Here's one for you... just read somewhere that the minimum wage was approved to go up to 7.25 an hour (woohoo). What do you guys think is going to happen to prices when that occurs? Do you honestly believe that you will see a cost of living increase? I know at my company there will be no such increases, as the owner already said so. And then he raised his prices... seriously. |
Actually I expect prices to go up, the number of low end low paying jobs held by US legal residents to go down, the number of jobs in the US held by illegal aliens to go up and I expect the number of illegal aliens crossing into the US to go up dramatically.
The proposition that increasing the minimum wage will affect what the low end wage earner will be paid is largely dependent on the idea that we have an above board and legal wage earning system. We don't. It's very leaky and getting worse every year. Without closing down or penalizing the use of the alternative illegal labor pool, we can simply expect businesses to shift from the legal to the illegal labor. Of course, I would make it very easy to check the legal status of an employee and then simply shut down any employer who failed to check legal status and act accordingly (And I would check and seize businesses that failed to do so)...But that's me. Unfortunately, politicians of both parties benefit from illegal immigration.
| The real question for me on these points is whether I *want* my democratic share of power (responsibility) over foreign policy. |
If this means giving everyone in the U.S. an equal share of power over our foreign policy then
I don't want it. I'm sure we have all seen the tests of basic geography. Significant numbers of US citizens can't find things like the pacific ocean and
the U.S. on a map. Yet every single one of them thinks it is their duty to vote. If you are uninformed, it is your duty to either become informed or to not vote. I definitely do not want these people deciding foreign policy and they outnumber the people like me who bother to learn something before voting....
Truthfully, the reason democracy is such a relatively good form of government isn't that it makes good decisions, it's that it keeps large numbers of people relatively comfortable and content, thus providing significant amounts of stability. It has nothing to do with representing the views of the people...
| Not to get religious, but even the bible states that God holds the people of a nation responsible for the actions of their nation. |
Satan also offered up all the nations of the earth to Jesus. Jesus didn't deny his ability to do so. From this, were I religiously minded, I could conclude that Satan in fact, effectively owns all the nations of the earth.
| Some people fail to realize that our 'enemies' don't necessarily hate us as the citizens |
A common fallacy is encapsulated in this. For a fanatic, it's not about us at all, it's about them.
The fanatic:
How do I strengthen my commitment and faith to God? Does everyone else believe the same thing? If they don't believe the same thing, how can I force them to be in line with God's wishes?
And for the true fanatic:
Have I tried to kill all the infidels who do not share my exact view of God and the world today?
It is folly to try to reason with someone who
as a matter of faith believes it is their duty to kill anyone who does not think the same way they do. The fanatic never asks if what he is doing is really Gods will, if it wasn't, God would have told him. The fanatic never questions, it is impossible to be wrong. God wouldn't let him be wrong, therefore everyone else must be wrong.
Before you can defeat your enemy, you must understand him.
I could go on with the logical extensions of this and what you have to do to eliminate this mentality, but I have probably irriated enough people by now.
Awaiting the flames....
