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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    Umm, they are by definition not the "lazy asses" referred to. But the problem with just raising the minimum wage is that employees are not magically more productive by whatever percentage raise that they would get. If you want to raise the real wages of those at the bottom of the scale you should raise the demand for their labor or lower the supply of low wage workers. This can be accomplished by instituting growth policies, i.e. tax cuts, and by minimizing illegal immigrants that compete directly with them for jobs. Neither of those are Democrat positions IIRC. What say you?
    But what cons refuse to learn is that over 90% of people receiving Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security (Romney's 47%) are elderly, disabled, or working.

    You listen to Republican ads and listen to conservative bloggers and all you hear is complaining about less than 10% of the country. Meanwhile, they advocate slashing and thrashing those entitlements, ignoring that north of 90% number.


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...in-six-charts/

    This is always fun to look at. Romney's 47%
    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-taxes/262499/
    Last edited by bingster; 10-16-2013 at 04:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bingster View Post
    Sure, it costs more and more and McDonald's and Walmart don't care either way. You'll keep paying for their workforce and cheer lead those who fight to keep minimum wage from going up. Typical cross purposes of your ideology. Fun to watch you vote against your own self interest.
    Obamacare is a ripoff. In my case the incentive is to go uninsured! When employers offer to deduct $18,000+ from your paycheck and you say "no, thank you", you are disqualified from buying the SAME POLICY 40% cheaper on the exchange. Since the $18,000+ exceeds 8% of my income, I get an exemption from the penalty. The old system is MUCH better.
    Experienced Social Distancer ... waaaay before COVID.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bingster View Post
    But what cons refuse to learn is that over 90% of people receiving Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security (Romney's 47%) are elderly, disabled, or working.

    You listen to Republican ads and listen to conservative bloggers and all you hear is complaining about less than 10% of the country. Meanwhile, they advocate slashing and thrashing those entitlements, ignoring that north of 90% number.

    This is always fun to look at. Romney's 47%
    So no actual comment on the issues at hand and just rehashing some talking points? Your much heralded return is fizzling. Entitlements are what will be "thrashing" the budgets in the out-years. Comments??? or talking points???






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    Quote Originally Posted by bingster View Post
    But what cons refuse to learn is that over 90% of people receiving Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security (Romney's 47%) are elderly, disabled, or working.

    You listen to Republican ads and listen to conservative bloggers and all you hear is complaining about less than 10% of the country. Meanwhile, they advocate slashing and thrashing those entitlements, ignoring that north of 90% number.


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...in-six-charts/

    This is always fun to look at. Romney's 47%
    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-taxes/262499/

    always with the medicare and SS as an entitlement argument. I and every other working person pays into and should receive those benefits, otherwise the government needs to stop taking it out of my paycheck.

    The problem with entitlements and fraud comes from medicade, food stamps, WIC, housing benefits, free lunches, free college.

    Those are the benefits that are breaking this country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trigg View Post
    always with the medicare and SS as an entitlement argument. I and every other working person pays into and should receive those benefits, otherwise the government needs to stop taking it out of my paycheck.

    The problem with entitlements and fraud comes from medicade, food stamps, WIC, housing benefits, free lunches, free college.

    Those are the benefits that are breaking this country.
    What is breaking the country is spending that has grown too fast and revenues that have been far below what they have been historically to GDP. What will break our budget in the out years is that entitlements, or whatever you want to call them, have been promised in far greater scale than will be received in revenues.




    A dated graph so it doesn't take into account BO's budgets but the entitlement aspect has not changed.
    Last edited by fj1200; 10-17-2013 at 09:06 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trigg View Post
    always with the medicare and SS as an entitlement argument. I and every other working person pays into and should receive those benefits, otherwise the government needs to stop taking it out of my paycheck.

    The problem with entitlements and fraud comes from medicade, food stamps, WIC, housing benefits, free lunches, free college.

    Those are the benefits that are breaking this country.
    Wrong, Medicaid is part of it, but the rest of what drives cons crazy is small potatoes. We need to reform SS/Medicare/Medicaid. Up the Waste/Fraud/Abuse security on all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trigg View Post
    always with the medicare and SS as an entitlement argument. I and every other working person pays into and should receive those benefits, otherwise the government needs to stop taking it out of my paycheck.

    The problem with entitlements and fraud comes from medicade, food stamps, WIC, housing benefits, free lunches, free college.

    Those are the benefits that are breaking this country.


    Trigg. What the poor liberal, democrats always use as more reasons to avoid actually talking, or discussing the other BIG TICKET items...they need to keep going to support their endless dependency on Big Government...like Obamacare.
    They don't care about what happens to the country, or their neighbors as long as IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM in their pocket, bank account, or expected delivery in the mail each month.
    I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
    So, this is for them.
    GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !

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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    Oh, and sorry for having to oppose you and your "leftie" policies. I need to bone up my "righty" cred to some around here. It's an agenda thing.
    Ah, that explains it ! Thanks for the explanation, FJ.

    By the way .. I see you 'stand w/ Lady Thatcher' ...?

    Congratulations on amending the 'Thatcher' jibe in another post, to now give her a more respectful title. This is as it should be.

    But if you really do stand with Lady Thatcher .. are you aware that her ashes are buried next to her husband, Denis ? So, if you really do 'stand w/' her ... I suspect you are running the risk of getting arrested ?

    Just thought I'd point it out, FJ.

    Have a nice day ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drummond View Post
    Ah, that explains it ! Thanks for the explanation, FJ.

    By the way .. I see you 'stand w/ Lady Thatcher' ...?
    Kind of a dolt aren't you? I don't recall ever NOT standing with Mags.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bingster View Post
    Wrong, Medicaid is part of it, but the rest of what drives cons crazy is small potatoes. We need to reform SS/Medicare/Medicaid. Up the Waste/Fraud/Abuse security on all.

    What part of the RAMPANT abuse of food stamps, WIC, housing supplements, free lunches and college are small potatoes. There is a HUGE problem with the abuse in these programs.

    Only recently have they started rechecking income in Indiana. Up until 2 yrs ago they checked income for a child in 8th grade, if they qualified for free college at that time, they never checked again.

    This is not small potatoes.

    Medicare and SS are paid for by the beneficiaries, a percentage is given to people who are mentally handicapped.

    Personally I am all for reforming SS, but the dems will have none of that. STOP taking it out of my paycheck and I will invest it as I see fit.

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