Aedan said:

Like drone striking people overseas with 97% "collateral damage". Or tsa groping children at the airports. Or the massive nsa spy centers. Or the hundreds of millions pumped into no bid contracts to build a fuckin healthcare website that doesn't work. On and on. Unless you think the government is all good and loving and spends our money efficiently.

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We need a flat tax. Everyone should have their taxes cut and pay the same rate.

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How the fuck can you say that someone making 20,000/year should be paying the same tax rate as someone making 2,000,000/year???

The Ecstatic said:

Wasn't Obama a tyrant for trying to circumvent Congress, now he's weak for not controlling them enough.

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Illyabo said:

small drink 1.39$

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Cinnor said:

They need to raise the minimum wage slowly and with limitations on the size of the business because small businesses won't handle an immediate raise like large corporations will be able to. There's obviously something wrong when the ceo to employee pay ratio is so unbalanced.  Yea running a business is hard but it doesn't warrant a 300% higher wage.http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/19/executive-pay-ceos-dont-need-cash

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Cinnor said:

I agree that cashiering, stocking shelves or answering phones and doing secretarial work isn't the hardest job but they are necessary jobs to keep a business afloat. Productivity,  the market and ceo pay and benefits are all up, but average worker's pay and benefits have remained flat for years. Whether or  not that is fair is besides the point,  because its generally a bad thing for the economy. No capitalist economy can survive without people spending.  People are spending less and less because they have less money and what little money they have is worth less for various reasons.

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Heres a hint low paid drones don't drive the economy people with real jobs do. I agree these low paid positions are important for a business but the amount of effort skill and intelligence required of them is so minimal that even what they are paid may be to much. If you get your wish with a higher minimum wage say hello to higher unemployment as many of those workers would not be worth paying 15 an hour.

Cinnor said:

Most people prefer speaking to living breathing people,  but yes, automation is going to replace like 75% of the current workforce by 2050 and in the process redefine what we mean by "work". So what your saying is just jump to the conclusion and lay off millions of people?

What are we going to do with all these laid off people.  There's only so many jobs to be done before there's just a bunch of people standing around with their dicks in their hands. Kill them? Soilent green/modest proposal type stuff?

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Cinnor said:

I'm assuming there will be a guaranteed income in the near future.

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The Ecstatic said:

Cinnor said:

I'm assuming there will be a guaranteed income in the near future.

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Not if ignorant people in this country keep equating socialism with babyraping.

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Gilgamesh18 said:

Cinnor said:

They need to raise the minimum wage slowly and with limitations on the size of the business because small businesses won't handle an immediate raise like large corporations will be able to. There's obviously something wrong when the ceo to employee pay ratio is so unbalanced.  Yea running a business is hard but it doesn't warrant a 300% higher wage.http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/19/executive-pay-ceos-dont-need-cash

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It kinda does any brain dead halfwit can be a cashier hence the pay discrepancy if that doesn't cut then update your skills and get a better job.

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