Minimum wage

Doove, where do you get off saying that I have no clue.
Are you that mentally challenged to only be able to come up with a lame ass retort like that?
Come on dude and put some of your remaining unwashed brain to use and think about it a bit. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

you qualified yourself as clueless when you posted the question.

Steve Jobs told Obama that government regualtions is what forces obs overseas.
Teh amount of government regulatons makes it so it does not make business sense to build a factory and hire workers here.

The financial collapse is just one more ingediant int the soup. The question is why did the banks feel pressured to loan to sub[prime borrowers?

The follow up is how can you continue to spend money that you do not have without the value of your money being dropped.
Is there a correlation between the zero interests rates and how fat the printing presses can print dollars?

Did the previous administration warn that something needed to be doe with Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac?
Was that administration blocked by the like of Barney Frank who was on the oversight committee.

Like I have said, I do not believe that the raising of the minimum wage was THE cause but IS an ingredient in the soup of disaster.

banks pressured?

LMAO


the greedy sob's wanted the lions share of the $$ those loans generated

Did the previous administration warn that something needed to be doe with Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac?


Indeed ... in 2002 Bush is on record requesting Fannie & Freddie to issue 5 million new loans to minority buyers ... if you call that WARNING

lol

Lena, it would shock most people in this Country to learn what is NOT made here anymore.

I am in manufacturing, I own a business, but since we are on a SHMB, I can't say what. We work with a lot of equipment from other manufacturers who have great American names, companies that have been around for ages. You open up one of their shipping containers, and there are those big words, "manufactured in any where but the USA".

Many companies say that their products are manufactured here, but many simply ship all the parts in from other locals and simply assemble it all. The high cost manufacturing jobs are shipped out, low payed workers can be hired to work the assembly line.

This is not going to change. Americans have gotten used to being payed a high wage for a job that requires very little in the way of skills, or even brainpower. The problem is, large Companies, in order to compete in the Global Market, must farm the skilled jobs out.

There are industries that are immune to this to a certain extent. Construction, (bridges, roads, buildings etc), Fabrication Facilities, Shipyards, Oil Field, Off shore Oil Drilling, and any industry that works on the repair end of the equation still have highly paid, and highy skilled craftsmen. But many of these jobs require something that many Americans do not like doing. Getting tired, and getting dirty.

here ya go 2dogs ... you were warned


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkAtUq0OJ68

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what jackie said

and businesses offering skilled positions require college degrees ... those arent cheap these days. People that paid for and have a degree arent really interested in common labor jobs ... a $100,00.00 business degree from So Cal and pick strawberrys in the valley? Nah.

Like I have said, I do not believe that the raising of the minimum wage was THE cause but IS an ingredient in the soup of disaster. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

And where does the ever increasing income disparity fit in your equation?

When people who can't possibly spend all their money as it is are the ones getting 15-20% raises, while the average American is happy to get 2-3%, more and more money is going to go un-spent.

CJ7, it appears that you have difficulty expressing yourself. I see that you can cut and paste links like your buddy bugtux does but can you think for yourself or have a discussion without being so childish in your responses..

So in deference to your inability to use your brain here are some cut and paste items for your perusal.

http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archiv...081009-10.html

www.norcalblogs.com/post.../07/mccain-and-bush-bothed-wa.html

www.sodahead.com/united...bush-in...fannie-mae.../blog-29077/

Here is one from your liberal think tank snopes

www.snopes.com/politics/business/easescredit.asp

Take your time. I know it will be difficult for your brain to absorb some information that is contrary to what the liberal talking points are.

And George Bush, as part of his 2004 acceptance speech at the Republican Convention:

BUSH: In a new term we will change outdated labor laws to offer comp-time and flex-time. Our laws should never stand in the way of a more family-friendly workplace.

(APPLAUSE)

Another priority for a new term is to build an ownership society, because ownership brings security and dignity and independence.

Thanks to our policies, home ownership in America is at an all- time high.

(APPLAUSE)

Tonight we set a new goal: 7 million more affordable homes in the next 10 years, so more American families will be able to open the door and say, "Welcome to my home."

But i guess the Democrats are at fault for not stopping him.

And where does the ever increasing income disparity fit in your equation?

When people who can't possibly spend all their money as it is are the ones getting 15-20% raises, while the average American is happy to get 2-3%, more and more money is going to go un-spent. Originally Posted by Doove

Well the income inequality has grown even wider under Obama, so we know sitting on the couch and suckling the government teat is not the answer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1419008.html

CJ7, it appears that you have difficulty expressing yourself. I see that you can cut and paste links like your buddy bugtux does but can you think for yourself or have a discussion without being so childish in your responses..

So in deference to your inability to use your brain here are some cut and paste items for your perusal.

http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archiv...081009-10.html

www.norcalblogs.com/post.../07/mccain-and-bush-bothed-wa.html

www.sodahead.com/united...bush-in...fannie-mae.../blog-29077/

Here is one from your liberal think tank snopes

www.snopes.com/politics/business/easescredit.asp

Take your time. I know it will be difficult for your brain to absorb some information that is contrary to what the liberal talking points are. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

typical deflection ..

but no comment about Bush requesting Fannie and Freddie to issue 5.5 million new loans to minority buyers?

btw, Im not a liberal ... write that down, pop quiz monday am.

Well the income inequality has grown even wider under Obama, so we know sitting on the couch and suckling the government teat is not the answer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1419008.html Originally Posted by nwarounder

regardless the income inequality grew by leaps and bounds during the recession 43 left in his corporate wake

Well the income inequality has grown even wider under Obama, so we know sitting on the couch and suckling the government teat is not the answer. Originally Posted by nwarounder

And neither is eliminating the minimum wage.

Doove,
Income inequality is the fault of who?
Is it the fault of the people that do not participate in their children's education.
Is it the fault of the people that refuse to go above and beyond the 40 hour work week to get ahead.
Is it the fault of the people that do not want to work their way through school to get a better education so they can rise above their mediocre existence?
Is it the fault of the people that take what they save and take a risk in creating a company that will grow and hire more people?
Is it the fault of the people that sacrafice in order to save to have some money to invest in the future?
Is it the fault of the people that work 7 days a week 12 hours a day to grow a business?

there is opportunity for everyone in this country to be on the top of the heap. People from all over the world come here for just such an opportunity some legally and many illegally.

opportunity is there. opportunity surrounds us. Why is it that some people do not want to take the opportunity and piss and moan about those that do.
Even with the liberal left doing everything they can to make it as difficult as possible there are those that still get ahead.

Let us take your buddy Warren Buffet who refuses to take a salary because the taxes are too high and then claims he pays a higher tax rate than his secretary. If he paid himself a commensurate salary with the position he holds he would pay a much higher rate than his secretary.
which brings up the question of why he doesn't pay his secretary a decent wage. then we could talk about the income disparity between women and men at the WHITEHOUSE.

regardless the income inequality grew by leaps and bounds during the recession 43 left in his corporate wake Originally Posted by CJ7

Good money to be made in bombing Arabs and cleaning up afterwards.