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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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Coincidentiaoppositorum said: Again, this isn't criticism, I'm simply pointing out what happened, example: Rick Perry goes on and on about eliminating three institutions of government, then during the same speech after saying he will eliminate these 3 institutions of government, he can't even name them. I'm not exaggerating or criticizing, that's what happened, this guy is full of shit and tripped over his own sick during a speech exposing the fact that he has no idea what he is talking about...THEN HE GETS GLASSES so people think he is smart...
Michelle Bachmann is stupider than Sara Palin, this isn't an exaggeration or criticism, it's a fact, both these politicians are boarder line retarded.
Sam Brownback fucked Kansas with his ultra-right wing policies, this is a fact.
Paul Ryan and his path to prosperity would have destroyed this nation, this is a fact
...and again, just like I said in that initial post, instead of discussing he politicians or the issues you turn to personal attack "your just buying into this or that" rather than engage in a debate on the issues...
-E. Borodin
... And you've only scratched the surface. Republicans don't even sound intelligent, or say intelligent things. They sound like belligerent assholes. Republicans tell you they are going to fuck the American people over, and they tell you it's for your own fucking good, because they 'need' to spread your tax dollars to their wealthy buddies.
Republican voters are the fucking mindless idiots who actually vote against their own best interest. They are exquisitely vulnerable to the most primitive of human emotions: Greed, hate, and fear.
The Republicans are "stuck" in the old America (1940-1990's), that game is long gone and they have never adjusted as a result.
The Democrats talk a great game, but at the end of the day they are still owned by the same corporate interests that will fuck us over just the same as the Republicans.
Democratic voters are just as stupid, their failure to either recognize or call out the hypocrisy is just as "mindless" in nature.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: paperbackwriter]
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paperbackwriter said: Here's the same incident without so much right wing bias.
http://m.yourhoustonnews.com/pearland/news/teenager-arrested-after-chase-multiple-attempted-assaults-on-law-enforcement/article_e43cc95e-29a3-5902-938a-9a93dc3a4fa8.html?mode=jqm
Frankly the kid has a point. Cops shoot brown people all the time without any repercussions thanks to the combination of institutionalized racism and the militarization of our 'peace officers'. Immigrants are also a large part of our work force. If tomorrow the right wing wet dream of sending them all back was granted, yes, high school dropouts would have an easier time finding jobs, and the U.S. economy would collapse as the rest of the unemployed snubbed their collective noses at breaking their backs for minimum wage.
"the kid has a point"
No he doesn't, he a criminal that's going to be behind bars for a very long time!!
"cops shoot brown people without any repercussions"
The vast majority of police shootings are justified, brown people commit more crime and as a result end up with more interactions with law enforcement.
"US economy would collapse (as a result of deportation of illegals)"
Bullshit, the only thing that would collapse would be tax expenses and high corporate profit margins, the average US citizen would see a big improvement in standard of living. Since you have very little economic study, it's not very surprising you would believe in such nonsense.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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Coincidentiaoppositorum said: Again, this isn't criticism, I'm simply pointing out what happened, example: Rick Perry goes on and on about eliminating three institutions of government, then during the same speech after saying he will eliminate these 3 institutions of government, he can't even name them. I'm not exaggerating or criticizing, that's what happened, this guy is full of shit and tripped over his own sick during a speech exposing the fact that he has no idea what he is talking about...THEN HE GETS GLASSES so people think he is smart...
Michelle Bachmann is stupider than Sara Palin, this isn't an exaggeration or criticism, it's a fact, both these politicians are boarder line retarded.
Sam Brownback fucked Kansas with his ultra-right wing policies, this is a fact.
Paul Ryan and his path to prosperity would have destroyed this nation, this is a fact
...and again, just like I said in that initial post, instead of discussing he politicians or the issues you turn to personal attack "your just buying into this or that" rather than engage in a debate on the issues...
-E. Borodin
... And you've only scratched the surface. Republicans don't even sound intelligent, or say intelligent things. They sound like belligerent assholes. Republicans tell you they are going to fuck the American people over, and they tell you it's for your own fucking good, because they 'need' to spread your tax dollars to their wealthy buddies.
Republican voters are the fucking mindless idiots who actually vote against their own best interest. They are exquisitely vulnerable to the most primitive of human emotions: Greed, hate, and fear.
The Republicans are "stuck" in the old America (1940-1990's), that game is long gone and they have never adjusted as a result.
The Democrats talk a great game, but at the end of the day they are still owned by the same corporate interests that will fuck us over just the same as the Republicans.
Democratic voters are just as stupid, their failure to either recognize or call out the hypocrisy is just as "mindless" in nature.
It's not 'just as mindless' as voting for Michelle Bachman, or Sarah Palin, or Sam Brownback, or George W Bush (Arguably the worst president we've ever had, and clearly the dumbest). Now they're lining up behind DONALD TRUMP!!! lmao!!! Come on. It's not the same.
I am so tired of false equivalencies. These are not the same. Republicans cry for small government in one breath, and theocratic authoritarianism in the next. Republican voters are the hypocrites on their side, while democratic candidates are the hypocrites.
Sure, Democratic candidates have been hypocrites. Republicans candidates never had to be, because their voters are fucking stupid enough to vote themselves off a cliff!
Democratic voters are not hypocrites, though some (certainly not all) of their candidates are.
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The Republicans are "stuck" in the old America (1940-1990's), that game is long gone and they have never adjusted as a result.
What does that mean exactly? Republicans have evolved (for the worse) in the 21st century, with the libertarian movement. They have changed more than democrats. Shit, Eisenhower was a Republican!!!
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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It's not 'just as mindless' as voting for Michelle Bachman, or Sarah Palin, or Sam Brownback, or George W Bush (Arguably the worst president we've ever had, and clearly the dumbest). Now they're lining up behind DONALD TRUMP!!! lmao!!! Come on. It's not the same.
I am so tired of false equivalencies. These are not the same. Republicans cry for small government in one breath, and theocratic authoritarianism in the next.
Sure, Democratic candidates have been hypocrites. Republicans never had to, because their voters are fucking stupid enough to vote themselves off a cliff!
Democratic voters are not hypocrites, though some (certainly not all) of their candidates are.
There is no doubt in my mind that GWB was the worst president in the modern era and maybe the worst ever.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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Michelle Bachmann is stupider than Sara Palin, this isn't an exaggeration or criticism, it's a fact, both these politicians are boarder line retarded.
Sam Brownback fucked Kansas with his ultra-right wing policies, this is a fact.
Paul Ryan and his path to prosperity would have destroyed this nation, this is a fact
...and again, just like I said in that initial post, instead of discussing he politicians or the issues you turn to personal attack "your just buying into this or that" rather than engage in a debate on the issues...
-E. Borodin
... And you've only scratched the surface. Republicans don't even sound intelligent, or say intelligent things. They sound like belligerent assholes. Republicans tell you they are going to fuck the American people over, and they tell you it's for your own fucking good, because they 'need' to spread your tax dollars to their wealthy buddies.
Republican voters are the fucking mindless idiots who actually vote against their own best interest. They are exquisitely vulnerable to the most primitive of human emotions: Greed, hate, and fear.
The Republicans are "stuck" in the old America (1940-1990's), that game is long gone and they have never adjusted as a result.
The Democrats talk a great game, but at the end of the day they are still owned by the same corporate interests that will fuck us over just the same as the Republicans.
Democratic voters are just as stupid, their failure to either recognize or call out the hypocrisy is just as "mindless" in nature.
It's not 'just as mindless' as voting for Michelle Bachman, or Sarah Palin, or Sam Brownback, or George W Bush (Arguably the worst president we've ever had, and clearly the dumbest). Now they're lining up behind DONALD TRUMP!!! lmao!!! Come on. It's not the same.
I am so tired of false equivalencies. These are not the same. Republicans cry for small government in one breath, and theocratic authoritarianism in the next. Republican voters are the hypocrites on their side, while democratic candidates are the hypocrites.
Sure, Democratic candidates have been hypocrites. Republicans candidates never had to be, because their voters are fucking stupid enough to vote themselves off a cliff!
Democratic voters are not hypocrites, though some (certainly not all) of their candidates are.
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What does that mean exactly? Republicans have evolved (for the worse) in the 21st century, with the libertarian movement. They have changed more than democrats. Shit, Eisenhower was a Republican!!!
"does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
Trickle down economics is simply predatory capitalism. We have, right now, the results of decades of this ... more wealth and power for fewer people.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Bigbadwooof]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
Perhaps ... but starting giant never ending trillion dollar plus ground war invasions with nation building is MORE STUPID and we can't afford another one of those mistakes.
-------------------- "The universe is endless, limitless and infinite. Any effort to define it's boundaries is an attempt to overcome ignorance. We are physical, mental and spiritual beings ... there is no beginning and there is no end. There is only memory. Our repeated loss of memory experiences create the illusion of beginnings and ends. Immortality is the ability to retain full memory through all consciousness transformations. Loss of memory is man's greatest curse and, in very real terms, death." -- Ancient Taoist Master
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: KauaiOrca]
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It's not 'just as mindless' as voting for Michelle Bachman, or Sarah Palin, or Sam Brownback, or George W Bush (Arguably the worst president we've ever had, and clearly the dumbest). Now they're lining up behind DONALD TRUMP!!! lmao!!! Come on. It's not the same.
I am so tired of false equivalencies. These are not the same. Republicans cry for small government in one breath, and theocratic authoritarianism in the next.
Sure, Democratic candidates have been hypocrites. Republicans never had to, because their voters are fucking stupid enough to vote themselves off a cliff!
Democratic voters are not hypocrites, though some (certainly not all) of their candidates are.
There is no doubt in my mind that GWB was the worst president in the modern era and maybe the worst ever.
Nixon.
Fucking Milhouse and Kissinger deliberately sabotaged peace accords between North and South Vietnam in Paris to guarantee that LBJ would lose the election to Nixon.
A shithead move that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: KauaiOrca]
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>Perhaps ... but starting giant never ending trillion dollar plus ground war invasions with nation building is MORE STUPID and we can't afford another one of those mistakes.
So you are talking about obumble now? Syria, yemen, and others. Shrub may have started Iraq but he negotiated a pullout which obumble reversed and kept the war going. Endless indeed.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: KauaiOrca]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
Perhaps ... but starting giant never ending trillion dollar plus ground war invasions with nation building is MORE STUPID and we can't afford another one of those mistakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution
Plenty of Democrats voted for it. (Clinton, Biden).
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
Yes, Republicans are mindless for voting for policies that clearly don't work. Democratic and Republican politicians are not equally bad. Clinton left America with a surplus, and Obama is on track to leave us with a surplus also: http://theweek.com/speedreads/455126/obama-track-leave-budget-surplus
Bush left Obama with a 1.3 Trillion dollar deficit in the name of 'trickle down economics'. Don't give me your false equivalency bullshit. One party (Democrats) is fiscally responsible, and one party has a tendency to hemorrhage money (Republicans). It's funny, because Republicans would have you believe that democrats are the big spenders.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
Not really.
At least some people, a vocal minority, in the Democratic party are calling for intelligent reforms.
Meanwhile, the highest polling GOP candidate seems to be whomever can be bigoted the most frequently.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: The Ecstatic]
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qman said: "does that mean exactly?"
I'm referring to their economic ideology which is basically "trickle down economics". It's very obvious that this economic theory really doesn't work today, yet they still preach it. For the record, behind the scenes BOTH parties are supporters of the same economic policy today- globalization and crony capitalism.
True, the difference is that Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense, and Republican voters do. Politicians do what they have to do, because our elections are based on a corrupt campaign system.
"Democratic voters don't believe this nonsense"
Yet, they vote for Democratic politicians that do!! And you call Republican voters "mindless".
Breaking news, both R and D voters are EQUALLY stupid.
Not really.
At least some people, a vocal minority, in the Democratic party are calling for intelligent reforms.
Meanwhile, the highest polling GOP candidate seems to be whomever can be bigoted the most frequently.
Obama was promising the earth, moon, and sun, how did that empty rhetoric work all for the disadvantaged.
I mean if rhetoric that ends in tears is all you want at the end of the day, keep supporting that very small "vocal minority" and watch the status quo continue as they laugh their way to the bank.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: qman]
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No he doesn't, he a criminal that's going to be behind bars for a very long time!!
This is the definition of ad hominem. The kid being a criminal doesn't make his point invalid.
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"cops shoot brown people without any repercussions"
The vast majority of police shootings are justified, brown people commit more crime and as a result end up with more interactions with law enforcement.
Poor people commit more crime. Brown people generally are poorer yes. As to the vast majority of police shootings being justified I'm sure legally that is the case. That said our legal system is seriously fucked when it comes to how we justify lethal force for law enforcement officers and it's very unlikely that charges will be pursued if the victim was brown or poor let alone brown and poor.
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Bullshit, the only thing that would collapse would be tax expenses and high corporate profit margins, the average US citizen would see a big improvement in standard of living. Since you have very little economic study, it's not very surprising you would believe in such nonsense.
It's estimated that over half our farm hands are illegal immigrants. You don't think cutting our agriculture labor in half would have a major impact on the economy?
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: paperbackwriter]
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No. It's not necessary for illegals to do the work. Bring workers in legally on worker visas. Or, raise the pay to the point where Americans will do it.
Better that the pay goes to Americans and the money stays here.
Or do think the following would happen...
Farmer 1: Damn... I can't get enough workers now that the illegals are gone. Farmer 2: Yup, I guess now we'll have to pay more to get our crops harvested. Farmer 1: Fuck that! If I can't get illegals to pick my crops I'm gonna let the crops rot in the fields. That'll show them pesky government people they can't push me around! Farmer 2: But your crops will rot and you'll go bankrupt. Farmer 1: Yeah... that'll show those government jerks!
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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The loony left wants fast food workers to make $15 an hour telling us it will not cause prices to rise. But, if we pay more money to americans to pick produce, it will magically cause food prices to shoot way up. They need to get their story straight.
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paperbackwriter
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#22043656 - 08/04/15 06:16 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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In California illegal immigrants make up approx. 10% of the workforce. The unemployment rate is 6.5%. Assuming we can get everyone that's looking for a job a job we still have a very large gap in the labor force and mostly in the ag industry.
California's ag industry is huge too and an important part of both the u.s. and global economies. It's not just about tomatoes rotting but processing, shipping, production. The effect on the supply chain and with it employment seems like a big deal to me.
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Re: So Trump started off badly but he's making more sense every day... [Re: Stonehenge]
#22044537 - 08/04/15 09:02 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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paperbackwriter said: It's estimated that over half our farm hands are illegal immigrants. You don't think cutting our agriculture labor in half would have a major impact on the economy?
No. It's not necessary for illegals to do the work. Bring workers in legally on worker visas. Or, raise the pay to the point where Americans will do it.
Better that the pay goes to Americans and the money stays here.
Or do think the following would happen...
Farmer 1: Damn... I can't get enough workers now that the illegals are gone. Farmer 2: Yup, I guess now we'll have to pay more to get our crops harvested. Farmer 1: Fuck that! If I can't get illegals to pick my crops I'm gonna let the crops rot in the fields. That'll show them pesky government people they can't push me around! Farmer 2: But your crops will rot and you'll go bankrupt. Farmer 1: Yeah... that'll show those government jerks!
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Stonehenge said: The loony left wants fast food workers to make $15 an hour telling us it will not cause prices to rise. But, if we pay more money to americans to pick produce, it will magically cause food prices to shoot way up. They need to get their story straight.
As a full fledged member of the 'loony left', I 100% agree with LDS on this one. We can pay Americans to do it, or bring immigrants in on work visas. I think the notion that we must rely on lawbreakers to function is pure and utter horse shit. It would benefit the migrant workers as well as the American people.
This is just another instance where government tells you they're doing something for your benefit, when in reality it only benefits big business. Illegal immigrant workers benefit big business, not you and I.
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