Right.Originally Posted by mac
We're still the best, so why try to be better?
What a great argument.
Right.
We're still the best, so why try to be better?
What a great argument.
"Half full or half empty doesn't matter. What matters is, you've only got half a glass...so what are you going to do about it?" - Me
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Please. As if minimum wage is the reason. Not to ruffle your skirt, sister, but the EPA is a BIG reason, and hey. why not, right? Just bulldoze our environment here in the US for tidy profit, no bug deal that has no historical reference of back firing, right?
"Half full or half empty doesn't matter. What matters is, you've only got half a glass...so what are you going to do about it?" - Me
www.kohlerimaging.com
Say's the guy who likely wishes we were more competitive with chine for jobs, lol.
"Half full or half empty doesn't matter. What matters is, you've only got half a glass...so what are you going to do about it?" - Me
www.kohlerimaging.com
More like "we're steadily sinking but still 3rd place, so why do anything while it's not too late to avoid falling behind malaysia"
I already addressed that. If our incomes are stagnant Europe and Asia will catch up. In my mind, if you are standing still you are really falling behind because everybody is moving forward.
Also, I don't understand why you would choose stagnation over healthy economic growth for the middle class. Doing this will take strong technological development, good education, low taxes and regulations, and moderate income inequality.
"Better"? How is taking what someone earned and giving it to someone that didn't earn it, specially when it's not actually necessary....."better"?
”People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” --- Ben Franklin
So what if they catch up? When you're talking about taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor....there should be a reason to do so. "Fair" is not a reason...."need" would be. Americans as a whole can support themselves. At some point, even the leftest of ideologues need to realize that there is a difference between need and want. You guys aren't pissed that the poor have it bad....you're pissed that some don't have it bad. If you're taking money from those that have "too much" and giving it to those that have less simply for the sake of doing it....you're (society) committing theft.
The American condition is actually better than in most other places in the world. You guys need to put away the torches and pitch forks and try to figure out how to earn your way to the 1% rather than trying to get the govt to give their money to you.
”People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” --- Ben Franklin
Engrish, please.
”People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” --- Ben Franklin
strawman arguments will always be strawman arguments.
this has nothing to do with what I posted. please go back read and understand.
yes the US has become hostile to businesses. they are moving to more friendly businesses environments.
more so under this administration. now the EPA is attacking the airline. that is all they can do is try to shut businesses down instead of building them up.
the cost in jobs and business growth is huge.
however as I proved there is no such thing as tax breaks for moving jobs overseas. it is just another liberal lie.
right up there with you can keep your plan if you like it and you can keep your doctor.
Of course they're moving to "more friendly" business locals. Such as places like China:
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What's not to like - socialize the costs of pollution, privatize the profits. Works every time it's been tried!
Also, too, workplace safety is overrated. We'd have a lot more jobs if we just accepted workplace deaths/disease/injuries of the proles when it slows progress! Etc.
I have no doubt we could as a country eliminate a lot of regulations on the margins that would have little effect on the things we care about, but that is a difficult process, that takes more work than just whining about the EPA, which came about and got its power because we had air and water like China. It's far cheaper and you get higher economic growth when millions of individuals pay for pollution with shorter lives and poor health than when the polluter pays for cleanup at the source. OSHA emerged because businesses objectively ignore problems that don't come with a cost to them. What is a life worth? For businesses, it's worth precisely what a lawsuit after the death/disease/injury will cost, if the family of the dead are allowed to sue, and the state forces the defendant to pay. In "business friendly" locations, that worth is effectively zero, and so workplaces aren't safe. Workers put up with it because not ALL THAT MANY people die immediately, and the long term risks from exposure to chemicals are hidden, and after all in corrupt regimes the alternative is starvation and death.
Etc....
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