Apr 21st 2014, 2:32:38
Now before some loud mouth gets all up in arms and feigns offense at being called a socialist or a communist - I didn't call anyone anything. I'm merely offering a nugget of food for thought for anyone who IS traveling down that idealistic road in their own thoughts.
Another thought on minimum wage - how on earth did we, the world's beacon of freedom, come to a place where there are so many laws regulating so many things that the federal government requires an agency of 90,000 people to manage the implementation/enforcement of JUST ONE area of law......do only I see this as a problem? Personally, I don't need a government agency to save me from my evil boss - I'm not a chained slave. If my boss doesn't want to pay me what I'm worth, I will work somewhere else. Even now when the economy is rough and unemployment is rather high, jobs are (allegedly) rather scarce, I have managed to turn down two decent jobs this year in favor of keeping the one that I have. And I'm merely a high school grad =)
All over America there truly is work for those who want it, opportunity for those who will embrace it and, yes, there is poverty and despair for those who simply will not rise above it. I have no doubt that you, yes YOU, reader, can personally introduce me to someone who's story is so sad and circumstance so unfair that I would quickly be reaching for my wallet to see what I can do to help them.......but, I assure you that for every one of those unfortunate cases, I can personally introduce you to ten people (including my own brother) who are professional welfare recipients, enjoying a life of smoking doobies and playing video games while I am at work every day. No one likes it but this is simply the reality of things and while I'm first in line to help the struggling widow or the disabled vet, I'll never sign on to MASSIVE economic adjustments or entitlement programs in the name of helping the 'lower class' (of which I am a member) because I KNOW that those ten lazy assholes I described will NEVER use the 'help' that the government forcibly takes from my wallet to rise above their circumstance and become self sufficient. My heart bleeds for the one who will but damn the ten who won't.......