Come on now that was a great speech

[KingOrfeo]

My question was HOW are you going to get them to AGREE on such a contentious issue across such widely diverse economic systems and cultures? I am aware international agreements typically are typically manifested as written treaties.

Seriously. Is English you third or fourth language?

Treaties are made on economic issues all the time; minimum wage is no qualitatively different.

 

[Rightguide]

None of that will do anything about technological unemployment. The main reason so many American workers cannot work at the same kinds of jobs their grandfathers did is that those jobs no longer exist because of automation. And that effect is irreversible; technological unemployment always is. Society cannot, will not and should not ban electric light bulbs to create jobs for lamplighters. The only solution is to aggressively retrain workers to do the jobs that exist now.

You're insane, capital goes to where it can be freely and most efficiently employed. If the cost of doing business is too high and cannot compete it will seek employment elsewhere. Your "communism with patience" is a failed economic model.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Treaties are made on economic issues all the time; minimum wage is no qualitatively different.

This is no different than arguing that the minimum wage of the Big Apple should be imposed upon the Little Apple (Manhattan, KS) where the cost of living is at least 10X less...



At least.

And would our Liberal thinkers here even consider the idea that a $2.00 an hour minimum wage would be imposed on the Big Apple by those who outnumber us???

 

[KingOrfeo]

You're insane, capital goes to where it can be freely and most efficiently employed. If the cost of doing business is too high and cannot compete it will seek employment elsewhere.

That process does nothing to re-create jobs that have been lost to automation. It creates jobs, but with different and higher qualifications.

 

[water505]

Liberal thinkers

Oxymoron.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

That process does nothing to re-create jobs that have been lost to automation. It creates jobs, but with different qualifications.

Jobs lost to automation is a misleading benchmark. Automation creates efficiencies which lower costs which lower prices. It also frees up labor to migrate to new and more innovative ventures. You never want to recreate (Notice how a guy dumber than you knows how to spell it correctly?) a job that has become rendered obsolete. Most of the time they aren't great jobs to begin with...

 

[KingOrfeo]

Oxymoron.

Most liberals are a lot smarter than you.

 

[water505]

Most liberals are a lot smarter than you.

Sure, dude. Whatever you say.

Dipshit.

 

[KingOrfeo]

For example:

Sure, dude. Whatever you say.

Dipshit.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Most liberals are a lot smarter than you.

Most regressives are smarter than that guy.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Seth Meyers:

“Trump spent the last year and a half lowering the bar when it comes to public speaking, so the fact that trump managed to sustain a muted tone that, for any other politician, would be considered unremarkable and even boring, was seen as a huge victory last night. And look, there were plenty of voters who were impressed, but the media were impressed over their favorite topic: his tone.”

Meyers focused on MSNBC pundits who fawned over a camera shot showing Trump reading the speech in his motorcade — something Meyers said Trump intentionally did “as he to be aware of how important the speech was.” “They’re talking like they’re watching a gorilla at the zoo,” Meyers said. “‘Oh look at that, he’s using sign language!'”

 

[KingOrfeo]

Trevor Noah praises Trump's speech. "Unfortunately, the speech and the man reading it have nothing in common."

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

"It was a speech filled with falsehoods and vile policy proposals, but read calmly off the telemprompter — and suddenly everyone was declaring the liar-in-chief ‘presidential,'” Krugman fumes. “The point is that if that’s all it takes to exonerate the most dishonest man ever to hold high office in America, we’re doomed.”


http://www.salon.com/2017/03/03/paul-krugman-laments-our-brave-new-post-truth-world_partner/

 

[Rightguide]

"It was a speech filled with falsehoods and vile policy proposals, but read calmly off the telemprompter — and suddenly everyone was declaring the liar-in-chief ‘presidential,'” Krugman fumes. “The point is that if that’s all it takes to exonerate the most dishonest man ever to hold high office in America, we’re doomed.”


http://www.salon.com/2017/03/03/paul-krugman-laments-our-brave-new-post-truth-world_partner/

But, Krugman is an idiot.

 

[Liar]

But, Krugman is an idiot.

The idiot is right though.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

The idiot is right though.

In talking about the Trumpkateers(tm) "the idiot" Krugman said:


“Even the real possibility that we’re facing subversion by agents of a foreign power, and that top officials are part of the story, doesn’t seem to faze them as long as they can get tax cuts for the rich and benefits cut for the poor,”

So maybe that is something to take away from all this. Just cat taxes on the rich and cut benefits and be done with it. The 15 biggest takers from the treasury are Red States and elections do have consequences.