Random Politics & Religion #14

I like when they shook hands at the end and Trumps pulled him and stared him in the eyes like "you just try and dare to defy me now ***..!"

Can all talk about how stupid Minimum wage increases are and why people think they are the best thing ever?

We tried for years, but it goes on deaf ears.

Especially when people who have actual points are generally the ones that others block. Sometimes it's this very subject that gets us blocked.

I don't think pence enjoyed getting bossed around by trump but he should have thought of that before he took the job.

He is probably looking at 2024, assuming that Trump is reelected in 2020.

I think we should roll it back to $3 an hour THAT'S ALL I GOT AND LOOK HOW I TURNED OUT!!!

According to a map I just saw the only two states that went 100% red without even an ounce of blue are Alaska and Oklahomo.

Let's list the occupations of people who made $3.00/hr in 1890...

....let's see...

...well, according to this source, a typical laborer made about $.15/hr, I would have to say....not many people. Hell, I don't think many executives or bosses made that much at that time.

So, if you really want to make a point, then make it using realistic figures. Since the BLS website can only calculate back to 1913, using minimum wage at that time, according to historical data, minimum wages were about $.25/hr. Adjusting for inflation, that makes the minimum wage in 1913 (in 2016 dollars) to be $6.10/hr.

So, minimum wage today is over-inflated compared to historical facts.

Back when minimum wage law was introduced, there wasn't a lot of ***available at that time (again, first laws were introduced in 1913). There weren't cars, many utilities, insurance was not necessary, nor any of the other niceties we have today. And as for your "it hasn't been adjusted to meet inflation" BS, I understand that you can't reason or look at historical data, but in reality, not only has it been adjusted, but it's been over-stated and exceeded inflation.

And there are lots of arguments that minimum wages (and their increases) have caused inflation. Which is reasonable, when you increase costs of a product, you generally have to increase the selling price of said product.

Minimum wage increase will just lead to lost jobs, increase in prices and disproportional paid employees.

I used to think it was great, when I was making it working at a clothing store but now that I see how people evaluate employee hours on cost and how they cost things based on how much they are paying employees - I only see bad things coming from a minimum wage increase.

He does strike me as the type of VP that would plot an assassination to obtain ultimate power. It's that perfectly silver mane and beady eyes....

He also looks like the grandpa in King of the Hill if he hadn't lost his legs below his knees.

girlboy and his extended family didn't vote at all or the trailer park they live in would have gone blue...>.>

Unpopular opinion for a lefty to have, but a minimum wage increase does nothing for the floundering middle class and potentially hurts us even more because business owners aren't going to just eat that loss and while in theory it should mean more money people have to spend and more money in circulation, in practice it's just going to lower the buying power of people who already made a reasonable amount more than minimum wage (because, you know, professional degrees and training) because we're sure as ***not seeing a wage increase proportionate to the minimum wage increase.

What we need isn't a minimum wage increase, what we need are more on-the-job-learning semi-skilled positions in the economy. But those are hard to create too because even without minimum wage adjustments and even if you repeal the ACA and allow for other cost-saving measures for employers, they will still be able to outsource those positions overseas for cheaper, and all the American Made™ goodwill in the world won't makeup those savings.

Which...wow, I could go like twenty different ways with this for all the problems involved. It's almost like this is a complex issue that won't be fixed with a Band-Aid or easily-promoted campaign talking point like "lower taxes" or "free healthcare" or "higher minimum wage."

They voted, I didn't.

Free wages for all!!

Thanks Elon Musk.

The only blue in south dakota are the Indian reservations.

He's in the list of men I'm willing to marry. But unfortunately it's not among the candidates dad introduced to me.

Galka vote dem huh?

It's going to be more pronounced the higher the increase is.

As evidenced

Actually galka are more akin to african immigrants than indians, nvm that joke! I'd edit it out but you know Cruz..

In Pennsylvania it was basically just Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) and Philadelphia and its suburb counties.

In the west even the counties AROUND Pittsburgh went red (mine being one of them). And not just red. Hard red.



Yet the state still ended up being close as ***, so that tells you how our population distribution is in these here parts.

I was surprised as ***when Bexar County, where San Antonio resides, went red despite it being a very blue county in local politics.

It's always a blue dot in a sea of red (right next to Travis County, home of the liberal rejects of Texas: Austin).

Actually, looking at the map again, even Travis County went red.

That map is inaccurate -- or at least inconsistent -- with other reported maps I've seen of Pennsylvania. Allegheny county was the only blue county in Western PA that I saw.

Oh but I'm wrong about the Pittsburgh-Philly thing apparently. I didn't see the final version of the map after updates yesterday. Centre and Dauphin counties went blue too.

Makes sense. Dauphin County is where the state capital is and Centre is where Penn State is, so lots and lots of liberal-lovin' goin' on up in there.

Look at that Oklahoma, so red it's blushing.

I don't doubt the source, but it's possible that this map may end up changing at the end.

I mean, there are still recounts, but I don't think the map is going to change too much.

new york times explanation of the map

That looks right as far as PA goes.