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Democrats and Republicans are both the same when it comes to dirty politics.
Nope.
Democrats are plenty corrupt, but a lot of Democrats gave Bush the benefit of the doubt on the war vote. That is, they put country before party.
I haven't seen the Republicans do that since 1994.
All of above ends up creating jobs
Tell me how building the pipeline that will lower the price of oil even more would help create jobs in a long term?
How is having $5 an hour job helping the economy?
How is giving corporations even higher share of profits (which are at historic highs) good for middle class jobs?
Can you address each one specifically?
The government creates government jobs.
The government pays for most of the drugs that pharma and biotech makes. It also pays for everything defense companies make. Those are government jobs in the hottest sectors of economy.
Solutions
- lower corporate tax rate (companies already pay the lowest tax rates in history)
- build a pipeline (don't worry about WTI at 75)
- don't raise minimum wage (because there is a study that proves raising it hurts economy)
Ah, such fresh, totally new ideas. Totally unlike their previous ideas, which didn't work at all.
All of above ends up creating jobs. We need jobs to get the economy moving again.
Did all this during Bush, and continued the caviar tax cuts under Obama. Do you remember the jobs? I don't.
Keystone is irrelevant, even in the minds of the oil-industry leaders. They have plenty of other ways to move oil. The only jobs Keystone will create are in the hazmat and soil-remediation industries, digging up broken sections of pipeline and going door-to-door telling people not to drink their well water for the next 800 years.
From Forbes:
Just Greed and Politics. Pipeline defects have been identified along a 60-mile stretch of the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, north of the Sabine River in Texas (Winnsboro, Texas). 
Sections of pipe have dents, faulty welds, and pin-holes in some sections enough to see daylight through.
The installers have been digging up parts of the new southern segment of the Keystone pipeline that only recently have been installed. 
It seems that the existing leg of the Keystone has spilled more oil in its first year than any other first-year pipeline in U.S. history (HuffPost).
With the tens of billions of dollars this pipeline will make for these companies each year, you’d think they’d spend a little extra to build it right. Or that they’d care about using new pipe that’s up to specs. We do have specs.
I can just imagine the mid-level manager’s thought processes on this. â€Hmmm…I’m making a decision on a pipeline that is involved in an extremely political battle, that may have a huge impact on the American economy, that could make tens of billions of dollars a year for my company but that could, if done badly, destroy the drinking water and irrigation supply for the bread-basket of America, and that even has international diplomatic ramifications.â€
The government creates government jobs.
Bureaucracy
Red Tape
Unfunded pensions
Low growth
More welfare
Those are pretend jobs, to fix pretend problems, the whole fucking deal is a charade.
Value = something a person will pay money for
Production = producing a product that someone will pay for
The corollary is that if no one will pay for it, it ain't production
Conclusion is that government doesn't produce anything and hampers a lot.
And don't say national defense, as that is a solution to a created enemy. Even police could easily be privatized.
So how is that helping middle class?
How giving corporations even higher share of profits (which are at historic highs) good for middle class jobs?
High corporate tax rates are causing companies to leave the country. This means less jobs for Americans, as well less tax dollars.
Tell me how building the pipeline that will lower the price of oil even more would help create jobs in a long term?
It's cheaper to transport oil via a pipeline when compared to rail.
How is having $5 an hour job helping the economy?
The minimum wage is much higher than $5/hour.
All of above ends up creating jobs
Tell me how building the pipeline that will lower the price of oil even more would help create jobs in a long term?
Building the pipeline itself creates construction jobs.
When oil prices are down, we have more money to spend on other things like going to the movies, vacations, and iphones.
Creates lots of jobs.
How is having $5 an hour job helping the economy?
It creates lots of jobs for teenagers who would otherwise roam the streets stirring up trouble. Minimum wage is an entry level opportunity to gain experience and progress down the road.
How giving corporations even higher share of profits (which are at historic highs) good for middle class jobs?
Corporations are there for profit only. The more profit they make the more they will invest, and more employees they hire.
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I would say that jobs are created when there is a lot of added value being generated. Any other type of economic activity is just a zero sum game from which there can be no growth.
I would say that jobs are created when there is a lot of added value being generated. Any other type of economic activity is just a zero sum game from which there can be no growth.
That's basically productivity.
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. It usually seems to work out better when senate is Republican and White house is Democratic.
I'm just worried that it might get a little too one sided again, one sided has never been good.
http://www.fox8live.com/story/27263083/hot-races-high-stakes-on-big-night-for-gop
Republicans won a commanding majority, pushing their dominance to near-historic levels. They defeated the last white Democrats in the South.
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. It usually seems to work out better when senate is Republican and White house is Democratic.
Perhaps it will be Clinton versus a Republican congress again? :-)
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. It usually seems to work out better when senate is Republican and White house is Democratic.
Perhaps it will be Clinton versus a Republican congress again? :-)
last time that scenario went well, so I'm all for it.
I would say that jobs are created when there is a lot of added value being generated. Any other type of economic activity is just a zero sum game from which there can be no growth.
That's basically productivity.
It's not that simple. You can have lots of productivity, but be producing the wrong kind of product or too much for the market. It doesn't matter how efficiently you produce weasel condoms if no weasels are buying them. To add value, you must produce things that are needed. We don't need more rubber sporks at any price, and the market for Halloween decorations just took a major shit. Any additional production of such would negatively affect value.
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These are the only kind of jobs most Democrats have. They're almost never Cadillac dealers.
I have no reason to lie. "Real wages are ultimately determined by productivity"
Productivity improvement is a necessarily condition to any real wage increase.
However, it alone is not sufficient. Nevertheless, philosophically, a wage earner should *NOT* enjoy the fruit of productivity. Employees do not take risks, hence they need not have gains.
My message: become a risk-taker!
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I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
Don't go around tonight
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I hear hurricanes ablowin'
I know the end is comin' soon
I fear rivers overflowin'
I hear the voice of rage and ruin
Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
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Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
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The "phantom" real wage gains in parts of the 20th century was caused by a temporary imbalance of higher productivity and a lack of labor competition. Information technology and other advances eventually allowed the global market to become more efficient. As a result, this imbalance had been corrected.
Now, to improve your life, you have to take economic risks.
A wave of red has descended upon our nation; the soviet citizens from 1917-1989 can relate...
That's basically productivity.
It's not that simple. You can have lots of productivity, but be producing the wrong kind of product or too much for the market. It doesn't matter how efficiently you produce weasel condoms if no weasels are buying them. To add value, you must produce things that are needed. We don't need more rubber sporks at any price, and the market for Halloween decorations just took a major shit. Any additional production of such would negatively affect value.
That's where the wonder of capitalism comes in. If a business keeps making the wrong product they will eventually go out of business. e.g.. Kodak. If a company makes the right products, they will thrive e.g.. Apple.
As a result, this imbalance had been corrected.
And a bigger imbalance was falsely created by mercantilism.
Now, to improve your life, you have to take economic risks.
Become a day trader?
A wave of red has descended upon our nation; the soviet citizens from 1917-1989 can relate...
So let's hope the Clinton brand will return. We need the balance.
Social conservatism is *NOT* better than socialism.
Let's not forget about Scott Walker's huge victory last night!
He makes union thugs cry!
Now, to improve your life, you have to take economic risks.
Become a day trader?
There are many ways. You can start a business. But if you must be an employee, you may want to see your company as your customer.
Be agile.
Moreover, seeking safety did not turn out well recently. Think AAA-rated mortgage-back securities. "Lifelong" security of employment is just as laughable in this day and age.
Too many morons go after the mirage of financial safety, and safety, for lack of a better word, is overpriced.
Too many morons go after the mirage of financial safety, and safety, for lack of a better word, is overpriced.
My advice, what ever you do be productive. In the real sense of the word.
Let's not forget about Scott Walker's huge victory last night!
He makes union thugs cry!
Union has no place in the modern world. They stand in the way of market efficiency.
Most people pay a net premium for having unions around.
Most people pay a net premium for having unions around.
Calif is that on steroids, they sure as fuck have no place in the public sector.
Too many morons go after the mirage of financial safety, and safety, for lack of a better word, is overpriced.
My advice, what ever you do be productive. In the real sense of the word.
That word has little meaning nowadays. I doubt developing yet another me-too app is a productive endeavor.
Life is a tragedy. The best one can do is to be the comic relief.
I doubt developing yet another me-too app is a productive endeavor.
Yup as would I, but that is beside the point.
Life is a tragedy. The best one can do is to be the comic relief.
I have to disagree, that sort of apathy will/is become a self fulfilling prophecy.
Most people pay a net premium for having unions around.
Calif is that on steroids, they sure as fuck have no place in the public sector.
IMO they have no place anywhere. It is really a form of labor cartel and collusion.
Productivity improvement is a necessarily condition to any real wage increase.
Much agreed. Walmart has been more and more productive, while at the same time their employees make less and less. If Walmart could, they'd turn it into a company store and stop paying their slaves they call "employees" while at it.
Life is a tragedy. The best one can do is to be the comic relief.
I have to disagree, that sort of apathy will/is become a self fulfilling prophecy.
It does not have to be apathetic. Like Greek tragedies. Life can build on them.
Let's not forget about Scott Walker's huge victory last night!
He makes union thugs cry!
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/04/scott-walker-wins-in-wisconsin-2/
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won re-election against Democratic challenger Mary Burke in a race labor unions were keenly interested in.
Back in 2011, Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a state law, known as Act 10, which significantly changed the collective bargaining process for most public employees within the state.
Most people pay a net premium for having unions around.
Calif is that on steroids, they sure as fuck have no place in the public sector.
IMO they have no place anywhere. It is really a form of labor cartel and collusion.
I never liked unions, they always tried to stranglehold their employees, raised taxes on private sector, and they always voted against social security because they got pensions instead so SS mattered not to them.
Nothing more than just another corporate style cartel.
Back in 2011, Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a state law, known as Act 10, which significantly changed the collective bargaining process for most public employees within the state.
Hopefully that would lead a global wave to dismantle unions worldwide.
Back in 2011, Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a state law, known as Act 10, which significantly changed the collective bargaining process for most public employees within the state.
In Calif we have a guy named JB who did the opposite back in the early 70s, and it is now Frankenstein's monster. What a fucking asshole.
Productivity improvement is a necessarily condition to any real wage increase.
Much agreed. Walmart has been more and more productive, while at the same time their employees make less and less. If Walmart could, they'd turn it into a company store and stop paying their slaves they call "employees" while at it.
Sadly, that is probably true.
The morale: become an employee only if you have some pricing power
Only market "laws" can give any group pricing power. Legislated laws can at most provide bargaining power. However, there will be no bargaining when there is no market.
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Ballsy! The RNC will get her to file legislation to repeal the 13th and 14th Amendment so she can prove how true to party even Negresses can be
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