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Moparman 
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Posted on: Jun. 10 2014,6:13 pm |
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Costs have been skyrocketing for years while wages have remained stagnant so your point is pretty much mute.....
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Posted on: Jun. 11 2014,4:56 am |
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^^^how's that? I agreed, let's give everyone that big raise, I'll make even more money
(Moving what business are left out of the country)
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Moparman
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Posted on: Jun. 14 2014,10:55 pm |
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Ok, chicken little! 
Here is a concept: How about managing/modifying your business model? If they choose to price themselves out of business so be it, someone else more capable will come in and open up shop if the demand is there. In Seattle they have SEVEN years until this increase is fully phased in. If a business cannot figure it out in that time frame it's probably time to step aside and let the ones who can step up.
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Posted on: Jun. 15 2014,8:12 am |
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^^^so what you're saying is you believe in social engineering, that government knows best. But then in another breath you say that only the fittest survive.
You post like a kid with a magnifying glass standing over an ant hill playing God. Someone in business gets too big, too good and you think they should be taken down a notch.
When's the last time you started a business or even owed one? And I'm not taking about working on your parents farm.
I manage and modify my business almost daily.
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Jun. 15 2014,10:26 am |
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(Self-Banished @ Jun. 15 2014,8:12 am)
QUOTE Someone in business gets too big, too good and you think they should be taken down a notch.
I don't mean to speak for Moparman, as I'm sure he has his own stance on this, but just for a moment, let's take a look at government, specifically who's interests it's supposed to protect. Do you honestly think it's multibillon-dollar corporations, or the citizens of this country?
Clearly, when the best interests of Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed, Raytheon and others dictate foreign policy, when the best interests of J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and their ilk derail us from sensible monetary policy, not to mention that they can nearly destroy the economy without consequence, you have to ask yourself, who is our government working for?
I don't really care how big a company gets, so long as our government adheres to an across-the-board equal application of the law. Otherwise, we find ourselves at this chaotic juncture.
Get the money out of politics. Is that so hard?
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Jun. 15 2014,11:50 am |
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Botto, thanks for saying what a lot of us feel about our economy. Some may be drinking the "kool-aid" but others are sipping just as much "lemonade." It would be wonderful if there was some sort of middle ground. 
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Posted on: Jun. 16 2014,5:55 am |
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(Botto 82 @ Jun. 15 2014,10:26 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jun. 15 2014,8:12 am)
QUOTE Someone in business gets too big, too good and you think they should be taken down a notch. I don't mean to speak for Moparman, as I'm sure he has his own stance on this, but just for a moment, let's take a look at government, specifically who's interests it's supposed to protect. Do you honestly think it's multibillon-dollar corporations, or the citizens of this country? Clearly, when the best interests of Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed, Raytheon and others dictate foreign policy, when the best interests of J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and their ilk derail us from sensible monetary policy, not to mention that they can nearly destroy the economy without consequence, you have to ask yourself, who is our government working for? I don't really care how big a company gets, so long as our government adheres to an across-the-board equal application of the law. Otherwise, we find ourselves at this chaotic juncture. Get the money out of politics. Is that so hard?
I agree, let's get the money out of politics but let's also get lifelong politicions out of office, this also is a big part of the problems we have today. I'd like to say term limits but that would not be of the peoples right to freely elect. I would though like severe limits on past polititions joining lobbying groups.
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