08-25-2015, 05:10 PM
(08-25-2015, 05:04 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: So please tell us Fred, in your opinion, how much a person would have to make in annual income in order to survive without all of these government handouts, and then tell us why anyone would choose to work their ass off just for the bare minimum when they can get the exact same place by doing nothing or next to nothing?
If you're handed free rent, free food, free daycare, free healthcare, and so on, how much do you think those things cost? Probably close to $2000 per month, right? Tell me what a person with no high school education can do in order to make $2000 more per month that doesn't include illegal activities or forcing a fast food joint to pay a high school dropout $20 per hour?
First of all no single person gets $2000 a month just for himself. That is the first myth that people like you fall for. Unless there are children involved you don't get anywhere near that much.
Second, tell me how it is possible for every single person to have a job like that pays $2000 a month. That is $11.50 an hour working full time. Where are these million s and millions of full time jobs paying $11.50 and hour going to come from?
Even with 10% unemployment you claim that it would cripple the economy to raise the minimum wage to $11.50. Now you are saying that it is possible to not only create millions of jobs out of thin air to reach 0% unemployment, but to also raise the minimum wage to $11.50 and hour.
You keep avoiding the point I make. I don't know why I even continue to try to explain it to you. i repeat the same question over and over again and all i get in reply is anecdotal BS from the right-wing echo chamber that has nothing to do with reality.
"Just make them suffer more, and there won't be any poor people."
