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I do vote Republican but here we don't need to register a party. I am a conservative though and for me it transcends party. It's just that Democrat conservatives are extinct as far as I can tell.Sorry, my bad. And great to hear! Finding Republicans on the board is pretty easy for the most minimally functional adult. Unfortunately, Franco is not minimally functioning or even close to it. He's in a jam now. How can he find a Republican?
Good luck in your quest, Franco. Godspeed.
By starting the legislative process with subsistence, leisure, and (economic) freedom.How do you plan to legislate that people get affection, understanding, creativity, etc?
WTF? Are you in a coma?Since when?The country has been steadily marching to the left, not right
Maybe you're in a bubble or echo chamber?WTF? Are you in a coma?
You're the one that thinks we're becoming more conservative. LOL.Maybe you're in a bubble or echo chamber?WTF? Are you in a coma?
I'm not alone:You're the one that thinks we're becoming more conservative. LOL.
So now you're going to legislate leisure?By starting the legislative process with subsistence, leisure, and (economic) freedom.How do you plan to legislate that people get affection, understanding, creativity, etc?
Those are certainly skills.It's not true that any moron off the street can run a machine. It takes an ability to show up on time, sober and ready to work It takes an ability to follow instructions. It takes an ability to work at a very boring task for 8 hours or more without giving up.You just moved the goalpost by saying "more important." That isnt the issue. You're comparing apples and orangutangs.He might be.
The issue is unit labor cost. The skilled craftsman might be able to make only 5 widgets a day while the machine operator can crank out 1000. If they're comparable then the machine operator might be worth more money.
No the guys who make, program and keep the machine running are more important than the moron pushing a button.
The issue is how much value the employee creates. Part of that calculus is how skilled he is. But not necessarily.
More important in this context means worth more money.
When any moron off the street can run a machine they aren't worth much.
Those dont sound like difficult skills but you'd be surprised how many people cannot do them. This is why factory workers even jus machine operators tend to make pretty good money given their education levels etc.
They aren't skills at all.
Your link to the Gallup poll says:I'm not alone:You're the one that thinks we're becoming more conservative. LOL.
"Despite the results of the 2008 presidential election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal, 39% to 18%, with 42% saying they have not changed.
"While independents and Democrats most often say their views haven't changed, more members of all three major partisan groups indicate that their views have shifted to the right rather than to the left."
Special Report Ideologically Where Is the U.S. Moving
Staying sober? Doing what you're told?Those are certainly skills.It's not true that any moron off the street can run a machine. It takes an ability to show up on time, sober and ready to work It takes an ability to follow instructions. It takes an ability to work at a very boring task for 8 hours or more without giving up.You just moved the goalpost by saying "more important." That isnt the issue. You're comparing apples and orangutangs.No the guys who make, program and keep the machine running are more important than the moron pushing a button.
The issue is how much value the employee creates. Part of that calculus is how skilled he is. But not necessarily.
More important in this context means worth more money.
When any moron off the street can run a machine they aren't worth much.
Those dont sound like difficult skills but you'd be surprised how many people cannot do them. This is why factory workers even jus machine operators tend to make pretty good money given their education levels etc.
They aren't skills at all.
I was thinking more along the lines of what the Dick proposed nearly fifty years ago:So now you're going to legislate leisure?
Tell me are you going to fine people who don't take all their vacation days because they want to get ahead?
Why not just plant a money tree?I was thinking more along the lines of what the Dick proposed nearly fifty years ago:So now you're going to legislate leisure?
Tell me are you going to fine people who don't take all their vacation days because they want to get ahead?
"In August 1969, in the eighth month of his presidency, Richard Nixon delivered a speech proposing the replacement of AFDC with a program that would benefit 'the working poor, as well as the nonworking; to families with dependent children headed by a father, as well as those headed by a mother.'
"In case the point was missed, he continued: 'What I am proposing is that the Federal Government build a foundation under the income of every American family with dependent children that cannot care for itself — and wherever in America that family may live.'"
Guaranteed income s moment in the sun Remapping Debate
Where's the economic freedom when a human being's only choice is to take whatever job is offered or starve to death?And people already have economic freedom. No one is stopping any of you from making more money, learning a new skill so you can make more money, starting a business, spending less, saving more etc etc etc etc etc etc
Where's the economic freedom when a human being's only choice is to take whatever job is offered or starve to death?And people already have economic freedom. No one is stopping any of you from making more money, learning a new skill so you can make more money, starting a business, spending less, saving more etc etc etc etc etc etc
Too much damn work!Why not just plant a money tree?
Judging by current unemployment figures millions of Americans can't find the first job. Millions more are unable to support their families on the amount they earn. Unemployment has become a structural problem that capitalism can not account for. BTW, about a hundred Americans starve to death every year.So they can't get another job?
They can't get a second job?
Your misinformed "opinions" aren't worthy of respect. The new bs GOP is a dishonest horror.Thank God you are retired but I imagine you did a lot of damage in the mean time. The farther left this country grows, the worse it is for the middle class and the economy in general. You're either a moron or a liar, maybe both.Retired History/French teacher, fool. Pubs just make life harder for the none rich...
Franco: See, Moron? It wasn't hard to find a Republican to debate even in your dim fog of stupidity.
