It is odd, but it appears that you do not understand the things I have already written,.
It is odd, but it appears that you do not understand the things I have already written,.
no arguments thereI am unlikely to understand anything you write in the future as well.
no arguments there
So we're in agreement that you make no sense. Sweet!
Jobs that didn't use to hold an actual wage:
Congress and the President.
Considering the very first president received upwards of $200,000,000.00 in gold equivalent for his 8 years in office... did you learn your US history from Fidel Castro?
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Solving the debt problem is as easy as quadrupling the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. Ben Bernanke should run for president in 2016.
The rest of the truth is, congressmen used to have other jobs and career politicians virtually didn't exist.
I would love for the Fed to keep injecting more backless paper junk into our economy, that way we can end this sooner rather than later.
Go QE3!
Why should politicians have to constantly look over their shoulder & cater to their dumb *** constituents?
I agree full heartedly on siding with their advice on everything including printing all the money necessary to accomplish Washington's goals though. Hell, I threw a huge party when QE3 was announced.
It's all good bro, I'm glad you buy into the Washington machine.
Hell, I'll be throwing a huge party when countries stop using the dollar as their reserve currency, and the United States credit rating gets downgraded.
****..... I'm late to the party again.
I think you misunderstand the motivation & drive behind the super successful. Maybe they wouldn't succeed under the most trying circumstances inside a corrupt political regime, but they don't really have that to deal with north of the Mexican border.
A lot of immigrants to NYC have built their businesses from the ground up. That goes for all walks of life, and even more so for the Jews, who do it every damn place they migrate to. Jewish success has been linked to cultural support, which obviously isn't equal across migrant classes. Still, at the end of the day, starting a business & working your *** off is the real first stepping stone. Using that success to pay for college & see family members climb the Wall Street ladder comes after.
I grew up poor as **** and worked harder during the summer than many grown ups, so you'll have to excuse me for saying boo freaking hoo.
One summer I mowed 10 lawns once a week with a push mower plus my parents twice--many were 1/2 acre. I also had a paper route that took about 1.5 hours every single day, worked in a local orchard for $2/hour, and spent many Saturdays cutting wood to keep warm in the winter. The cars broke down a lot & my father needed help fixing them. We worked a lot.
I don't look back on that and wish I had it any other way. Sure, it would have been nice to value education higher than I did but the value my family placed on hard work has payed off just as much if not more so.
The point I was making is I can't sympathize with the poor can't do it mantra. It's repulsive how the left drags out and dehumanizes the worst situation they can find in the most demoralizing, patronizing way possible. I don't need a sob story to put my support behind an initiative. In fact, they tend to push me away out of disgust.
As human beings, it is our responsibility to watch out for each other. As an individual, I can't help the guy who is suffering in Denver, but the government can.
To preface, black graduation rates are probably the largest contributing factor limiting income mobility in America. Any policy discussion should start there.
We could put in a reward system to get grad rates up, but this could be gamed and produce the opposite result. Putting policies in that lower the hurdle rate so potential can be realized but effect no change go too far.
It's also possible that greater mobility will be a short lived phenomenon. As far as I am concerned, American mobility begins and ends with education availability. Tax policy, safety nets, all the other rhetoric is a distraction to the economic changes underlying the allegedly widening wealth divide. We transitioned from an industrial society where our Lewis Turning Point demanded high wages & on the job training to a surplus of manual labor & more intellectually oriented workforce. That environment benefits the wealthy who have the insight to figure out what changes to make & have the means to fund higher education. Poor people often don't have the first clue about industry & fail to see the benefits of education.
This is my greatest criticism of Obama. He failed miserably at helping the jobless poor transition into modern professions in a time when they needed help the most. Why he and his democratically controlled legislature chose to cut higher education funding while bumping military spending enormously will forever be a mystery to me.
I could agreed we have not realized our existing perfect potential, but the potential is there. Agreed on the second sentence over the last few decades.
Wait. It's fake? He was just winning me over too...
Were you channeling PearlWatson there?
How'd I do. Be honest.
I was taken aback. You make her arguments far more effectively than she does.
Oh yeah, the government has shown over the years that they're pro at running almost anything.
Education: Wonderful
Healthcare: Impeccable
Social Security: Perfect
Tax System: Freakin A
Protecting rights: Awesome
Defending the country: Spectacular
I just don't know how else to describe my amazing United States government....
****, I need a tissue now.