FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

trifectarich · Nov 2, 2012

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I've said it before and I guess I'll have to say it again: Members of the 1 percent didn't get to be the 1 percent by worrying about other 99 percent.

Dick Whitman · Nov 2, 2012

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I don't love how Wal-Mart destroys small towns.

I don't love how Wal-Mart "underpays" its employees.

I don't blame Wal-Mart for any of it.

YankeeFan · Nov 2, 2012

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Captain Obvious said:

Let's move the Volt debate to this board as well, so we can just have the bullshit truthiness in one place
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I wish we had one thread for sock puppet truthiness.

YankeeFan · Nov 2, 2012

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GeorgeFHayek said:

Baron Scicluna said:

If only the Walton family and the other company executives would just be given more tax cuts, they'd pay their employees more than minimum wage, right?
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Wrong. They'd pay their employees not a penny more than those employees are worth. They might open more stores, they might make their stores bigger, they might do a lot of things ... but no one is going to pay more for an hour's worth of labor than what that hour's worth of labor is worth.
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Baron, what job skills do you think minimum wage workers have? Should they be paid more?

If you start working as a teenager, there's no reason for you to make minimum wage as an adult.

Where do you think places like McDonald's and Walmart get their managers from? They hire internally.

Kids in their late teens and early 20's can make good wages at these places, if they've worked there a couple of years, and done well.

GeorgeFHayek · Nov 2, 2012

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JayFarrar said:

For someone as smart as you claim to be, you sure as shit as don't have a clue as to how Wal-Mart works.

They underpay employees and keep them below a certain number of hours so they still qualify for various federal benefits like: Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

That's the Wal-Mart way and it always has been. It has made the Waltons wealthy beyond words.
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LOL ... the Walton family has built a fortune out of exploiting an inefficiency in the market for unskilled labor. Who knew it was so simple?

YankeeFan · Nov 2, 2012

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GeorgeFHayek said:

JayFarrar said:

For someone as smart as you claim to be, you sure as shit as don't have a clue as to how Wal-Mart works.

They underpay employees and keep them below a certain number of hours so they still qualify for various federal benefits like: Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

That's the Wal-Mart way and it always has been. It has made the Waltons wealthy beyond words.
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LOL ... the Walton family has built a fortune out of exploiting an inefficiency in the market for unskilled labor. Who knew it was so simple?
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Starman was smart enough to recognize the inefficiencies well before Sam Walton. He just refused to take advantage of it, because he was unwilling to exploit unskilled labor.

cranberry · Nov 2, 2012

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GeorgeFHayek said:

JayFarrar said:

For someone as smart as you claim to be, you sure as shit as don't have a clue as to how Wal-Mart works.

They underpay employees and keep them below a certain number of hours so they still qualify for various federal benefits like: Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

That's the Wal-Mart way and it always has been. It has made the Waltons wealthy beyond words.
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LOL ... the Walton family has built a fortune out of exploiting an inefficiency in the market for unskilled labor. Who knew it was so simple?
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I think you're right, except for the LOL part, because from a moral standpoint we should have better protections and higher minimum wages for unskilled labor. Something's wrong when workers for the family that together controls the most wealth in our country need food stamps.

RickStain · Nov 2, 2012

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JayFarrar said:

For someone as smart as you claim to be, you sure as shit as don't have a clue as to how Wal-Mart works.

They underpay employees and keep them below a certain number of hours so they still qualify for various federal benefits like: Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

That's the Wal-Mart way and it always has been. It has made the Waltons wealthy beyond words.

And the commie, pinko liberals at CNBC are loving this job reports.
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I'll keep bringing this up: When my wife worked at Wal-Mart two years ago, as an ordinary hourly employee, her health benefits were better than mine at a daily newspaper.

It's not nearly as bad as its reputation.

Starman · Nov 2, 2012

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LOL. What "moral standpoint" ??

The solution is simple: cut food stamps.

old_tony · Nov 2, 2012

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Baron Scicluna said:

old_tony said:

Baron Scicluna said:

hondo said:

Norrin Radd said:

This is getting posted on Facebook by some people, but not verified by any reputable media source. Just like the whole "A couple having sex was shown on the SkyDome JUMBOTRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" stuff that is only found on blogs and wikipedia.

http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/11/01/valerie-jarret-after-we-win-this-election-its-our-turn-payback-time-wsi/

Attributed to Valerie Jarrett, who I guess is an Obama adviser?

After we win this election, its our turn. Payback time. Everyone not with us is against us and they better be ready because we dont forget. The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve. There is going to be hell to pay. Congress wont be a problem for us this time. No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go.
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Lot of Mafia dons talked like that.
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Not that it will happen of course, but I wish that if Obama does win, that he makes a speech that starts with, "Four years ago, the Republican Party said their primary goal was to defeat me, to make sure my first term was a failure. Well congratulations Republicans, you just wasted four years that you could have been helping us do great things for our country trying to make me fail. Four years that could have made the country forget about how badly you messed up during my predecessor's administration.

But instead, YOU FAILED! YOU'RE THE FAILURES! I WON! YOU LOST! HAHAHAHA! Enjoy the next four years!"

Hey, a guy can dream.
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It would be in perfect keeping with his classless campaign. But that classless campaign is one of the reasons he'll be delivering a concession speech, not a gloating speech.
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What "classless"? He's been using the same strategies Republicans have been using for years. They're just not used to having the tables turned on them (i.e., Harry Reid and Romney's tax returns).
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I would call referring to your opponent as a "bullshitter" in an interview and running commercials that basically say "make me the one who pops your cherry" as pretty classless. You might find those things to be classy. You'd be wrong ... again.

old_tony · Nov 2, 2012

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dooley_womack1 said:

hondo said:

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sportbook said:

There was a poll released yesterday that Israelis support Romney over Obama 70-30. They must feel Obama's doing a wonderful job.

Double Down said:

The whole "abandoning Israel" thing is such a hysterical, false position, supported by nothing other than anger fantasies.

Guess how long it took Bush to "travel to Israel as President?"

Seven years. You don't hear that fact thrown around much when the whining ignites every three days.
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How many fucking electoral votes does Israel have? Cripes.
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Quite a few .... in South Florida and Brooklyn.
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Would you base your vote on Israel's preference?
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Well, you're voting for the guy Al-Qaeda, the mullahs, the ayatollahs and Hugo Chavez prefer.

cranberry · Nov 2, 2012

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RickStain said:

JayFarrar said:

For someone as smart as you claim to be, you sure as shit as don't have a clue as to how Wal-Mart works.

They underpay employees and keep them below a certain number of hours so they still qualify for various federal benefits like: Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

That's the Wal-Mart way and it always has been. It has made the Waltons wealthy beyond words.

And the commie, pinko liberals at CNBC are loving this job reports.
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I'll keep bringing this up: When my wife worked at Wal-Mart two years ago, as an ordinary hourly employee, her health benefits were better than mine at a daily newspaper.

It's not nearly as bad as its reputation.
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Well, that proves it.

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