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Old 04-19-2014, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Fox News host Eric Bolling and most of his colleagues on The Five dismissed seemingly the whole idea of a balance between life and work on Tuesday, with Bolling suggesting that the U.S. look to China, and not Europe, for inspiration.

“Some of the economies that are starting to kick our butt, those people work hard,” Bolling said. “There aren’t labor laws, there aren’t minimum wages, they’re working harder than we are.”

Fox’s Eric Bolling suggests ditching minimum wage and labor laws because China works hard | The Raw Story
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Old 04-19-2014, 11:30 AM
 
Location: USA
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He's an idiot, as are most of the crew in his circle.

Of course, they want us to be like China - polluted, over-crowded, and full of slave labor. There's nothing those corporate "conservatives" want more than to be able to chain up workers in factories or house them in caged-in apartments above the workplace, as is done with Foxconn slaves. They don't want us to be more like Europe since big business isn't all-powerful over there, and the quality of life is higher. This is all about the real warfare in this nation - the elite (regardless of political party) vs. the working class - and any idiot who thinks we should "be more like China" should keep his or her mouth shut. Maybe when one of those corporate stooges agrees to breath nothing but air with the same pollution levels as found in Chinese cities for a year and drink nothing but water contaminated to the same level... and live in a caged-in apartment complex as a slave and be paid the same Chinese wages, I'll take him seriously, but not until then.

Oh, the final irony - Americans are the most productive work force in the world already:

U.S. Workers World's Most Productive - CBS News

So, this Fox idiot can't even get that right.
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Old 04-19-2014, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Murica
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Adam Carolla, Dennis Miller, Bill Oreilly all seem to share the opinion..

Rich people all seem to agree that the working poor just don't try..
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Old 04-19-2014, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Eureka CA
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He's an idiot, as are most of the crew in his circle.

Of course, they want us to be like China - polluted, over-crowded, and full of slave labor. There's nothing those corporate "conservatives" want more than to be able to chain up workers in factories or house them in caged-in apartments above the workplace, as is done with Foxconn slaves. They don't want us to be more like Europe since big business isn't all-powerful over there, and the quality of life is higher. This is all about the real warfare in this nation - the elite (regardless of political party) vs. the working class - and any idiot who thinks we should "be more like China" should keep his or her mouth shut. Maybe when one of those corporate stooges agrees to breath nothing but air with the same pollution levels as found in Chinese cities for a year and drink nothing but water contaminated to the same level... and live in a caged-in apartment complex as a slave and be paid the same Chinese wages, I'll take him seriously, but not until then.

Oh, the final irony - Americans are the most productive work force in the world already:

U.S. Workers World's Most Productive - CBS News

So, this Fox idiot can't even get that right.
Thank you. The word "idiocy" kept occurring to me too.
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Old 04-19-2014, 01:59 PM
 
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Fox News host Eric Bolling and most of his colleagues on The Five dismissed seemingly the whole idea of a balance between life and work on Tuesday, with Bolling suggesting that the U.S. look to China, and not Europe, for inspiration.

“Some of the economies that are starting to kick our butt, those people work hard,” Bolling said. “There aren’t labor laws, there aren’t minimum wages, they’re working harder than we are.”

Fox’s Eric Bolling suggests ditching minimum wage and labor laws because China works hard | The Raw Story
Eric Bolling ranks right up there as one of the biggest buffoons to ever have a TV program in this country. FOX has quite a few of them.

Btw. China has guaranteed holiday time for workers. Something the U.S does not.
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Old 04-19-2014, 02:02 PM
 
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And I'm certain he'll be the first to drop his child off at the factory dorm, because he's ideologically committed like that.
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Old 04-19-2014, 02:11 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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FOX news= Rubbish and National Enquirer level intellect. Nothing new from these folks.
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Old 04-19-2014, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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Fox News host Eric Bolling and most of his colleagues on The Five dismissed seemingly the whole idea of a balance between life and work on Tuesday, with Bolling suggesting that the U.S. look to China, and not Europe, for inspiration.

“Some of the economies that are starting to kick our butt, those people work hard,” Bolling said. “There aren’t labor laws, there aren’t minimum wages, they’re working harder than we are.”

Fox’s Eric Bolling suggests ditching minimum wage and labor laws because China works hard | The Raw Story

Balance? Exactly what is this "balance" that you speak of?

Here in America you can have any balance you wish you can even decide to have full not having to have a job if you wish, this is America and being a free country if you don't want to work you don't have to, and lay around all day.

Nothing to stop you from setting up a camp tent deep in a National Forest and never have to work again. You can live on fresh berries and other wild fruits.

But because you don't have everything you want, like a comfortable bed, don't come whining to me about how life isn't fair and as how I should gibs you some of my stuff because I work 80 hours a week to buy it and that somehow isn't fair.

As far as balance you pick your own and then you live with it.
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Old 04-19-2014, 02:22 PM
 
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Minimum-Wage Madness | National Review Online
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:09 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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[And the FoxaPhobes gather like flies]

Here them whine!
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