, if we put ___________ (add the Republican candidate of your choice) in charge, the right decisions would be made for America, and nothing but good things would happen.

boggsman1 · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 9120 Location: at a computer

A little history of the past 6-7 years. In 2005-2006, we had the two lowest quality years of mortgage underwriting in the history of our country. Subprime represented 5-10x the average volume it has historically. BAM, 2007-2011, the whole enchilada unravelled. With manufacturing jobs already disappearing, we now had to deal with 4-6 mm newly unemployed as a result of the real estate market implosion. Because credit was nonextistent, corporations were laying people off by the busload!
Fast forward to today... what we have learned is that many of the jobs that existed before 2008, dont exist today. Corporations have learned to run lean, manufacturing is slow to recover, and housing related jobs are still not plentiful. So, many Americans have been forced to take jobs on the low end of the scale , just to pay the bills. I would say this potent economic Tsunami is much more impactful on the job market than the policies of the current president.

mac · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:49 pm Post subject:

Only someone who hasn't seen much of the world, or thought about what he has seen would say: