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According to your graph the labor participation rate took a dive after 2008. And that is the fault of the GOP? Who know that Pres. Obama is secretly a Republican? Learn something new every day.
I wonder what was going on in 2008 that lead to such a drop in 2009
Maybe you could refresh my memory with what was going on during Bush's last year.
I wonder what was going on in 2008 that lead to such a drop in 2009
Maybe you could refresh my memory with what was going on during Bush's last year.
Seriously? still with the Bush's fault? THe LFP rate was fairly stable for most of the Bush years, and took a dive after he left. No doubt Bush's economic policies were poor, but Obama's were even worse.
Most of the RWNJ's posting on this forum are not rich themselves so it is only the poor they can feel superior to; and fast food workers as well.
Whether or not I feel superior to someone has nothing to do with how much money they or I have. I've known rich people that were complete wastes of skin, and there are poor people that have awed me.
I guess we know from your statement above how you measure value and superiority, though...
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Of course the conservatives on this forum know far more than the Supreme Court. They are ALL constitutional scholars.
So you're completely cool with the Citizens United decision, right? No disagreement about "corporate personhood" from you, right?
As for the minimum wage workers in the US, these days, most of them aren't teens working to get some movie and pizza money...more of them are adults in families, so the focus isn't about youth employment or unemployment.
Uhhh.... WRONG.
50% of minimum wage jobs are held by workers 16-25 years old. Only 3% - that's right, 3% - of workers above 25 years old are earning minimum wage or less.
If a small increase is too much for a business then they are doing something wrong.
Or they were just getting by in a terrible economy that has been further worsened by a Democrat president that had all the political capital he needed and both houses of congress in his pocket to get anything done that he wanted, and instead of focusing on the economy as he should have, he spent every ounce of that political capital on a health insurance law...
So when he's forced to close his doors because the idiots in DC raise the minimum wage in a crappy economy, who wins? The business owner? His employees that were content with the wages they had but are now unemployed? You, because you get to have a warm fuzzy feeling now that the people who were lucky enough to not get laid off are making a "living wage"?
Seriously? still with the Bush's fault? THe LFP rate was fairly stable for most of the Bush years, and took a dive after he left. No doubt Bush's economic policies were poor, but Obama's were even worse.
You can pretend Bush had nothing to do with the economic crash, but it happened on his watch. Obama came in while we were bleeding jobs in this country.
Seriously? still with the Bush's fault? THe LFP rate was fairly stable for most of the Bush years, and took a dive after he left. No doubt Bush's economic policies were poor, but Obama's were even worse.
You can pretend Bush had nothing to do with the economic crash, but it happened on his watch. Obama came in while we were bleeding jobs in this country.
I repost my quote just to show how far off base you are. Note in particular "Bush's economic policies were poor." Then juxtapose that with your response: "You can pretend Bush had nothing to do with the economic crash."
50% of minimum wage jobs are held by workers 16-25 years old. Only 3% - that's right, 3% - of workers above 25 years old are earning minimum wage or less.
It's best to get your facts straight before saying stupid things like that.
Interesting how the libs ran away after you posted that. Facts are hard things for them to deal with. Liberals are just plain lost. Sad thing is they don't care. They will run off and scream about another issue with more lies and BS. Just mind boggling how dumb some folks are.
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