Seattle elects socialist candidate

Originally posted by utherpendragon
LOL. Good movie !
But then again, I must point out it is a movie, a work of fiction, based in pre-depression America. About 100 years ago robbie.

Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, the scum who ruined this thread would be suffering this very day. And if by some chance an honest person like yourself made enemies they would become my enemies. And then, they would fear you.

Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this post a gift on my daughter's wedding day.

Don Vito Robbie

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
you don't wash the dishes Uther, you get food poisoning, your assertion that he or she is entitled to less pay is ludicrous. When will you people realise that cleanliness is paramount to restaurants, hospitals and streets and stop leaning on those who clean as being unworthy of their wages. I have been a small business owner for almost twenty years, small businesses who are profitable could well pay the minimum wage

you don't wash the dishes Uther, you get food poisoning, your assertion that he or she is entitled to less pay is ludicrous. -robbie carrobie

So...the fact is, you are not arguing for a minimum wage but rather a "mandatory wage ".
Now THAT sounds like freedom to me ! 🙄

Originally posted by utherpendragon
1. See, this is the common line you all on that side of the fence use. "highly profitable corporations".As if Rockerfeller,Carnegie or some fat cat is sitting there stoking on a $100 cigar as his minions toil in despair for peanuts as he gets richer and richer.

As of 2011, there were about 27 million small businesses in the United States, employing ...[text shortened]... mpose that sort of thing (using your words) [b]IS "morally unjustifiable" as well as insane.[/b]

How do Australian small businesses stay in business?

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
How do Australian small businesses stay in business?

hell if i know.
what does austrailia have to do with the price of tea in china ?

Originally posted by utherpendragon
hell if i know.
what does austrailia have to do with the price of tea in china ?

You might want to check out what kind of minimum wage they have in Australia.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
You might want to check out what kind of minimum wage they have in Australia.

that still has nothing to do with a $15 min wage in the States.
apples and oranges.

Originally posted by utherpendragon
that still has nothing to do with a $15 min wage in the States.
apples and oranges.

Ah yes, the "America is so special it cannot possibly be compared to any other society in the world to any degree"-argument again. Very convincing.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Ah yes, the "America is so special it cannot possibly be compared to any other society in the world to any degree"-argument again. Very convincing.

You got more red herrings than a fish monger.
Try and talk about the subject on hand.

Originally posted by utherpendragon
You got more red herrings than a fish monger.
Try and talk about the subject on hand.

I'm sorry, I thought the subject was a minimum wage.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
I'm sorry, I thought the subject was a minimum wage.

Yes. In the state of Washington and/or the U.S.

Originally posted by utherpendragon
Yes. In the state of Washington and/or the U.S.

My bad, I didn't realize the US nuclear weapons arsenal was linked to the minimum wage.

Originally posted by joe beyser
Equality is there only because everyone does not get rewarded for working harder to better their lives and are held down by government.

Inheritance breaks the game.