11-12-2015, 02:20 PM | #81 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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If people spent half as much time pursuing ways to find a better job as they did making excuses they could actually do so. Nothing theoretical about it. Your whole post just reiterates the entitlement mindset. "Life's not easy so someone else should help me out." | |
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11-12-2015, 05:40 PM | #82 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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I'ts a complex mix of what Duuuuuuuude and Ranovru have stated...I don't believe in $15/hour minimum wage as it will cause inflation and greatly reduce incentive to do good work. You should see the 'kids' working most places these days, can't even get a simple order right, act like they don't care and dress like a bum with tons of piercings, visible weird and/or ugly tattoos all over their bodies, no social skills, rude, inattentive to customers and think they should be the CEO. :/
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11-12-2015, 06:01 PM | #83 | |
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Tell me where the entitlement is there, and where she had the time to get the education that would magically yank them out of poverty. | |
11-12-2015, 06:40 PM | #84 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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I honestly didn't mean to highlight the disability part of your quote. That is an entirely different subject than MW. And if that's the only thing you took away out of everything else I highlighted in your quote than you are grasping for straws. Last edited by RANOVRU; 11-12-2015 at 06:43 PM. | |
11-12-2015, 06:59 PM | #85 |
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He grasp for straws A lot.
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11-12-2015, 07:08 PM | #86 | |
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My point was that there are a thousand reasons why somebody might be stuck at minimum wage, and to lump them all into the lazy/unmotivated category is woefully shortsighted. We are the richest country on the planet. There is no reason why someone shouldn't be able to support themselves and their family by doing nothing more than working an honest 40 hours a week. A person used to be able to do that, but inflation and the cost of living has out paced wages and it makes it impossible. A person also used to get a college education for little to nothing. That has changed drastically. Now people are carrying their college tuition loans for decades. That is not an appealing choice at all. Last edited by Duuuuuuuude; 11-12-2015 at 07:11 PM. | |
11-12-2015, 07:14 PM | #87 |
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11-12-2015, 07:27 PM | #88 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: OUT THERE
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Yeah I used to be a hard core Union guy buy America. But the last few years I am seeing it really don't matter. This country is has been watered down with political correctness and greed I really don't care any more. Might as well save my money and worry about my family and not this country. But I do buy a lot of American made ammo hope that makes you feel better.
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11-12-2015, 07:28 PM | #89 |
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Oh and by the way America is the biggest supporter of China.
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11-12-2015, 07:51 PM | #90 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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You just keep making statements like the above highlighted. Your whole mindset is all wrong. There are Mexicans I know that make MW but live 10+ to a house. Suddenly $7.25/hr times 10 makes life a lot more livable. There are people who are working 2+ jobs while going to school in order to make a better future for themselves. It all boils down to the effort people are wiling to put forth. This country was built on hard work and ingenuity. Nothing's changed except some peoples entitled mindset. Your need to fuel that is disturbing to say the least. | |
11-12-2015, 08:05 PM | #91 |
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I feel there should be a way for employers like Walmart and such to offer overtime to their employees that want it and reward those employees that show outstanding performance. Put it out there that if you bust your ass then you'll gain from it. Aside from that though our government throws away billions upon billions of dollars. Money that could be used towards education, housing, medicine etc. Here's an idea I had a while ago. How many prisons are there? So many bad people locked up for life. How about death penalty instead of a life sentence just go through and wipe them all out. Donate organs free of charge to people that need them and use the freed up "housing" for shelter for the homeless and what have you. Offer training programs or some type of work for those that are using these facilities. |
11-12-2015, 08:09 PM | #92 |
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I'm very proud of my son he holds down 2 jobs & just bought a 2014 chevy impala on his own I always told him if he ever needs help in any way i'll be there for him he holds his head high as he should you can only hope your kids will succeed farther than you have it's my wish anyway.
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11-12-2015, 09:50 PM | #93 | |||
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Not everyone can commit to two jobs + school. You're line of thinking seems to revolve around people without any other responsibilities. Have mindsets changed? Sure. But so have the things I've mentioned previously. Quote:
But you're right. Pay people for working hard and they'll do it. A shop I worked at went from hourly pay to less hourly + productivity bonus. If they plugged along as usual they still made what they did before, but if they worked smarter and harder and faster, they got paid more. We saw a slow but steady increase in productivity pretty quickly. Quote:
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11-12-2015, 10:37 PM | #94 |
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King Cobra yo.
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11-13-2015, 05:35 AM | #95 |
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Google image Santa Clause weiner
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11-13-2015, 05:57 AM | #96 |
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11-13-2015, 06:59 AM | #97 | ||
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I have a question about your line of thinking. You seem to blame Walmart for all the issues here in the United States. Lots of quotes about how they have the most employees on welfare, the most who get food stamps. Let me answer that for you. So by your fact Walart IS the largest employer in the US wouldn't it make the most sense they have the most white people, the most black people, the most poor people......and wait for it Quote:
and a lot of rich people involved there. | ||
11-13-2015, 07:14 AM | #98 |
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John boy was a good Walton.
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11-13-2015, 08:43 AM | #99 | |
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You don't need very many wealthy people involved when you're talking about wealth at that level. The only people that have seen continual growth in income over the last few decades are those that were already wealthy. | |
11-13-2015, 08:43 AM | #100 |
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Hell yeah this country has it bad. The sense of entitlement. The laziness. Low expectations. No work ethics. No values. No vision. If you want a better job that pays more.....then go out and get the damn thing. I promise you it will require more effort than a low paying one. Minimum wage isnt supposed to raise a family on...nor is it there so an individual could achieve their dreams. Minimum wage is a young persons game. If you are 30+ still making minimum wage...its noones fault but your own. You either didnt take your future seriously (even though schools and teachers and strong families insist on getting ones education) My family is the poster family for the economic benefits of education. And Im the only one in my family that doesnt have a college degree. I was a sharp student in school. My mother was a respected teacher...therefore I respected my teachers until about 15. All those kids that thought school was a big joke...well they are adults now and are doing cashier work...some are bouncing from fast food place to walmart and then back. You get out of life what you put in. When I was in my early 20s I worked doing oil changes at a crappy oil change spot. I would take home between 190 and 225 per week. I would have money missing from my check. I could not get any more hours. I would have to choose between food and gas (at 36mpg too). One day I had a blowout driving to work. I had 35.00 to my name. A used tire is 25.00. How would I survive till payday? You know what I did? I didnt go to work. I went and bought a used tire. I drove to a Midas near my cabin and applied for a job there. I started the next day at 8/hr. I worked 60 hour weeks. I worked really hard and fast. Not because I wanted to...but because thats how my father taught me to get it done. Within a month I was the top supervisor/service writer making 12/hr and doing 70 hr weeks. Broke sales records. Top midas franchise in Texas. I had multiple job offers. I have since moved on from that Midas opportunity to start a medical cannabis company that was licensed in 2010. Its def worth noting that I met my wife at that Midas. I dont know if I would be where I am today if it wasnt for that blown out tire and the choices I made that day. Its all about the CHOICES people make. Many people lack the fortitude to make things happen for themselves. Dont blame minimum wage. I didnt blame minimum wage when I was completely broke. If people spent half the time trying to better themselves as they do whining about their situation....they would have a better job. What about all those job fairs in the Dakotas where thousands were hired on the spot? They were good paying jobs. Noone wanted em cause theyd have to boo hoo and relocate. My father relocated our family 1000miles for a better opportunity. Dont tell me that Minimum Wage is holding people down. I dont buy that. |
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