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"$15 an hour may be too high for a minimum wage but it should be set at a high enough level where anyone working 40 hours a week earns enough to not qualify for government assistance. That should make conservatives happy because it means more people pulling the wagon and fewer people getting free rides. Wouldn't you rather have all these fast food workers, janitors, cashiers, and grocery shelf stockers paying into the system instead of taking way more out of it then they pay in?" This is your argument? Why not just lower the poverty line to equal the minimum wage? Since both are arbitrary. It accomplishes the exact same thing you're proposing: people working 40hrs a week won't qualify for public assistance. raising the minimum wage has NEVER reduced the number of people on welfare. The government just raises the qualification line. There is one question that is always asked in these minimum wage debates (and already asked several times in this thread), and no minimum-wage advocate has EVER been able to answer it: "Why not just raise the minimum wage to $1000/hr?"

Raising the minimum wage doesn't help the bottom of the economic ladder at all. My numbers are pretty close according to the historical data, even it was arbitrary. Raising the wages by 10$ nationally will generally reduce the dollar's buying power by 10$. Like I keep saying: SIMPLE MATH. A person making a minimum wage of 10$/hr is still making a minimum wage if you raise the floor to 15$/hr. Also, why do you continously include yourself in your arguments? It's like you are expecting to get ridiculed for presenting feelings instead of facts...

So you're basing your argument on my dollar for dollar metaphor? You do realize that it was an anecdote, and not a mathematical equation, right?...like explaining simple math to kids. I have one apple and give two apples to johnny... ************ * * * * * However, surprisingly, economics over the long term does generally stay close to a linear dollar for dollar inflation rate simply because the market finds the same equilibrium point. The theory is that a product will always sell for what it's worth under pure capitalist competition; so if consumers suddenly have twice as much money, the product will suddenly cost twice as much. Disagree? Then write a paper; your beautiful mind could win a Nobel Prize.

Guy had a 10 round magazine. 3 dead scumbags. That's good shooting. Dispensing $1.20 worth of justice.

Trade the next three 1st round picks for #1 overall and draft Peppers. Trade the next three 2nd round picks for #9 overall Trade #9 overall for #10 and two first round picks plus a punt returner. Championship!

Just get some spray tan and have those kids identify as black. Trans-racial discrimination!

Watched Logan and Power Rangers. I agree with a lot of Koolaid's criticism. X-23 made no sense as a character. Also, the Reavers went to the Storm Trooper school of bad soldiering. Power Rangers was surprisingly good. Despite the Director's shot selection being awful, and the idiotic use of shaky-cam, the script saved the movie. Also, did they hire the same moron who created the look of Bay's dino-bots to do the zords? Despite all it's flaws, it was fun and entertaining. Hope they do a sequel.

You do realize that the cost of the equipment, materials, etc would also go up because those industries would have increased labor costs too. The inflation records are misleading because industries adjust to the market before and after the legislation takes effect; so there isn't a sudden uptick, just an increased percentage rate over a long period of time. The easiest way to see this difference is to compare the costs of living between cities/states. Blue vs Red states. Santa Fe vs surrounding cities. -I always like to use Santa Fe as an example (as opposed to Seattle) because it's like sticking San Francisco in the middle of Cuba; the income disparity is so high compared to the surrounding towns.

Coming to a pre-school near you!

Where I am currently calling home? Great Blizzard of 2006: dumped 11 inches of snow. A 40yr high.

Besides counterfeit currency, why is the Secret Service doing any of those other things? Isn't that the FBI's job?

Already have Lorax, Preston, and Ragland. Where does Zach fit into this scheme? ARe the Bills keeping the 3-4 or is Ragland going to take another year to come back?

According to all these alarmists, it's already too late to change it. So what's the point of killing jobs if all these regulations make no real difference?

Part of improving your team is chemistry and fan support. You don't want someone in the locker room dividing the players then getting booed on the bench. What team would want that headache from a back-up player? If Kap does get a contract, it will be from a team desperate for a QB (browns), or universally hated already (Cowboys, Patriots).

I tried watching everything on the OP's list and never made it past a few episodes. My list. 1) Game of Thrones 2) Battlestar Galactica (recent) 3) Everwood 4) Southpark 5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer HM)West Wing - to test just how far I've changed since my College days.

It's better for you to eat junk and let your body filter out the bad (what's it's designed to do) rather than go vegan and screw up your system with lack of nutrients.

When a liberal baker refuses to serve police officers, the public boycotts the business and it shuts down. When a conservative baker refuses to serve gay people, the government has to shut it down because business usually increases.

Looks like he wants to be paid like a franchise player instead of a 1 year pro bowler. The Raiders offer couldn't have been that far off from Buffalo's, and he left angry.

Why does the complexion of her face not match the rest of her body? It's like she's wearing black-face.

In Africa, many dialects use the same word for "healthy" as "fat."

Did you bring back souvenirs for everyone?

What the Papa John's guy didn't factor in, is that those are what his costs will be if the market remained the same and only his company participated. A system wide increase in wages affects the costs of everything, and he would no longer be given that original price. (So how much more would he have to raise his pizza prices if healthcare also doubled in price overnight? It won't be 14 cents.) If Walmart decides to increase their wages, their employees would benefit in the current marketplace. If every company did the same, then there would be a flood of capital vying for the same finite amount of products prompting a rise in prices. So Walmart gives it's employess 10$ more, but suddenly the cost of a Happy Meal is also 10$ more. What exactly changed? It's simple economics. Easy math. The problem is that people will ignore the numbers because they want to feel good about themselves. That's all the minimum wage argument really is. Decades of examples show us that it changes practically NOTHING locally, -until outside communities start preying on the imbalance (like moving manufacturing to satellite cities; or mexico).

easy fix: Lower the welfare line to equal minimum wage. No one with a job working 40hrs a week receives assistance.

Every time they raise the minimum wage, the poverty line for welfare is also increased. After decades of liberals using this argument, it still hasn't sunk in that it doesn't work like that. People don't come off welfare. People don't even lose their jobs (like conservatives argue). The end result is ALWAYS a noticeable increase in the inflation rate. The market adjusts. There is a reason why the costs are ridiculously high in areas where social programs have artificially pumped unearned capital into the market; The housing market, healthcare, education... booms caused by government programs. "poverty" is an arbitrary term like "fair" or "liberal." The definition changes, even if you don't compare Americans against the rest of the world. In just one decade, cell phones have become a bare necessity; while my grandmother grew up without a refrigerator. Even within this thread, people consider themselves "poor" because AFTER paying all their monthly bills, they don't have much left for going out to the movies, or restaurants; while admitting to having multiple vehicles, cellphones, tv's, ...living in houses, etc.

Logan was just okay for me. ...But I think the army of kids running around spoiled it for me. I could tell they were all bored. The one next to me kept shifting in the large recliner; even pushed the table swivel thing into my leg. I was ready to murder the brat. It felt a little long. The Reavers were about as trained as Storm Troopers. And the kids reminded me of children of the corn.