Is the tea party for slavery?

Yes !  Especially for those who can't spell minimum.

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 02:12:59 PM
Is the tea party for slavery?

Don't you claim to be conservative?  You are asking too many questions about our ideology to be a conservative? 

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 02:12:59 PM
Is the tea party for slavery?

No.  Why do you ask?

I propose the minimum wage be at least $25 per hour.

DaisyJane     

Quote from: keyboarder on July 14, 2014, 02:25:13 PM
Don't you claim to be conservative?  You are asking too many questions about our ideology to be a conservative?

When did I claim to be conservative?

I am neither.  I make choices based off of the situation, which I might favor one party over the other.  But the idea that I favor one party all the time on every issue is just, well it is like belonging to a cult.

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 02:12:59 PM
Is the tea party for slavery?

Only on Tuesdays.

Why?

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 02:48:21 PM
When did I claim to be conservative?

I am neither.  I make choices based off of the situation, which I might favor one party over the other.  But the idea that I favor one party all the time on every issue is just, well it is like belonging to a cult.

Why did you ask if we're for slavery as your first post in a minimum wage thread?

You can do this.

Well, if there is no minmum wage, then I feel you could pay somebody 0 dollars.

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 02:12:59 PM
Is the tea party for slavery?

Slavery - and Jim Crow, and the welfare plantation has always been the work of the Democrats, the TEA party is - if nothing else - fiscally conservative.

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 03:08:49 PM
Well, if there is no minmum wage, then I feel you could pay somebody 0 dollars.

On second thought, I think it should be $50 per hour.  Why stop at $25?

Oh wait, it may NOT be any employer's responsibility to provide what I have heard called a "living wage."  The employer pays what the job may be worth.  Most minimum wage jobs don't require high skills. 

For example, as a registered nurse, I get paid a LOT more than minimum wage.  Why?  Because I have a SKILL that demands it.  But, it took me getting an education and a lot of hard work to make that.  That is only one example.

My own daughter makes minimum wage at a fast food restaurant part time.  She is a college graduate, that due to today's economy cannot find other work.  So, I do empathize.  But, her employer doesn't have to pay higher than that for the skill.  I blame the economy, not the minimum wage, for the problems of today.  Minimum wage was never intended to support anyone.

DaisyJane     

Quote from: simo5656 on July 14, 2014, 03:08:49 PM
Well, if there is no minmum wage, then I feel you could pay somebody 0 dollars.

That's because, like I said in another thread, you aren't exactly up to speed on basic economics.

If you pay someone $0, then they won't work for you.  Would you work for $0?  If not, then why would you use this as an argument?

Quote from: taxed on July 14, 2014, 03:26:37 PM
That's because, like I said in another thread, you aren't exactly up to speed on basic economics.

If you pay someone $0, then they won't work for you.  Would you work for $0?  If not, then why would you use this as an argument?

On the other hand, if someone was willing to work for "nothing," much as many young men did in the old trade apprenticeship systems, collecting knowledge, skills, room, and board in lieu of pay... What's wrong with that, exactly?

Quote from: TboneAgain on July 14, 2014, 04:33:44 PM
On the other hand, if someone was willing to work for "nothing," much as many young men did in the old trade apprenticeship systems, collecting knowledge, skills, room, and board in lieu of pay... What's wrong with that, exactly?

Touche sir!!!!!!!

Quote from: DaisyJane on July 14, 2014, 03:26:00 PM
On second thought, I think it should be $50 per hour.  Why stop at $25?

Oh wait, it may NOT be any employer's responsibility to provide what I have heard called a "living wage."  The employer pays what the job may be worth.  Most minimum wage jobs don't require high skills. 

For example, as a registered nurse, I get paid a LOT more than minimum wage.  Why?  Because I have a SKILL that demands it.  But, it took me getting an education and a lot of hard work to make that.  That is only one example.

My own daughter makes minimum wage at a fast food restaurant part time.  She is a college graduate, that due to today's economy cannot find other work.  So, I do empathize.  But, her employer doesn't have to pay higher than that for the skill.  I blame the economy, not the minimum wage, for the problems of today.  Minimum wage was never intended to support anyone.

DaisyJane     

Of course not! Minimum wage laws are political gimmicks designed to enroll "poor" people in the Democrat Party. Someone may come along and try to convince you differently -- of course, I'm just "supposn" here -- but trust me. The minimum wage is a cheap political gimmick designed to divide and conquer voting blocs for the Democrats.