State of the Union

[radditsu]

Penatrating gaze.

[Ecguy]

Middle Class. Oh, wow, I'm such a newb. Guess that's what I get for coming up with the list a minute before the speech.

[Ecguy]

Executive branch is supposed to execute laws...not legislate.

[Ecguy]

Why $10.10? Let's just make it $50.

[Hailto]

you didnt even put health care on the list?

[Ecguy]

Originally Posted by Hailto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you didnt even put health care on the list?

Can't imagine he would want to talk about it too much. It hasn't exactly been a raging success. Wait until employees find out what the rate increase is for businesses in NOV of 2014. That cost will be passed on.

[hatelore]

Originally Posted by Ecguy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can't imagine he would want to talk about it too much. It hasn't exactly been a raging success. Wait until employees find out what the rate increase is for businesses in NOV of 2014. That cost will be passed on.

To the employer and taxpayer... Sorry, had to finish that sentence for you. Obamacare was basically geared to crash the healthcare industry anyways from what it looks like, so it can be totally nationalized. Either that or people write laws in the dark and sign them into law while sleeping.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by hatelore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To the employer and taxpayer... Sorry, had to finish that sentence for you. Obamacare was basically geared to crash the healthcare industry anyways from what it looks like, so it can be totally nationalized. Either that or people write laws in the dark and sign them into law while sleeping.

Forcing people to buy insurance, that's gonna crash the health insurance industry? Yeah you'll have to cover sick people, but those people get insane premiums / deductibles (not really limited in ACA) which they can't pay anyway! And Medicaid is fucking awful for chronic conditions, literally worst then the VA.

[Lemiddar]

Originally Posted by Ecguy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why $10.10? Let's just make it $50.

I really thought I'd see this on the FIRST page. RNF is slacking. There are a lot of reasons I don't agree with Republicans, even though I am one myself. Some I can see the party point of view and just happen to disagree. Stupid talking points like this don't fall into that category. The proposed wage might be rounded up (as usual) to the nearest 5 or 0, but it isn't at all arbitrary.

[Ecguy]

Originally Posted by Lemiddar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really thought I'd see this on the FIRST page. RNF is slacking. There are a lot of reasons I don't agree with Republicans, even though I am one myself. Some I can see the party point of view and just happen to disagree. Stupid talking points like this don't fall into that category. The proposed wage might be rounded up (as usual) to the nearest 5 or 0, but it isn't at all arbitrary.

The point isn't that it's arbitrary. The point is that when a wage is mandated it has other consequences besides simply increasing the amount of money some people make.