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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Yeah, I'll give you some discussion. See the charts supplied by our Dear Leader herself last week for what has happened over the last 72 years. Some blogger wants to call this social advancement? All I see from my view is increased incarceration, a higher violence rate, higher taxes, a higher abortion rate, a higher divorce rate, a higher teenage pregnancy rate, etc. etc. etc. Lets see, 72 years=1932, right?
Social Security won't be around for us. Trade unions are on their way to extinction due to incredible abuses.
I'll give you the characterization for minimum wage, bite me for the civil rights (hate is not a "conservative" trait"... don't believe me just go visit Chicago or the Northeast Democrat areas), student loans are a massive fraud that is trapping America's youth into debt for large portions of their working lives, environmental protection only works when the conservative economic models are invoked (i.e., tax people for the burdens they impose on others/society... such as with pollution vouchers).
And so on and so on.
So yeah, you guys got the minimum wage. Congratuflippinlations, geniuses. Do you want the other 50% of my check, or have you run out of ways to spend my money yet?
He(b-b-but, the blogger started it, maaaa)llo
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So tell me, what's the solution to:
1. Student loans putting kids into debt forever.
2. Teen pregnancy.
3. High abortion rates (this figure is so miniscule to begin with thats its almost silly to note it or even call it a "problem" - but hey, its your list...).
4. Higher incerceration. (Wait, let me guess... "shoot them", right?)
5. Social security. (BTW, it will be around for you - it is agreed that it will be fine through 2050).
As to the trade union problem, well, since they're running themselves out of business, sounds like a self-correcting problem to me. Another example of the free market taking care of things.
Wages are driven in part by taxes. If that part of your check that goes to uncle Sam didn't go to Uncle Sam, it wouldn't be going to you.
The argument that taxes act as a disincentive on people's productivity is ludicrous. In practice, I've never seen anything but the opposite. The more they take, the harder you work to make up the difference. I have yet to hear anyone say "Well, I would like to get a raise, but that just means I'll get taxed more, so fuck it... I'll stay right where I am."
