Hello Kacper,
There isn't enough work for everybody to have a full time job.
We can thank capitalism for that.
Half of all jobs are not something you can raise a family on.
We can thank capitalism for that.
Employers paying minimum wage would be paying even less if they could - but it is against the law.
We can thank government regulation for that.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Bigdog (08-20-2018)
I've been shopping at Wal~Mart for decades. I've had no problem there. There's plenty of room to criticize. Of what business that size is there not? Just look at the priest sex abuse scandal ongoing with the Catholic Church. Does that mean we should fire Pope Francis?
"It should be obvious to anyone why conservatives and libertarians should be against Trump. He has no grounding in belief. No core philosophy. No morals. No loyalty. No curiosity. No empathy and no understanding. He demands personal loyalty and not loyalty to the nation. His only core belief is in his own superiority to everyone else. His only want is exercise more and more personal power." smb / purveyor of fact 18/03/18
The Clintons caused the great depression as well.
When they die, I am sure we can still continue to blame them for future world disasters or blame the spirit of their white house dog, Buddy
If Walmart had a sex abuse/rape scandal on the scale of the Catholic Church, complete with massive cover-up --- I am thinking the CEO of Walmart will not only be fired but may be facing criminal charges -- if the Pope personally was involved with covering up rape, he needs to be held accountable -- and I aint just talking about by his sky Daddy
Last year, Walmart made approximately $14B in profit.
Last year, Walmart's employees qualified for about $6B in assistance benefits.
So if Walmart paid its employees a wage high enough that they didn't qualify for benefits, Walmart would have made at least $8B in profit.
When I die, turn me into a brick and use me to cave in the skull of a fascist
Mason Michaels (08-20-2018)
People like you with your limited IQ, and inability to grasp the meaning of the English language, support slavery, and believe that slave owners were not taking advantage of the slave, they were giving them a better life. However, in the words of the Founders as posted here we see " North Carolina's 1784 statute explained that by keeping large estates together for succeeding generations, the old system had served "only to raise the wealth and importance of particular families and individuals, giving them an unequal and undue influence in a republic" and promoting "contention and injustice." Abolishing aristocratic forms of inheritance would by contrast "tend to promote that equality of property which is of the spirit and principle of a genuine republic."
But, in your limited world view, having the ability to deprive others of wealth is not taking "advantage" of them.
Of course, in your mind having the ability to promote "contention and injustice." is also not having an advantage.
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
Tell me LittleWhinyPuppy, are you a lying, drug addict, coward, like the one you have portrayed in your avatar?
However, for you to demonstrate the lack of ability for yet another right winger to comprehend the intent of the Founders is nothing new. Ignorance is a trade mark of the right wing. What the Founding Fathers opposed was INCOME INEQUALITY for the reasons stated. Now, if you had been intelligent enough to read the entire articled you would have read this:
The states left no doubt that in taking this step they were giving expression to a basic and widely shared philosophical belief that equality of citizenship was impossible in a nation where inequality of wealth remained the rule."
Their belief was the equality of citizenship relied on equality of wealth. This is a similar belief as expressed by Christ and His apostles. Then, if you had bothered to read further, you would have seen this proposal by Thomas paine, and supported by Jefferson, and Smith:
"and proposed a "ground rent" — in fact an inheritance tax — on property at the time it is conveyed at death, with the money so collected to be distributed to all citizens at age 21, "as a compensation in part, for the loss of his or her natural inheritance, by the introduction of the system of landed property."
But it was not in the Constitution just as limitations on corporations are not in the Constitution (in site of the unConstitutional ruling in Citizens United) since they believed it was a States right.
Now, as to your last statement of ignorance, I am not a "wealthy" person as defined by the Founders, or exhibited by Gates, Bezos, Buffett, the Koch Brothers, Trump, etc. In fact, if you were to do some research on the matter you would find that Jefferson felt that 85 families owning 90% of the wealth was out of line.
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
Did he ever prove where Bill, and Hillary, defended Sam Walton? I know he was from Arkansas, but how that correlates to defending him is unknown.
Sounds like politics to me:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/03...-wal-mart.html
"2Timothy 3 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away"
When abor activists demanded in 2014 that Hillary Clinton use her influence with Wal-Mart — where she sat on the board of directors for six years — to raise workers’ wages, Clinton’s top aides turned to Wal-Mart’s former top lobbyist for advice on how to respond.
And in a series of highly paid appearances after leaving the State Department, Clinton praised the company’s practices and spoke fondly of its founder in speeches that were kept secret from the public.
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/12/hacked-emails-show-hillary-clinton-repeatedly-praised-wal-mart-in-paid-speeches/
The heirs of late Walmart founder Sam Walton backed Hillary Clinton for president.
Collectively, the leading members of Arkansas' Walton family gave about $714,000 to the failed candidate and the DEMOCRAT Party during the 2016 election cycle, federal records show.
The donations are an example of the longstanding ties between the Walton and Clinton families. It is an awkward situation for Hillary, a former Walmart board member, since most of her allies in organized labor and the broader liberal movement detest the Waltons, mainly because of the company's anti-union stance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/walmarts-walton-family-backing-clinton
It is really easy to tell on this thread who does not have the skills, education or work ethic to make more than minimum wage.
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