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deltabtry said:
I think McDonald's is world wide up to including doing business in all 50 states. Texas is guilty of allowing MacDonalds to hire Texas citizens, then this standard should apply to the remaining 49 states. Just about every major retail business in Texas also exist in the 49 other states as well.
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You're right but the difference is I am not Applauding people like McDonalds like Conservative is. He is saying that just Mcdonalds Minimum wage jobs are flourishing in Texas that somehow that is something to be applauded for. Just because MINIMUM wage JOBS are increasing doesn't mean that it is helping the AMERICAN economy on jobs. There are people with families that MINIMUM wage jobs (even if someone were to work two of them full-time) would not help the families like a true flourishing economy would as Conservative says there is in Texas and isn't.
 
Conservative said:
Show me where Marriage is defined in the Constitution and I will change my mind. You have the same rights I have in that area and can marry anyone of the opposite sex that will have you. Your decision is to try and make it a civil right. The only way that is going to happen is if it gets to the Supreme Court and they define it as a civil right. I will wait for that ruling.
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Actually if SSM was legalized YOU could also marry someone of the opposite sex. It is EQUAL. You just don't like EQUALITY. I always knew you were against EQUALITY.
 
deltabtry said:
I think McDonald's is world wide up to including doing business in all 50 states. Texas is guilty of allowing MacDonalds to hire Texas citizens, then this standard should apply to the remaining 49 states. Just about every major retail business in Texas also exist in the 49 other states as well.
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Aw the emotion of a liberal who really doesn't care about anyone else but wants us all to believe they do. Every liberal is such an expert on who works at McDonalds, that they pay minimum wages, have no opportunities for advancement, and are part of the problem that creates poverty in this state and every other. Just shows how arrogant and actually ignorant many are. First of all most McDonalds are franchises thus not controlled by the company as far as what to pay their employees. NO Company operation that I know of pays minimum wage and in fact started some employees in parts of the country at well over $10 an hour. I know that for a fact.

Many McDonalds employees are first time job holders and normal employees are 16-24, not married with kids and owning a home. Most McDonalds are good corporate citizens and create opportunities for a lot of people who would never have an opportunity to work for a company that creates opportunities for advancement. Liberals always have preconceived ideas as to what a good wage is especially when they never ran a business.
 
TheNextEra said:
Actually if SSM was legalized YOU could also marry someone of the opposite sex. It is EQUAL. You just don't like EQUALITY. I always knew you were against EQUALITY.
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Marriage has nothing to do with equality and isn't a civil right, get over it.
 
Seriously, knock off the spinning, Conservative. The fact is that Texas has the highest percentage of lowest paying jobs of any state in the country. All the spinning in the world isn't going to change that fact.
 
Conservative said:
Nope, TX isn't insulated from the national economy that Obama has destroyed and TX rate continues to be lower than the national rate and actual private sector growth is good in TX unlike the national level where private sector jobs are actual showing a net loss since January 2009.
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Oh, for goodness sake, the economy was destroyed before Obama was even sworn in. Between January '08 and January '09, the country lost almost 4 million jobs. By the time Bush's Great Recession ended in June, 8 million jobs would be lost to his recession. During that period, we lost 5% GDP, the Dow fell from 14,000 to 8,000 when Obama started, and then down to 6,000 over the next month. The housing market was destroyed, the credit markets were locked up frozen, and the economy was on the verge of collapsing into a full-blown depression. The U6 unemployment rate nearly doubled over the course of Bush's Great Recession, adding a staggering 12 million to the rank of underemployed to a total of 22 million. Add to that the $1.2 trillion budget deficit Bush left for Obama and one can only shake their head in disbelief reading your absurd claim that it was Obama who destroyed the nation's economy.

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Conservative said:
Many McDonalds employees are first time job holders and normal employees are 16-24, not married with kids and owning a home. Most McDonalds are good corporate citizens and create opportunities for a lot of people who would never have an opportunity to work for a company that creates opportunities for advancement. Liberals always have preconceived ideas as to what a good wage is especially when they never ran a business.
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Ok you claimed it, show us the facts. YOU CLAIMED IT.
 
AdamT said:
Seriously, knock off the spinning, Conservative. The fact is that Texas has the highest percentage of lowest paying jobs of any state in the country. All the spinning in the world isn't going to change that fact.
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That is a lie, they have the highest number but not the highest percentage. You don't know what you are talking about. what percentage of 12.2 million is 550,000?
 
Conservative said:
Marriage has nothing to do with equality and isn't a civil right, get over it.
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IT IS, get over it. Like I said you can't deal with facts. Just ask those that were against interracial marriages like them you will have to deal with it in the long run.
 
TheNextEra said:
Ok you claimed it, show us the facts. YOU CLAIMED IT.
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I competed against McDonalds and have their entire compensation package and have told you the truth. You don't believe it, tough, continue to make a fool of yourself.
 
TheNextEra said:
You're right but the difference is I am not Applauding people like McDonalds like Conservative is. He is saying that just Mcdonalds Minimum wage jobs are flourishing in Texas that somehow that is something to be applauded for. Just because MINIMUM wage JOBS are increasing doesn't mean that it is helping the AMERICAN economy on jobs. There are people with families that MINIMUM wage jobs (even if someone were to work two of them full-time) would not help the families like a true flourishing economy would as Conservative says there is in Texas and isn't.
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Who or what conservative applauding McDonald's? Largest employers in Texas is the energy business, aviation, medical, chemical, retail, agriculture and this pay far above minimum wage. You can go up north and make more money but your cost of living is also much higher, therefor it cancels out the higher wage.
 
TheNextEra said:
IT IS, get over it. Like I said you can't deal with facts.
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Nope, marriage has nothing to do with equality or civil rights until the Supreme Court says so. DOM also disagrees with you and was signed by Clinton.
 
Conservative said:
I competed against McDonalds and have their entire compensation package and have told you the truth. You don't believe it, tough, continue to make a fool of yourself.
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Then you'll have no problem showing those facts will you? If not you are the liar I thought you were.
 
Conservative said:
That is a lie, they have the highest number but not the highest percentage. You don't know what you are talking about. what percentage of 12.2 million is 550,000?
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Dude, you are a serial liar. Texas actually has the highest PERCENTAGE of minimum wage jobs -- tied with Mississippi.

"Additionally, Texas has by far the largest number of employees working at or below the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in 2010) compared to any state, according to a BLS report. In 2010, about 550,000 Texans were working at or below minimum wage, or about 9.5 percent of all workers paid by the hour in the state. Texas tied with Mississippi for the greatest percentage of minimum wage workers…From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000, an increase of nearly 150 percent."

WSJ lauds Texas economy, marked by jobs (including a lot of low-paying ones) | The American Independent
 
Conservative said:
Nope, marriage has nothing to do with equality or civil rights until the Supreme Court says so. DOM also disagrees with you and was signed by Clinton.
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Yep, marriage has nothing to do with CIVIL rights at all all, thats why the interracial marriage ban was repealed. Get a clue, before you look too foolish.
 
TheNextEra said:
Then you'll have no problem showing those facts will you? If not you are the liar I thought you were.
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LOL..arguing over McDonald what's the purpose, ever try getting a normal teenager to get a job at McDonalds, lol around here they won't have anything to do with it. The word around here amongst the teen crowd is that your duffess if you work there.
 
AdamT said:
Dude, you are a serial liar. Texas actually has the highest PERCENTAGE of minimum wage jobs -- tied with Mississippi.

"Additionally, Texas has by far the largest number of employees working at or below the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in 2010) compared to any state, according to a BLS report. In 2010, about 550,000 Texans were working at or below minimum wage, or about 9.5 percent of all workers paid by the hour in the state. Texas tied with Mississippi for the greatest percentage of minimum wage workers…From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000, an increase of nearly 150 percent."

WSJ lauds Texas economy, marked by jobs (including a lot of low-paying ones) | The American Independent
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Take it up with BLS as that is the keeper of the data. You don't know what you are talking about. 550,000 minimum wage and below minimum wage jobs are what percentage of 12.2 million? I suggest stop with the name calling.
 
Conservative said:
Take it up with BLS as that is the keeper of the data. You don't know what you are talking about. 550,000 minimum wage and below minimum wage jobs are what percentage of 12.2 million? I suggest stop with the name calling.
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Sorry, but I already proved that you are a liar. Now would be a good time to apologize.
 
Conservative said:
Kind of like that 14000 that Bush had during his term?
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Too bad his term didn't end there, eh, Con? Then Bush would have looked better than one of the worst presidents we've ever had. Oh, and comparing the Dow between Clinton and Bush isn't even fair. Under Clinton, it increased 235%. Under Bush, at its peak 14K, it increased 34% ... and that 34% took 7 years. It's increased 31% under Obama in 2½ years. And of course, Bush's presidency didn't end until the Dow had dropped an unbelievable 25% over the course of his 8 years -- worse than every other president except for Hoover.

Hoover and Bush, the two presidents presiding over the worst periods in stock market history.
 
deltabtry said:
LOL..arguing over McDonald what's the purpose, ever try getting a normal teenager to get a job at McDonalds, lol around here they won't have anything to do with it. The word around here amongst the teen crowd is that your duffess if you work there.
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So are you saying that minimum wage jobs that those provided by McDonalds are able to sustain a family? Not sure what you are trying to state. Right now the FAMILY household is trying to sustain itself and people like you are saying those in Texas providing MINIMUM wage jobs are doing just that. Remember TX is leading the country in MIN wage jobs, so how is that helping a family?
 
TheNextEra said:
Yep, marriage has nothing to do with CIVIL rights at all all, thats why the interracial marriage ban was repealed. Get a clue, before you look too foolish.
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Oh, Good Lord, unbelievable, discrimination based upon race is a violation of the civil rights, this had nothing to do with marriage. Marriage is defined as being a union between a man and a woman, a black man cannot be discriminated against.
 
AdamT said:
Sorry, but I already proved that you are a liar. Now would be a good time to apologize.
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You proved nothing other than you are a typical liberal who cannot admit when wrong. BLS disagrees with you and that is the only data that matters.
 
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