tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post241390176342877378..comments2024-03-19T02:45:37.685-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Election results hold out hope for changeScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-39610605342489556712014-11-10T07:02:53.240-08:002014-11-10T07:02:53.240-08:00Don't worry, over the next 24 months nothing m...Don't worry, over the next 24 months nothing much will happen in Washington. First. because the GOP will not want anything to happen during "Obama's watch" and second because the GOP agrees on very little -- Healthcare? Immigration, Foreign wars??? <br /><br />The truth is that the US government (is stuck in neutral -- and likes it there) because if you make no laws, sign no Frozen in the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901959687094626879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-36999550347843558492014-11-07T18:03:34.581-08:002014-11-07T18:03:34.581-08:00Far better than raising the minimum wage would be ...Far better than raising the minimum wage would be to eliminate FICA taxes on all people making less than $10 an hour. The lost revenue could be made up by having the Fed conduct QE and transferring the Treasury notes to the Social Security trust fund.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-19711896335428330372014-11-07T09:04:51.881-08:002014-11-07T09:04:51.881-08:00"Politicians who push for higher minimum wage..."Politicians who push for higher minimum wages are pandering to the economically illiterate in the worst way."<br /><br />Assuming arguendo that is true, the electorate in a democracy has a right to facilitate policies that reflect their judgment of what is in their best interests, and that is what we have just seen, again, even in red sates.<br /><br />The reason I raised the issue wasLawyer in NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920739130504981369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6851383247857928732014-11-06T20:58:56.551-08:002014-11-06T20:58:56.551-08:00Re: raising the minimum wage.
Anyone who has take...Re: raising the minimum wage.<br /><br />Anyone who has taken a basic Econ class should know that raising the minimum wage is foolish. Some people may end up making more, but others will be locked out because their labor will be overpriced. <br /><br />Some facts: fewer than 3% of all workers in the U.S. make minimum wage or less. About two-thirds of those work in restaurant-related jobs. The Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-43787386298030493622014-11-06T20:58:55.668-08:002014-11-06T20:58:55.668-08:00Re: raising the minimum wage.
Anyone who has take...Re: raising the minimum wage.<br /><br />Anyone who has taken a basic Econ class should know that raising the minimum wage is foolish. Some people may end up making more, but others will be locked out because their labor will be overpriced. <br /><br />Some facts: fewer than 3% of all workers in the U.S. make minimum wage or less. About two-thirds of those work in restaurant-related jobs. The Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-16942204852599503262014-11-06T20:58:53.547-08:002014-11-06T20:58:53.547-08:00Re: raising the minimum wage.
Anyone who has take...Re: raising the minimum wage.<br /><br />Anyone who has taken a basic Econ class should know that raising the minimum wage is foolish. Some people may end up making more, but others will be locked out because their labor will be overpriced. <br /><br />Some facts: fewer than 3% of all workers in the U.S. make minimum wage or less. About two-thirds of those work in restaurant-related jobs. The Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-81218021833958828352014-11-06T10:02:07.637-08:002014-11-06T10:02:07.637-08:00Bipartisan? Key Republicans met in Washington on t...Bipartisan? Key Republicans met in Washington on the day that Obama was first elected with one goal: to deny him a second term. <br /><br />Since then they have obstructed rather than compromised.<br /><br />Case in point: In 2012, right after the election, Boehner wanted a second chance at the entitlement reform bill he rejected in 2011. He was a fool not to take the deal the first time, and Lawyer in NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920739130504981369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-61622970244425763912014-11-05T18:33:46.794-08:002014-11-05T18:33:46.794-08:00I am happy to see the Donks become a minority part...I am happy to see the Donks become a minority party. I only wish the 'Phants would join them in obscurity.<br /><br />Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan put it best; "What starts out as a cause or movement becomes a politics. Then it becomes business, and then finally a racket." <br /><br />Our two parties long ago devolved into the racket stage.<br /><br />Optimism? Based on the GOP Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.com