bearkat42
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Maybe everyone should come and work for you. You just said that you're paying teenagers about $60 grand a year, right?
What do you think is an appropriate raise for someone working minimum wage?
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TBoneJack
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Chicago Hope.
NLXSK1
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I seriously hope that Pada one day finds that liberal socialist that pays him what he thinks he is worth regardless of his financial output and contribution to the company.
That guy that put his blood sweat and tears into creating something that would pay a living wage instead of worrying about profit and loss...
I know, you could run for political office.... ROFLMAO!!
Padawanbater2
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99% of the economic gains generated in the country is going to the top 1% of earners and people are working for slave wages. The picture is a little more complex than just the unemployment rate
TBoneJack
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Then please sir, define "living wage", precisely please, and maybe I'll understand better.
bearkat42
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These people don't want facts. They want to continue to believe that if they work hard, they'll be in that 1% as well. You know, pulling themselves up by the ole' boot straps. BULLSHIT
UncleBuck
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that's according to fox news, which is not a legitimate or accurate source of information.
go away.
UncleBuck
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their unemployment rate would be much lower if they spent more on defense. that's called the government creating jobs.
dumbass.
Padawanbater2
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Seems to me that was a mistake on McDonalds part to begin with. The expectation that the market will always remain the same is naive at best. Furthermore, why do you believe American taxpayers should pay for McDonald's mistake?
"I started my cotton business in 1855 expecting to use cheap and readily available slave labor, now my business can't survive because I have to pay my previous slaves actual wages!"
Well, woe is you..
NLXSK1
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I continue to believe that if you dont look after yourself you cannot blame a corporation, the government nor any other agency for your own failures. Expecting someone or something to take better care of you than yourself is simply foolish.
NLXSK1
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Seems to me that was a mistake on McDonalds part to begin with. The expectation that the market will always remain the same is naive at best. Furthermore, why do you believe American taxpayers should pay for McDonald's mistake?
"I started my cotton business in 1855 expecting to use cheap and readily available slave labor, now my business can't survive because I have to pay my previous slaves actual wages!"
Well, woe is you..
Where is this 160 year old? That's amazing.... He is still alive??
Edit: You do understand that slaves didnt get paid... Right?
bearkat42
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But you have no problem with the government looking after these companies? These companies expect the government to look after them, but that's cool I guess.
Padawanbater2
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UncleBuck
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again, don't you scrub shit off of pools? and aren;t you a 55 year old alcoholic who lives in the white trash capital of the southwest?
NLXSK1
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No, I think the whole system is corrupt. However, the only way to reform the system is to remove the centralized power and move it back down to the local levels. This is 180 degrees from what government wants to do. Businesses manipulating government is directly proportional to the power that government has over the businesses.
You cannot ask the fox to guard the hen house and expect change.
Padawanbater2
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Yeah, you're right but you have it completely ass backwards
Less regulations and less oversight gives businesses and corporations more leverage over government
You can tell by the way they spend billions in lobbyists every year in an attempt to bribe politicians for less regulations. Have you ever seen lobbyist argue for more government control?
UncleBuck
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centralized government is the only thing preventing apache junction from rapidly descending into a chaotic third world meth ridden shithole (well, even moreso than it currently is).
bearkat42
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And yet all of your outrage seems to be directed at the workers.
Padawanbater2
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That's the game, get the middle class to hate the poor, so instead of the poor and middle class who are both being collectively fucked over by the rich joining the same team and effecting change, divide and conquer. Lots of interesting books on this subject. Check out Richard Wolff's youtube channel, he gives pretty good talks about once a month, lately they've been extremely relevant considering the economic situation in Europe at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/user/RichardDWolff