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]]> By: Donald http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-4360412 Donald Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:28:25 +0000 /?p=981#comment-4360412 <strong>Donald</strong> ...Unfortunately, many business owners are unprepared for the success that their business brings... Donald

…Unfortunately, many business owners are unprepared for the success that their business brings…

]]> By: SJS http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-30415 SJS Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:20:01 +0000 /?p=981#comment-30415 I'd rather invite Castro to come here, Tony, and personally bring you one of his fine cigars, loaded with poison and explosives. As to your other question, the minimum wage should be set at a level designed to simulate the aggravating sound of fingernails being dragged across a blackboard, so as to get you to move to Mexico, for you, well... not sanity, you lost that some time ago. How about our sanity. Yeah, that's it. I’d rather invite Castro to come here, Tony, and personally bring you one of his fine cigars, loaded with poison and explosives. As to your other question, the minimum wage should be set at a level designed to simulate the aggravating sound of fingernails being dragged across a blackboard, so as to get you to move to Mexico, for you, well… not sanity, you lost that some time ago. How about our sanity. Yeah, that’s it.

]]> By: Tony http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-30091 Tony Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:56:05 +0000 /?p=981#comment-30091 Mark D. So how should the minimum wage be determined? Mark D. So how should the minimum wage be determined?

]]> By: Tony http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-30088 Tony Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:55:09 +0000 /?p=981#comment-30088 SJS - they had a "Revolucion" in Cuba, why don't you go live there? SJS – they had a “Revolucion” in Cuba, why don’t you go live there?

]]> By: SJS http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-30080 SJS Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:50:07 +0000 /?p=981#comment-30080 <em>SJS, actually, in your example you are being pro-freedom. Jailing the predator preserves the life and liberty of potential victims. Comment by Tony</em> Well at least we agree on some things, Tony, but I am a little surprised that you and Buckshot advocate the prosecution and incarceration of Bush and most of this administration. No matter. I hear he is going to be impeached. Viva la Revolucion! SJS, actually, in your example you are being pro-freedom. Jailing the predator preserves the life and liberty of potential victims.

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Well at least we agree on some things, Tony, but I am a little surprised that you and Buckshot advocate the prosecution and incarceration of Bush and most of this administration. No matter. I hear he is going to be impeached. Viva la Revolucion!

]]> By: Mark D. http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29966 Mark D. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:49:55 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29966 <em>Now I know that is hard for you to digest, but believe me, every word is true. Things are the way THEY ARE, not the way you want them to be.</em> Buckshot needs to learn to listen to himself more. Now I know that is hard for you to digest, but believe me, every word is true. Things are the way THEY ARE, not the way you want them to be.

Buckshot needs to learn to listen to himself more.

]]> By: Justin http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29942 Justin Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:34:08 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29942 Fair enough Fair enough

]]> By: Jay http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29890 Jay Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:01:04 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29890 Justin, Sometimes the debate takes you down a different road, why so important to stay on topic? Justin,

Sometimes the debate takes you down a different road, why so important to stay on topic?

]]> By: Justin http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29877 Justin Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:52:17 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29877 Buck, Your Exxon story, while interesting doesn't address the question Jay asked. But that's also off topic. Perhaps you guys can debate this privately. Buck,
Your Exxon story, while interesting doesn’t address the question Jay asked. But that’s also off topic. Perhaps you guys can debate this privately.

]]> By: Tony http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29817 Tony Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:53:15 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29817 St Jimmy- Interesting to note you never disagreed with my statement. Can I assume that you are pro-minimum wage? If so, you are anti-freedom. Don't worry, you are free to have any opinion you want, and there are lots of anti-freedom people around for you to associate with. I'm sorry you are anti-freedom, though. St Jimmy- Interesting to note you never disagreed with my statement. Can I assume that you are pro-minimum wage? If so, you are anti-freedom.

Don’t worry, you are free to have any opinion you want, and there are lots of anti-freedom people around for you to associate with. I’m sorry you are anti-freedom, though.

]]> By: Buckshot http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29678 Buckshot Thu, 02 Jun 2005 05:58:04 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29678 Jay, Since you mentioned Exxon, let me tell you about the oil spill, from first hand experience. Virtually everyone in Valdez was absolutely OVERJOYED at the opportunity to make $17 per hour with lots of overtime. Exxon dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the cleanup. There was MUCH TALK of erecting a statue of Joseph Hazelwood, the drunken captain who first ran the ship on Bligh Reef, and then drunkenly roared back and forth, using full power, tearing huge rips in the hull, increasing the leakage. (smoking cigarettes the whole time, in the fumes) So many people were rescued from financial calamity (there was a vicious recession here at that time) that they absolutely WORSHIPPED Joseph Hazelwood. I am not kidding. He is STILL viewed in Alaska as a savior of many, because of the tremendous amount of money he put into the hands of working Alaskans. Now I know that is hard for you to digest, but believe me, every word is true. Things are the way THEY ARE, not the way you want them to be. If it were put to vote, Alaskans would overwhelmingly support another GIANT OIL SPILL, if they could go work on cleanup. I'm serious. Jay,

Since you mentioned Exxon, let me tell you about the oil spill, from first hand experience. Virtually everyone in Valdez was absolutely OVERJOYED at the opportunity to make $17 per hour with lots of overtime. Exxon dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the cleanup.

There was MUCH TALK of erecting a statue of Joseph Hazelwood, the drunken captain who first ran the ship on Bligh Reef, and then drunkenly roared back and forth, using full power, tearing huge rips in the hull, increasing the leakage. (smoking cigarettes the whole time, in the fumes)

So many people were rescued from financial calamity (there was a vicious recession here at that time) that they absolutely WORSHIPPED Joseph Hazelwood.

I am not kidding. He is STILL viewed in Alaska as a savior of many, because of the tremendous amount of money he put into the hands of working Alaskans.

Now I know that is hard for you to digest, but believe me, every word is true. Things are the way THEY ARE, not the way you want them to be.

If it were put to vote, Alaskans would overwhelmingly support another GIANT OIL SPILL, if they could go work on cleanup. I’m serious.

]]> By: Buckshot http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29676 Buckshot Thu, 02 Jun 2005 05:41:36 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29676 Justin, Yes, you are correct. Because it would be unreasonable. Thank you. Justin,

Yes, you are correct. Because it would be unreasonable. Thank you.

]]> By: SJS http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29670 SJS Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:24:21 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29670 Yes, they are confused about their understanding of Adam Smith. I doubt either of them has read, and comprehended the totality of his writings. Like all libertarians, they cherrypick a bit here, a bit there to come up with theory that has yet to be put into practice but reveres the "free market" like a deity. In his other posts Buckshot states: "Wolves, Cons & ripoffs come in both Dem & GOP clothing. The GOP has no monopoly on ripping people off." Only the "free market" is pure. Libertarians, left to their own devices, will be saints. governments are the root of all evil. Kooks, huh? Yes, they are confused about their understanding of Adam Smith. I doubt either of them has read, and comprehended the totality of his writings. Like all libertarians, they cherrypick a bit here, a bit there to come up with theory that has yet to be put into practice but reveres the “free market” like a deity. In his other posts Buckshot states:

“Wolves, Cons & ripoffs come in both Dem & GOP clothing. The GOP has no monopoly on ripping people off.”

Only the “free market” is pure. Libertarians, left to their own devices, will be saints. governments are the root of all evil. Kooks, huh?

]]> By: Justin http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29651 Justin Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:26:23 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29651 Since Buckshot has forgotten how to read and comprehend I will spell it out in clear and precise terms. Raising the minimum wage to $20/hr is unfeasable because the economy cannot support it. Thus the very statement itself is ridiculous. Tony might as well have said $100/hr. Buckshot also doesn't seem to get the idea of inflation (prices go up over time) or the concept of a reasonable balance between the people and the economy. Since Buckshot has forgotten how to read and comprehend I will spell it out in clear and precise terms. Raising the minimum wage to $20/hr is unfeasable because the economy cannot support it. Thus the very statement itself is ridiculous. Tony might as well have said $100/hr. Buckshot also doesn’t seem to get the idea of inflation (prices go up over time) or the concept of a reasonable balance between the people and the economy.

]]> By: Jay http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29647 Jay Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:23 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29647 buckshot, Address the fact that Exxon/Mobil, United Defense and General Electric et al. suck off the system at a rate far more detrimental to the fiscal well-being of our government than the poor ever could. Your displeasure (since your not angry or bitter) would be much more useful if you directed it in the right place. buckshot,

Address the fact that Exxon/Mobil, United Defense and General Electric et al. suck off the system at a rate far more detrimental to the fiscal well-being of our government than the poor ever could. Your displeasure (since your not angry or bitter) would be much more useful if you directed it in the right place.

]]> By: SJS http://thinkprogress.org/2005/05/31/states-lead-on-minimum-wage/comment-page-2/#comment-29578 SJS Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:28:50 +0000 /?p=981#comment-29578 Asked and answered. Next question. Asked and answered. Next question.

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