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@metal-brain saidWe've discussed this before in other contexts. The US government spends A LOT of money subsidizing A LOT of industries in the United States. Farming, fracking, football, finance, and phlebotomies. A LOT OF MONEY. 12 zeros kind of money. Mind bottling.
John Kerry said the Biden climate change plan does not cost anything. Do you believe that?
Has John Kerry ruled out a carbon tax?
A climate change plan would simply be about shifting the allocation of those resources away from dying industries and toward prospering / profitable ones. I think that is a smart approach towards government policy in any thriving economy.
So my answer is no.
Edit: I mean yes (you worded the question weird I thought you were asking if the Joe Biden plan would cost anything, not if I believed John Kerry. That's a weird way to phrase the question, about belief vs. cost. Irregardless I believe John Kerry.)
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I thought the question was posed more in , erm, more 'normal' times
If not, the answer, as you say, is obvious
If in more normal times, then maybe the youth of today are not looking at the degree/ higher qualification that they accrue as being a positive ticket into a higher earning income profession. Why they do that, unless driven by higher moral ideals, is beyond me.
The post that was quoted here has been removedI never comment on countries other than the one I live in and in the United States it would be 100% unreasonable for a PhD to claim that the only job they can get is driving a taxi. I definitely recognize that a highly educated person who moved to a new country (say for safety reasons) could find it hard to immediately get a job if they had to overcome certain barriers (like they didn't speak the language). Of course this clearly is not the issue we were discussing.
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@dood111 saidThis data is a few years old, but shows that 44% of those who self-describe as "country-first conservative" are unemployed and not looking for work.
Biden's followers don't want jobs anyway.
Among those who self describe as "solid liberal" the number is 20%. It suggests the opposite of what you said.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/10/24/10-financial-well-being-personal-characteristics-and-lifestyles-of-the-political-typology/
@quackquack saidDid Trump's tax cut for the 1% cause run-away inflation and high unemployment? You seem to be predicting Armageddon based on who gets the money.
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Trump might be an idiot but handing out 1.9T and pushing for a $15 minimum wage are great ways to cause run-away inflation and high unemployment.
@wildgrass saidThe only substantial safety net in this country is the one for corporations and corporate CEOs.
How so? Federal spending is 21% of GDP as is.
As for minimum wage, I understand why it makes sense for companies to pay people less than it costs to live and why they are lobbying so hard to not fix it. It saves them money right? With a social safety net like ours, their below the poverty line workers can apply for food stamps and Medicaid.
I'm not sure the Federal go ...[text shortened]... living wages and not lose any profits/employees if they raise their cheeseburger prices by 20 cents.
@quackquack saidNice to see a return to the old-fashioned Republican fairy tales.
McDonald's will do fine because a huge increase in the cost of labor will lead to higher unemployment and inflation which will crush their competition. McDonald's can also cap expenses by replacing low-skill labor with technology. But I'm sure you can "fix" your economic mistakes with more illogical economic policies like continually increasing unemployment, having more ...[text shortened]... isis-style unemployment payments and/ or permanently giving money to individuals who refuse to work.
@quackquack saidWill you be telling this to the coal miners?
There is a limit to how much certain jobs are worth. You simply cannot be expected to support a family if you are a cashier at Mcdonald's. We have free education in this country. It is time to expect people to develop marketable skills; not expect business to overpay for low-value jobs or the government to pay for people who refused to develop skills.
I didn't think so.