Hey Democrats, you want wage increases? How about applying the principles of free market economics.

[Frederick Foresight]

And btw, the poor are suffering from obesity, not starvation. It's a common fact available to anyone who can google.

That's because lousy food is cheaper than healthful food. It's a common fact available to anyone who can Google.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

So in other words, the government would like for those employees to make more money. But the gov't doesn't want to give it to them. They want the business to give it to them for the gov't. How very generous and compassionate of the gov't.

No, it's the businesses that depend on government subsidies to underpaid workers that are the problem. Full circle, it's the businesses that are effectively getting the subsidies as the problem goes unsolved.

 

[Ricter]

No, it's the businesses that depend on government subsidies to underpaid workers that are the problem. Full circle, it's the businesses that are effectively getting the subsidies as the problem goes unsolved.

Lots of business inputs cost more because of government regulation. The minimum wage is simply one more. To be fair, conservatives do oppose many safety regulations, too.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

To be fair, conservatives do oppose many safety regulations, too.

How true. But only as it relates to labor and the environment, though. Not capital or intellectual property; there they can't get enough.

 

[der_kommissar]

That's because lousy food is cheaper than healthful food. It's a common fact available to anyone who can Google.

And it's a common fact that there are tens of millions of people with EBT cards who could buy fruits, vegetables and whatever else they see fit...It's their own choice to load up on Hostess products.

 

[der_kommissar]

How true. But only as it relates to labor and the environment, though. Not capital or intellectual property; there they can't get enough.

I notice that you simply ignored the first part of Ricter's comment.

 

[Ricter]

How true. But only as it relates to labor and the environment, though. Not capital or intellectual property; there they can't get enough.

You got that right. Again, here is the rep bias towards hierarchy.

 

[der_kommissar]

No, it's the businesses that depend on government subsidies to underpaid workers that are the problem. Full circle, it's the businesses that are effectively getting the subsidies as the problem goes unsolved.

Basically, you are taking the Walmart's of the world to task without comprehending how these very laws will ensure that the Walmart's of the world are the only survivors...IOW, you are playing right into the hands of the big business that you so vehemently oppose...

Your turn.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

And it's a common fact that there are tens of millions of people with EBT cards who could buy fruits, vegetables and whatever else they see fit...It's their own choice to load up on Hostess products.

Yes, there is that. But among the working poor who have to hold down more than one job just to get by, taking the time to cook well-balanced meals gets edged out of the equation. And such meals are definitely more costly than something that just fills you up and gets you by. But, yeah, there are bad habits out there for which there is no excuse.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

you are playing right into the hands of the big business that you so vehemently oppose...

I'm not at all opposed to big business. Only bad business practices, be they practiced by businesses big or small.