tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post1584695306814516175..comments2024-02-26T17:13:18.702-06:00Comments on DemoCurmudgeon: The Nation is now focused on the Wage Gap and falling Incomes.Democurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-25639249654633173312015-01-22T09:36:01.805-06:002015-01-22T09:36:01.805-06:00Okay, we both have things to do....but I actually ...Okay, we both have things to do....but I actually don't mind getting your input no matter how outlandish it might be. I was in an especially angry moment when I wrote that last comment. You at least try to back up your positions. <br /><br />It's up to you, but I take back my request. Thanks.Democurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-14202269551788562702015-01-21T14:46:07.952-06:002015-01-21T14:46:07.952-06:00I'll try to leave you alone now. I really do ...I'll try to leave you alone now. I really do have better things to do. The problem is with the money itself. A debt based system that can be created out of thin air. I hope you figure that out.<br /><br />Here you'll enjoy this especially when it gets to 1:45...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzb-mzukrbQ<br /><br />"It's a BIG club. And you ain't in it. You and I aren't in the BIG CLUB." -George CarlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-59545745143511674122015-01-21T12:47:52.469-06:002015-01-21T12:47:52.469-06:00First, "How much of raise is too much..."...First, "How much of raise is too much..." is one of the dumbest most thoughtless talking points of the year. I won't even waste my time. <br /><br />Thanks for making my point; the low minimum wage problem, resulting in "retail sales down sharply."<br /><br />No one said the government knows best. We're a service economy now. Service jobs pay less. Times changed, now we have to make our new economy work by raising the only available jobs left. But Republicans know what's best, not government. <br /><br />Basing an economy of cheap oil is resulting in the loss of jobs. That's what you wanted isn't it, cheap oil and energy independence. Now you have it and the consequences. I had nothing to do with that as a Democrat. <br /><br />Businesses fail everyday, that's the free market. Get a friggin life and leave me alone. <br /><br />Democurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-53562663073092833352015-01-21T08:04:55.488-06:002015-01-21T08:04:55.488-06:00And if you're going to index income to 1980, w...And if you're going to index income to 1980, why don't you index inflation to 1980 like the government does and say there is only 2% inflation. Do you even know what inflation is? Obviously not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-34917570296965566852015-01-21T08:01:36.187-06:002015-01-21T08:01:36.187-06:00The fog has cleared. Oh man do you ever not get i...The fog has cleared. Oh man do you ever not get it. US retail sales down sharply...<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-14/retail-sales-in-u-s-slumped-in-broad-based-december-retreat.html<br /><br />And as far as consumer confidence goes, welcome back to 2005....<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-28/consumer-confidence-soars-highest-2007-surge-hopium<br /><br />And here's your big jobless "strong yearlong economic recovery"...<br /><br />http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/us-participation-rate.png<br /><br />And with the shale oil sector laying off thousands...<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-20/first-schlumberger-fires-9000-now-baker-hughes-unleashes-7000-more-layoffs<br /><br />you want a raise for what? Complaining about Republicans? Yeah let's make the price of employment higher so everyone who isn't too big to fail goes out of business. <br /><br />Just answer this question... how much of a raise is too much? $25/hour $50/hour? $100/hour? <br />Not everybody's labor is equal so why would the government know what is best for everybody?<br /><br />And what would the price of beef or gas or corn or wheat be in such a rainbow liberal utopia? <br /><br />I don't know why I bother. You will never get it. But it will be fun watching you lose it. I just feel bad for anyone who still follows this blog and still thinks the government is going to solve your problems. Oh if we can only just get Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren in 2016. Haha. Liberals are delusional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com