Republicans really don’t understand poverty in America

[Billy000]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.

4) Republicans, in their lazy mental shortcuts, think the only thing one in poverty must do is learn new skills and get a better paying job. The ignorance of this is profound. A) poor people do not have the time and money to learn new skills in the current economic climate. B) If everyone in poverty did this, who would be left over working all of those millions of vital low wage service jobs? Who will be left as the backbone of a corporation that pays poverty wages? Is a robot going to take over the front register at Burger King? That will probably happen anyway, but does that sit well with republicans knowing that? This is why the minimum wage must be raised.

The process of raising the minimum wage should have begun decades ago and raising it drastically now would agreeably be the wrong approach. It needs to start off small.

And I know some of you cons will say “well why didn’t Obama fix income inequality?!” Yes, he failed in addressing this issue, but obviously the problem of income disparity is still a major problem whether or not you want to deflect to Obama. Of course, as you may recall, he did try to raise the minimum wage.

 

[Mac1958]

We should have attached inflation component to the MW. Now, increases will be more pronounced. And artificial.

On a larger, macro scale, the libertarian wing of the GOP doesn't want to admit that, in a competitive and dynamic economic structure like capitalism, there will always be a few people who possess a significantly advanced capacity to create wealth. They were lucky enough to be born into, or moved to, an economic system that matches their skills perfectly. On the other hand, a larger number will simply lack that capacity.

Another thing they don't want to admit is that, if inequalities increase much more, we're see serious pushback, and quite possibly over-reaction, at the ballot box.
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[WillowTree]

Stop importing illegals dumbass and wages will go up!

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

Aside from a few homeless bums strung out on crack or inflicted with some mental illness, we don't have poverty in the U.S.

 

[blackhawk]

Another SSDD thread.

 

[Billy000]

We should have attached inflation component to the MW. Now, increases will be more pronounced. And artificial.

On a larger, macro scale, the libertarian wing of the GOP doesn't want to admit that, in a competitive and dynamic economic structure like capitalism, there will always be a few people who possess an significantly advanced capacity to create wealth. They were lucky enough to be born into, or moved to, an economic system that matches their skills perfectly. On the other hand, a larger number will simply lack that capacity.

Another thing they don't want to admit is that, if inequalities increase much more, we're see serious pushback, and quite possibly over-reaction, at the ballot box.
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Well said.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Curious... I distinctly remember Nancy Pelosi calling $1000 bonuses and salary hikes "crumbs."

And Republicans don't understand poverty? A $1000 bonus could lift someone out of poverty, a raise could do the same. How utterly ignorant can Democrats be?

 

[Billy000]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

Aside from a few homeless bums strung out on crack or inflicted with some mental illness, we don't have poverty in the U.S.

You claiming something doesn’t make it true.

 

[westwall]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

Aside from a few homeless bums strung out on crack or inflicted with some mental illness, we don't have poverty in the U.S.

You claiming something doesn’t make it true.

The same go's for you too, cupcake...

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

Aside from a few homeless bums strung out on crack or inflicted with some mental illness, we don't have poverty in the U.S.

You claiming something doesn’t make it true.

Correct. I don't have to claim it for it to be true.

I suggest you actually leave this country someday, Billy, because you are incredibly sheltered and spoiled.

 

[westwall]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

Aside from a few homeless bums strung out on crack or inflicted with some mental illness, we don't have poverty in the U.S.

You claiming something doesn’t make it true.

Correct. I don't have to claim it for it to be true.

I suggest you actually leave this country someday, Billy, because you are incredibly sheltered and spoiled.

Living in their moms basement will do that to a person...

 

[gipper]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.

4) Republicans, in their lazy mental shortcuts, think the only thing one in poverty must do is learn new skills and get a better paying job. The ignorance of this is profound. A) poor people do not have the time and money to learn new skills in the current economic climate. B) If everyone in poverty did this, who would be left over working all of those millions of vital low wage service jobs? Who will be left as the backbone of a corporation that pays poverty wages? Is a robot going to take over the front register at Burger King? That will probably happen anyway, but does that sit well with republicans knowing that? This is why the minimum wage must be raised.

The process of raising the minimum wage should have begun decades ago and raising it drastically now would agreeably be the wrong approach. It needs to start off small.

And I know some of you cons will say “well why didn’t Obama fix income inequality?!” Yes, he failed in addressing this issue, but obviously the problem of income disparity is still a major problem whether or not you want to deflect to Obama. Of course, as you may recall, he did try to raise the minimum wage.

Partisans never learn. This problem is MOST bipartisan.

 

[gipper]

We should have attached inflation component to the MW. Now, increases will be more pronounced. And artificial.

On a larger, macro scale, the libertarian wing of the GOP doesn't want to admit that, in a competitive and dynamic economic structure like capitalism, there will always be a few people who possess a significantly advanced capacity to create wealth. They were lucky enough to be born into, or moved to, an economic system that matches their skills perfectly. On the other hand, a larger number will simply lack that capacity.

Another thing they don't want to admit is that, if inequalities increase much more, we're see serious pushback, and quite possibly over-reaction, at the ballot box.
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The push back is coming and it could be ugly. I suspect more and more Americans are coming to the realization that our economy is very unfair and skewed in favor of the rich and connected.

This is not sustainable....

 

[Wyatt earp]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.

4) Republicans, in their lazy mental shortcuts, think the only thing one in poverty must do is learn new skills and get a better paying job. The ignorance of this is profound. A) poor people do not have the time and money to learn new skills in the current economic climate. B) If everyone in poverty did this, who would be left over working all of those millions of vital low wage service jobs? Who will be left as the backbone of a corporation that pays poverty wages? Is a robot going to take over the front register at Burger King? That will probably happen anyway, but does that sit well with republicans knowing that? This is why the minimum wage must be raised.

The process of raising the minimum wage should have begun decades ago and raising it drastically now would agreeably be the wrong approach. It needs to start off small.

And I know some of you cons will say “well why didn’t Obama fix income inequality?!” Yes, he failed in addressing this issue, but obviously the problem of income disparity is still a major problem whether or not you want to deflect to Obama. Of course, as you may recall, he did try to raise the minimum wage.

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

And it got way worse under Obama he and the feds made wall street rich and left main street behind



2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.



And what do you want the government to do about it? Raising up minimum wage is trickle up poor

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.



It's been like that since the caveman invented the wheel...


Welcome into this world child, you just figured it out.

 

[Mac1958]

We should have attached inflation component to the MW. Now, increases will be more pronounced. And artificial.

On a larger, macro scale, the libertarian wing of the GOP doesn't want to admit that, in a competitive and dynamic economic structure like capitalism, there will always be a few people who possess a significantly advanced capacity to create wealth. They were lucky enough to be born into, or moved to, an economic system that matches their skills perfectly. On the other hand, a larger number will simply lack that capacity.

Another thing they don't want to admit is that, if inequalities increase much more, we're see serious pushback, and quite possibly over-reaction, at the ballot box.
.

The push back is coming and it could be ugly. I suspect more and more Americans are coming to the realization that our economy is very unfair and skewed in favor of the rich and connected.

This is not sustainable....

Yep. This has to enter the political calculus, but they're just ignoring it.
.

 

[otto105]

Curious... I distinctly remember Nancy Pelosi calling $1000 bonuses and salary hikes "crumbs."

And Republicans don't understand poverty? A $1000 bonus could lift someone out of poverty, a raise could do the same. How utterly ignorant can Democrats be?

A one time bonus of 1K won't lift anything more than a week in poverty.

So yes, republic's don't understand the issue.

 

[gipper]

We should have attached inflation component to the MW. Now, increases will be more pronounced. And artificial.

On a larger, macro scale, the libertarian wing of the GOP doesn't want to admit that, in a competitive and dynamic economic structure like capitalism, there will always be a few people who possess a significantly advanced capacity to create wealth. They were lucky enough to be born into, or moved to, an economic system that matches their skills perfectly. On the other hand, a larger number will simply lack that capacity.

Another thing they don't want to admit is that, if inequalities increase much more, we're see serious pushback, and quite possibly over-reaction, at the ballot box.
.

The push back is coming and it could be ugly. I suspect more and more Americans are coming to the realization that our economy is very unfair and skewed in favor of the rich and connected.

This is not sustainable....

Yep. This has to enter the political calculus, but they're just ignoring it.
.

yes...they are ignoring it at their peril.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.

4) Republicans, in their lazy mental shortcuts, think the only thing one in poverty must do is learn new skills and get a better paying job. The ignorance of this is profound. A) poor people do not have the time and money to learn new skills in the current economic climate. B) If everyone in poverty did this, who would be left over working all of those millions of vital low wage service jobs? Who will be left as the backbone of a corporation that pays poverty wages? Is a robot going to take over the front register at Burger King? That will probably happen anyway, but does that sit well with republicans knowing that? This is why the minimum wage must be raised.

The process of raising the minimum wage should have begun decades ago and raising it drastically now would agreeably be the wrong approach. It needs to start off small.

And I know some of you cons will say “well why didn’t Obama fix income inequality?!” Yes, he failed in addressing this issue, but obviously the problem of income disparity is still a major problem whether or not you want to deflect to Obama. Of course, as you may recall, he did try to raise the minimum wage.

The deMS-13 "War on Poverty" was a successful operation to create a permanent, government dependent underclass and loyal Democrat Party voter base.

 

[cutter]

This has got to be the only country in the world where living in poverty includes things like flat screen tv’s., air conditioning, cell phones, xboxes, cars and being overweight. If the Democrats are so worried about the people who are living in poverty in this country why are they so determined to import millions of immigrants that have no hope of living in anything but poverty. Wouldn’t those resources be better used to help the Americans living in poverty that they are so worried about?

 

[deanrd]

1) The US has the widest income disparity in the world and its poverty is the worst among developed nations

2) Wages are way behind on inflation in this country.

3) Lower wage jobs - including skilled labor - greatly outnumber higher wage jobs. This means 10s of millions of people have NO CHOICE but to accept low wages.

4) Republicans, in their lazy mental shortcuts, think the only thing one in poverty must do is learn new skills and get a better paying job. The ignorance of this is profound. A) poor people do not have the time and money to learn new skills in the current economic climate. B) If everyone in poverty did this, who would be left over working all of those millions of vital low wage service jobs? Who will be left as the backbone of a corporation that pays poverty wages? Is a robot going to take over the front register at Burger King? That will probably happen anyway, but does that sit well with republicans knowing that? This is why the minimum wage must be raised.

The process of raising the minimum wage should have begun decades ago and raising it drastically now would agreeably be the wrong approach. It needs to start off small.

And I know some of you cons will say “well why didn’t Obama fix income inequality?!” Yes, he failed in addressing this issue, but obviously the problem of income disparity is still a major problem whether or not you want to deflect to Obama. Of course, as you may recall, he did try to raise the minimum wage.

They hate the poor. It's all they know or care about.