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Originally Posted by filtherton
Since when do bush supporters care about unemployment?
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As far as I can tell, they care as much as Clinton supporters did in 1996, when the unemployment rate was where it is now.
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What i'm saying is that if a company can't afford to be a good corporate citizen than it shouldn't be in business.
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And while you have a right to that opinion (and in the context, let's remember you were speaking of being able to pay two workers $7.00 an hour), it is not the goverment's place to tell a business owner that is just getting by that it shouldn't be in business. It's just not the role of goverment.
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It is my opinion that an economy should serve the citizens who use it. If it is possible for someone to work 40+ hours a week and not be able to support themselves, than this economy thing isn't doing what it is supposed to.
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I can tell we have a different idea about what the economy is, and I'll leave it at that. But even under your notions, the individual has to be responsible for what they do with the money they receive. I'm not falling into the trap of trying to tell another citizen how to spend his/her money, but let's be realistic here. Too many of those living on entry level wages don't understand economics well enough to live on such. When a person burdens himself with debt (payments on a new auto, credit card bills, etc.), dumb decisions about procreating (before one should have a child, one should be able to support oneself) and poor spending choices (cigarettes, eating out often, and the like), a check on the minimum wage isn't going to sustain that person. I handle bankruptcy cases in my law practice, and I see of what I speak all the time.