Originally Posted by BeatNavy

I don’t like engaging in political posts, but I’ll make an exception. We have a welfare state because of all the welfare we hand out and the ease with which people get it.

I remember the right arguing against Obamacare, and the left saying we have to pass it to see what’s in it. Why have healthcare costs skyrocketed in the last few years? Oh yeah. Obamacare.

Know what happens if minimum wage goes up? The costs of everything else goes up because labor costs go up, and everyone is just as poor as they were before...actually more people are poor because the costs of living have gone up, but only the bottom wages go up with a minimum wage raise. Those who were previously working hard to earn more than minimum wage are making the same as they were before with the raise, so now that everything is more expensive, they are more poor in relative terms. That’s called inflation. And minimum wage jobs aren’t meant to be careers. In a land of opportunity like America, if you choose to do a min wage job your whole life, that is entirely on you and your life decisions.

You want the politicians to lower oil prices? If you think our politicians can just wave a magic wand and change the price of oil, you should probably take an economics class. Maybe you’d be a better fit in one of those countries with government controlled prices and “free” healthcare. Maybe freedom and capitalism isn’t for you?

Now back to ranting about the AIP and our great OTP.