Is a radical increase in minimum wage a catalyst towards slavery

Posted by Dobrien 9 years, 1 month ago to Government
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I feel the dependent on entitlements class , the unemployed will increase with wages set by govt.mandate versus supply vs demand. When dependent you become enslaved .


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  • Posted by 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks Paguglielmo for that information regarding Union wages and the correlation to min.wage directives.
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  • Posted by 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks Wiggys, they certainly don't think about how to improve the world. But I don't think the destruction of the individual and our inalienable rights is happening by accident.
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  • Posted by 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    BTW I don't like (hate) what either party is doing to the systematic reduction of individual rights and the country.
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  • Posted by 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank you for the information regarding Huntsville and the Swiss vote.
    Regarding radical I did not mean political affiliation
    Just was using it to describe a + 60% hike in the minimum where as a 5- 10% hike I would term moderate.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 9 years ago
    Yes, Because of the Law of Unintended Consequences, robots are now taking over jobs that were once held by a lot of unskilled workers. Maybe the liberals can get the robots registered as Democrats. Another voting block for the ruling class...they all ready have the enslaved.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    "I will agree to disagree about the impact of mandated wage increases with you."
    We both think it's bad for everyone. You think it's slightly worse for urban people, and I think it's slightly worse for rural people. You think it presents a psychological issue for workers whose rate was already near the increased minimum wage before the it was increased, and I say it doesn't. It doesn't really matter exactly who it affects how much. We both think it's bad.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 9 years ago
    I agree completely, Dan! . my efforts since childhood
    have been aimed at maximum independence. . the
    ideal of complete independence is impossible,
    though, so just max it out, I say. . and these dollar
    shenanigans -- including all of the Fed actions --
    just serve to mask the enslavement in process. -- j
    .
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 9 years ago
    When the Rulers pretend they can better determine wage rates better than the free market, that is slavery.
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  • Posted by Paguglielmo 9 years ago
    My 2 cents... Minimum wage is linked to many union contracts. If minimum wage increases $2, the union workers automatically get a $2 raise. This is the main driving factor. They could have a 2nd agenda, but I believe this is the main objective.
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  • Posted by Eyecu2 9 years ago
    It's not enslavement by the traditional meaning but to paraphrase Shakespeare, "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Of course in this case stink like feces.
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  • Posted by wiggys 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    conspired no; that would mean someone gave thought to doing this. and what would have been their motivation, destroy the economy of the world, certainly not. their motivation is socialism because they believe that is the way the world should be.
    as far as i am concerned "thinking" is not what they do!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Posted by brkssb 9 years ago
    What do you mean by "radical"? Minimum wage is compelled and any government directive is executed by force. It isn't just the "progressives". Senior "planning commissions" and the elected "mostly Republican" officials are directing the "modernization" of Huntsville, AL by fiat and proposing eminent domain as the tool to force compliance. Beware of "brothers keepers" - we abound by force of laws and fiats for which we never voted. -- BTW, Switzerland just voted down a proposal for guaranteed minimum income for all comers. (I have not delved into the details yet.) -- And thanks to all of you for your comments and events from history.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I couldn't agree more, except I believe this a conspired process set in motion a long long time ago.
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  • Posted by wiggys 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    i do not think it is actually possible. historically the usa government has caused companies to leave the usa for other countries where labor costs were lower to manufacture. that caused the suppliers to those companies to leave the usa or lose the business. as time has gone by; all of this process was started in the 1960's). the policy of the usa government believed as those who work in the government still believe they are helping the poorer countries of the world. so by making the usa a poorer country that means we aren't buying product made in the poorer countries any longer. is walmart buying big from china any longer; NO. the result is that china is suffering big time. the trickle down deterioration of the economic world is happening and it is happening much faster than people in the usa are aware of. if a wealthy american loses its a lot, if a poor american loses it doesn't change his life as it does the "former wealthy" person. years ago i left nyc on my sail boat for the bahamas. was a live aboard for 13 minths. that was 1974. i was back in the bahamas 3 years ago and the way of life has not changed or gotten worse but these people don't know the difference because they never had the opportunity to know any difference. that is what the rest of the world is like. so as far as i am concerned our enemy is the government of the usa and the results of its actions were eloquently detailed by Ayn Rand in ALL of her writing, not only Atlas Shrugged.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks ChuckyBob for your example of the effect these mandated govt. directives. People might think this is an unforeseen consequence or unintended result. I think not. Get them all on the dole.
    As FelixO'Riley wrote "The welfare system is slavery as it forces people to vote for their food."
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  • Posted by ChuckyBob 9 years, 1 month ago
    This is a race to mediocrity. Why would anyone want to go to college and get a degree? You will make a "living wage" by not making anything of yourself. If you do make something of yourself, you will be taxed and regulated to death.
    I have several doctor friends. One of them said when Obozocare was enacted that he was going to retire simply because Obozocare was turning him into a paper-pusher instead of a doctor.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Ahh an Irish oibiachtachas. Thanks for your poignant observation.
    I have heard radio ads for the robin hood public servants (sneer). That profess a vote for so and so will take away your entitlements.
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  • Posted by ChuckyBob 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Several cities have raised the minimum wage within their boarders. The effect of that has been to drive the businesses out of those cities. So now we will have a plethora of minimum wage paying businesses in the next town over. The neighboring towns will see a boon to their economies and tax roles.
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  • Posted by FelixORiley 9 years, 1 month ago
    This is an extension to the Welfare System. Compensation for no (increased) productivity. The welfare system is slavery as it forces people to vote for their food.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks bsmith. And to continue and then a loaf of bread costs $10. That will get expensive as 11 million added to the food stamp dole since Oblamo
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