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Let�s do some math on $15 minimum wage. Maybe it will work and maybe not.

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Posted 7:18 pm, 10/25/2021

actually it is capitalism that made us great. Name a great invention from a communist or socialist country. I'll wait....
Everything we have now is because we live in a capitalist society. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs didn't make the PC because they were in a socialist country. Both had nothing and built companies that developed the platforms you are using to access this very webpage. Jason makes money from a capitalist society that allows him to create this very website, and earn a decent living. The government didn't pay him to do it, he found an idea and a market, and created a space for us to communicate.

Socialism keeps a bare minimum and does not expand.

aFicIoNadoS

Posted 5:51 pm, 10/25/2021

I love when a Marxist accuses other people of making the same mistake over and over

JustKnow

Posted 4:52 pm, 10/25/2021

Couldn't agree more Brandon. Term limits are something that I think is supported heavily by both parties. The only issue is the ones who have power to change the rules are the ones who keep getting elected for 40 years (why would they vote themselves out of there $100K+ side hustle?). At some point it comes down to the voters to vote out the 20 year politician. I agree Foxx is a very nice woman, but she doesn't have a clue what real America is. It drives me crazy when people say "aint nothing going to change" or "why havent things changed" then blame the one person who does have term limits (hint: think president), then they turn around and vote in the exact same congress, state legislators, local government officials (in the case here the same family members).

Want things to be different? Do something different.

Acumen

Posted 4:47 pm, 10/25/2021

The problem with the right is they can't think outside the box. Don't expect to succeed making the same mistakes over and over. Capitalism is not going to pull us our of this problem. Capitalists have fixed the game. No small business can compete against a company like Wal-Mart. You can purchase items wholesale for what Wal-Mart sells them for retail.

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Posted 4:35 pm, 10/25/2021

From previous data on how the market fares when we do minimum wage increases, the usual answer is... not a whole lot of good came out of it. Things settle out and there is no real benefit.

What congress needs to do , is open up the gates of opportunity in a well constructed manner. Things such as worrying about the CO2 emissions of a truck hauling our goods doesn't help us get out of poverty. It increases the costs of the consumer, and the most common consumer is the poorest. Removing the government bloat and focusing those dollars back to the programs to help individuals would be a healthy step.

Also I want to throw out there... Trump did have a decent idea, just never got to execute it. North Korea has a vast rare mineral stock pile they can't sell. If He could have continued relation building with them, and peace talks the prices of those would tank as the influx of goods came into the world economy.

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Posted 4:25 pm, 10/25/2021

There's a bunch to speak about in this discussion. But the first thing I wanted to mention about term limits is that when you have a person in office for let's say 40 years, they lose perspective.
For instance, technology has changed a lot for the work force, but if you have not been that person in the workforce, you only remember what it was like back then. I would wager no one in congress now would know what it is like to buy a loaf of bread at the Dollar General. Not to disparage DG bread, but they probably haven't seen it on their table. I doubt they know what it like to see the price shock of a pound of ground beef now, or if they even know the difference between 80/20 to 70/30.I like Virginia Foxx, she was always nice when we met. If I was to ask her about crypto-currency laws... I don't think she would be completely in the loop. Point being when they sit in office for a while it does make sense because they figured out how things work. Much like how I voted for Keith Elmore, great guy and understands the system. 20 years from now, I dunno if he would totally understand what the current citizens are experiencing.

Jimbojolly

Posted 11:33 am, 10/25/2021

11175, with your vast knowledge about everything and everyone, you iced the cake with your insults. You must be running the country, or CEO of a big corp?

chendo

Posted 10:02 am, 10/25/2021

The proliferation of pizza stores belies his assertion that competition drives prices up

udfred

Posted 9:17 am, 10/25/2021

Democratics / Biden bringing more and more migrants in to hold the minimum wage down.

NChillBilly11175

Posted 8:20 pm, 10/24/2021

LOL Acumen please for your own sake stop! Clearly you fail to grasp to concept of competition which by the way is a sign of a healthy economy. If there are "to many people doing the same thing" that is something that the market will correct itself as you somewhat alluded only succeded in pointing out one of the worst possible remedies for a failing business which is raising prices. That would make a business uncompetitive. Do yourself another favor, never start a business because you clearly have no understanding of how business works. No wonder you are a Marxist! You have all the makings of a blood sucking bureaucrat though.

Acumen

Posted 4:27 pm, 10/24/2021

One problem is we have to many businesses doing the same things. That causes prices to increase. Someone starts a business and people think they are making money, then a dozen other business just like that one will pop up. There are not enough customers to keep everyone afloat. They have to raise their prices to stay in business. However, that only works for a while and everyone goes out of business.

Bestill

Posted 4:13 pm, 10/24/2021

I feel bad that you are so unhappy here, hillbilly. Have you considered relocating? Lots of great places to consider.

NChillBilly11175

Posted 3:39 pm, 10/24/2021

And Jimbo just in case you haven't mastered the ability to count without your fingers I have a finger for ya. Only one though, care to guess which one it is?

NChillBilly11175

Posted 3:36 pm, 10/24/2021

And what have you to be jolly about Jimbo? Did ya finally master how to count all the way to four without the aid of your fingers?

Jimbojolly

Posted 3:24 pm, 10/24/2021

"Even if you dont factor in election fraud..."

HahaHaHaHaHa!

NChillBilly11175

Posted 3:09 pm, 10/24/2021

Aficionados these liberal fools on here are proof that there needs to be a litmus test to vote. I wouldn't have believed such stupidity exists had I not seen it with my own eyes. Even if you dont factor in election fraud there is still roughly half of this country as stupid as these s on here. Yet the biggest reason of all to have little hope for the future of this country.

aFicIoNadoS

Posted 2:51 pm, 10/24/2021

Ignore him. He has nothing to add. He wants to just get into a fight over partisan name calling. He's a useless troll, and has no defense for how his party has sold us out to the Chinese

NChillBilly11175

Posted 2:43 pm, 10/24/2021

What in the bloody blue **** are you talking about Centurion? Just how delusional are you? This country has no future! With a $28 trillion debt and a dollar that has been made worthless a "representative branch" that no longer represents an executive branch that is never short of incompetence and corruption which happens to currently be held by the biggest to ever hold that position and courts ran by degenerates that see themselves as legislators this country's future in it's present and historical form is doomed! Only a pie in the sky could see a silver lining in the future with what has become of this country.

centurion

Posted 1:43 pm, 10/24/2021

Throw around all your platitudes and keep longing for the good old days and the future is going to bite us in the arse so hard it's not going to be funny. The pity is those most responsible for this morose wallowing in the past wont be the only ones to get bitten.

NChillBilly11175

Posted 1:08 pm, 10/24/2021

Aficionados we need to return to the system of checks and balances that our Founders created and have a Congress that will stand up to the abuses of power by the Executive branch that never cease from one administration to another regardless of which party holds the Executive branch. Congress needs to start showing a back bone and stop putting party loyalties over the will of the people.

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