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Old 09-19-2014, 12:07 PM
 
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The contract is legitmate as long as I offered it at a firm rate and you accepted that offer. For further evidence I could perhaps show that I sold five other cheeseburgers that week at that rate.
Your 'evidence' proves nothing. All it proves is that other people bought cheeseburgers at that rate, it certainly doesn't prove the legitimacy of the other contracts.

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Just because you showed up hungry and found the price to be high does not invalidate my asking price.
Of course it does. Again, contracts entered into under duress are not valid.
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Old 09-19-2014, 12:11 PM
 
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Your 'evidence' proves nothing. All it proves is that other people bought cheeseburgers at that rate, it certainly doesn't prove the legitimacy of the other contracts.



Of course it does. Again, contracts entered into under duress are not valid.
Which wage contract is not under duress?

I can't pay bills, so I am under duress; I can't buy iPhone, so I am under duress.

You misunderstand the word duress.
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Old 09-19-2014, 01:02 PM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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Your 'evidence' proves nothing. All it proves is that other people bought cheeseburgers at that rate, it certainly doesn't prove the legitimacy of the other contracts.

Of course it does. Again, contracts entered into under duress are not valid.
The other contracts are validated by the fact that they, too, we're entered into freely after agreement by both parties and satisfied by agreement of both parties. What part of that would you find unclear? Your understanding of contract law is seriously lacking.

Do you consider your hunger in the example to be duress? How am I, as the seller in this example, placing you under duress? Duress is imposed by an outside party, and your hunger is not caused by me. I may be using it to my advantage but I am not causing it. The contract remains valid. And you'll be given the cheeseburger only after you complete the 100 hours of work.
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Old 12-25-2014, 09:12 AM
 
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Old 12-25-2014, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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This is just one big conservative strawman argument.

Why does it seem like every time I see the word "strawman" you are the poster???
Just sayin'.....
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Old 12-25-2014, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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When I was in college, I sat on the beach and draw portraits for people in order to gain real life experiences of being an artist.

Education, is useful in every aspect of life and necessary for everyone either a housewife or a working person. But the education doesn't mean only taking degrees education should be like that which gives us practical knowledge.

In my opinion, college education is not the ONLY key for success in life. I have a college degree and I also have an art degree from a well known Art institute. I am doing completely different things now. To me, the key of success is figuring out exactly how marketable you really are.

Are you using a sound career strategy to keep fit for today's fluctuating marketplace?

Maintaining your marketability for the long term requires that you continually invest in yourself. Selling yourself is the key to success, education alone is not enough.
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Old 12-25-2014, 12:35 PM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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Maintaining your marketability for the long term requires that you continually invest in yourself. Selling yourself is the key to success, education alone is not enough.
Education alone means nothing. A person with a Masters' in Art History hands me my coffee every morning after another person with a Masters' in Womens' Studies rings up my order. It's what you do with what you have learned.
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Old 12-25-2014, 06:12 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Maintaining your marketability for the long term requires that you continually invest in yourself. Selling yourself is the key to success, education alone is not enough.
Selling yourself is enslaving yourself.
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