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« on: 2016-02-11 21:18:21 »
I'd like to first give my credentials for not being young and for having definitely been exposed to "real life".
The highest minimum wage (adjusted for inflation) was something like $8.50 an hour I think. So while 7.25 is on the low side, it's not too far off the norm. I think a lot of people demanding huge increases in minimum wage simply don't know how to live within their means (most likely due to a poor education/upbringing).
I don't understand the problem with businesses cutting lazy workers? Do you want income? Do you know you'll be fired for being lazy? Solution: quit being lazy.
There is a TON of corruption in politics. That's basically Sanders slogan. No one else up there is preaching about the rich getting richer by pushing their agendas in Congress.
I'm not trying to straw man your argument, but I think you're linking money with happiness saying people will never become wildly rich and successful. Recent studies have shown that people who make around 60k are the happiest. I would argue that being happy in life is far more important than making millions.
The problem with the Affordable Care Act is that it was originally crafted so that it could get through a corrupt Congress. It didn't work. So it had to be cut and cut and bastardized to the point that it's barely helpful at all. That's why it's not some great magical healthcare reform. It can't be. There's too much corruption for something like that to happen. But there's hope. One candidate is running on a platform to battle all that corruption.
As far as everyone having healthcare, the US is arguably one of the most powerful and influential countries in the world. Why in the hell can't we take care of our own citizens? Yes everyone will die, but if you get a bad cut on your leg, and don't go to the hospital because of lack of insurance/healthcare, it gets infected and you die because you couldn't afford it, there's something wrong there. We aren't some third world country. We need to realize that the extremely rich are taking advantage of the system and us, and put a stop to it. We need to quit putting a fucking price on everything. A man shouldn't have to choose between feeding his family or getting his bad hip replaced so he can continue to work/live.
As for Trump, I like to think that the President should represent the best of us. That isn't Trump. Trump is an expression of our anger at the system. Yes things need to change, but Jesus Christ, if Trump gets elected that's just one more step (leap) towards Idiocracy
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