What if i told you

Sign on bonus, annual bonus, benefits. It’s there if you WANT to WORK for it.

So, if everyone owes you, then by your thinking SOMEONE must be serving you, which makes them work. And you don’t think anyone should work & earn anything, so there is no one left to serve anyone else. Everyone sits on their stoned ass waiting for their entitlements that won’t come because the folks that provided goods & services are on their entitled asses too, until everyone freezes or starve to death.

Yes it does. I’m not an entitled asshole.

Remove "not" and you'd be right.

I actually work for what I have, not seek out free stuff, so I’m not entitled. To you leftists anyone who isn’t a handout is an asshole - your deflection.

"Free stuff" - the assholes'term for common sense policies.

That’s a fact
Not a feeling from a lazy, greedy asshole

Welfare isn't socialism.

There is an abundance of unfilled job positions. You cannot ignore that.

The ones that nobody wants because precisely BECAUSE they only pay minimum wage, don't offer health benefits, and have you working during the pandemic?

You really will just say whatever you think wins the argument.

No one wants to work because tax payers are giving them their money in the way of "extra benefits" and then bitch when the government stops that to try and get people back to work.

No, see, that's definitely not true because hiring managers of the type of jobs DrSarcasm is talking about have been reporting that they're snowed under with 100-200 applications for every job opening.

The difference is those ARE the jobs that actually pay properly.

The jobs that aren't getting filled are the ones that were always toxic workplaces in the first place, they just didn't have to reckon with their own hiring practices until now.

God, you're clueless. Or maybe you're just willfully stupid.

"Most minimum wage workers are not teens on a summer job anymore and that hasn't been true since the 70's."

And working at McDonald's doesn't deserve $15 an hour. There are plenty of jobs that DO deserve it, but you have to work at it.

I dont know what jobs you're talking about, but here in commifornia, if you cannot find a job, you aren't looking. Places everywhere are short staffed and even though the min wage isnt 15 right now, almost everywhere you look are signs that say "now hiring, all positions, starting at $15". Theres been places in my town that have temporarily closed due to lack of employees.

Again, yes, in California, hiring managers for above minimum wage work are getting 3-digit applicants for every job. PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING LAZY. The jobs you're talking just aren't offering enough. And they were always problematically low-paying to begin with, the issue is simply being forced now that working a job that doesn't pay enough IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE.

The problem is you think flipping burgers and turning on a gas pump deserves $15 an hour. Where'd you get that figure? Oh right, your "god leaders" told you a livable wage was that much so you just parrot it.

Actually, I DO know where we got that figure. It's what the minimum wage would be if it had been pegged to inflation in 1968, which is the last time on record that minimum wage would have met the poverty line.

The American worker has, in effect, been taking a pay cut for fifty years. When your pay doesn't keep up with inflation, that's the same as taking a paycut. So if it worked in 1968, we should go back to that, and when you do the math, it comes out to $15 an hour. Burger flippers and gas pump attendents used to make that much (relative to the value of currency in their day) and then people like you decided that was too much, that they deserved less - but it's what they were getting.

Except minimum wage hikes would mostly benefit teens. A company raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour and you think that business won't drastically raise their prices and fire those making more than minimum wage? Inflation through the roof.

But as I mentioned earlier, you seem willfully ignorant. Not too much knowledge on basic economics. You base everything on your feelings.

Most minimum wage workers are not teens on a summer job anymore and that hasn't been true since the 70's.

That's not true, at least not where I live.
Now I'm going to point on a touchy subject, if you cannot survive on $15/hr, you're doing something wrong. That means that a single person that makes 2k after taxes can afford a two bedroom apartment at 900 a month with 1100 left over for bills and food. Two people on 15 would have more than enough even with kids. When I see people bitch that they aren't making enough leads me to believe three points 1- they're blowing their money on stupid sht like brand new Mustangs and the newest iPhone. 2- THRY AGREED TO THAT WAGE IN THE INITIAL INTERVIEW!!!! And 3- they are fk offs at work which is why they can't get a raise.

Yes it is. Hiring managers file reports on this. They go to jail if they lie on them.

It’s ok Biden is importing a bunch more workers for those jobs. They’ll keep wages low for decades.

Grandchildren, lol im not that old. However, I'm sure they paid away least 15 to start. Small tourist town. Also a hardware store. They tend to pay more.

Saw this today and thought of this conversation

Ok. Are they one of the well-paying jobs you were talking about?

They're not, are they? They're one of the low paying jobs I was talking about, aren't they?

I don't know, I have a job so didn't ask. Either way, you have to start somewhere

Then you've forgotten what the entire conversation has been about. Fortunately, it has been preserved so you can reread it. Just scroll up. Ask your grandchildren how.

First, who the hell said anything about anti-Christian? Second, they didn't cut off unemployment benefits, they cut if the extra allotment that you wouldn't have gotten to begin with

Hard times ahead for Lazy Liberals!

Blue states: free stuff!

Red states: work!

Poor and poorly off are one thing. Tell me, when was the last time you took in a homeless person, or worked at a soup kitchen, or even donated to any type of charity? Christ didnt mean government handouts, he was referring to personal responsibility. Lazy people who want to depend on government handouts instead of putting in their fare share of to try and make their lives better is completely different than what you are trying to get at.

So it's a safe assumption that you rely on government handouts and don't work

Wrong

they are the ones nobody wants because the democrats keep importing unskilled labor for their votes and keeping wage pressure down.

Well, if you pass a law saying they HAVE to pay a proper wage, it would solve THAT problem, and then you'd ruin the Democrats' plans completely.

or we could quit importing unskilled labor for their votes and creating welfare recipients. if we control the labor supply even a idiot can see his "boat rise" not the case with a artificially high wage and flooded labor market.

OK, so we're ignoring the practical solution to what you stated as the problem bothering you in favor of a fantasy where what you want is even possible as a thin veil for the real issue of your hatred of The Others.

no we could go with a solution that achieves full employment and higher wages vs a argument that achieves a higher wagef or some but will marginalize as unemployable ever larger numbers of excess workers forceing them onto the government dole and into the hands of the gimmiedats party. Border control works that dumass Trump proved it.

Hahaha no he didn't. But thanks for making my point for me.

Pandemic: over. Starting at the bottom: never. Picky: absolutely.

400,000 new cases yesterday worldwide, 10,000 deaths yesterday worldwide, and the person who denied it was ever happening all along is calling it over.

That's how stupid you think we are.

People are dying every day. This is not a killer disease.

Yes it is. Killed 10,000 people yesterday. That's literally a killer disease.

Antithesis, are you suggesting that COVID was purposely released to kill off old people??

You're still on the eugenics of it, good to know.

Worldwide that’s not a high number

It's 10% of the daily deaths worldwide! Just think of all the different ways you can die and then imagine that this one disease is causing 1 in 10 deaths around the world. You DO NOT get 10% of the world's deaths with something that's "not a killer" - that's just factually not correct!

I cannot stress to you enough how little you know about this, even after a year.

This disease does not kill 36500000 people a year. Your math is wrong.

Dr, how do you multiply a number by 10,000?

Use an actual calculator for this and then do it in your head after so you know what you should have done.

Local truck jobs here & a hauling company closing for lack of drivers. That’s a good job.

Unless they pay you as a private contractor, which means you magically need to have your own truck in the first place.

It's ALWAYS been a problem and a major barrier to entry in that profession BUT! THEY! WOULD! GET! AWAY! WITH! IT! UNTIL! NOW! WHEN! PEOPLE! CAN'T! PUT! UP! WITH! THAT! BULLSHIT! ANYMORE!

Yep, see this stuff more and more frequently. It's one way for one group, but then again, it is the other way when the arguement is convenient.