RE: The Conservative Voice
December 20, 2010 at 5:41 am
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2010 at 6:02 am by lrh9.)
It is a known fact that the United States is the first world democracy with the least regulated economy, however countries with many socialist features fare better than the United States on many indicators such as mortality, gun deaths, teen pregnancy, etc.
We can have both.
Capitalism creates an inherent conflict between the proletariat and their employers. The goal of the proletariat is to earn as much as possible. The goal of the employers is to reduce costs. They want to pay as little as possible.
Employers have this vast amount of capital, but they don't want to pay their employees and they don't want to hire more employees. It's not an issue about not having the capital to hire. It's about them not wanting to. There should be intervention.
I bet at least 50% of the average pay increase for people working for an hourly wage comes from an increase in the minimum wage.
Absence of government regulation?
Say goodbye to OSHA.
Say goodbye to minimum wage.
Say goodbye to collective bargaining.
Say goodbye to environmental protection.
Say goodbye to legal standards for safety of consumption.
Say goodbye to mandatory vital services.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGdXcGJw9NHD...26index=25
Still waiting for you to back up the "bad government" assertion.
We can have both.
Capitalism creates an inherent conflict between the proletariat and their employers. The goal of the proletariat is to earn as much as possible. The goal of the employers is to reduce costs. They want to pay as little as possible.
Employers have this vast amount of capital, but they don't want to pay their employees and they don't want to hire more employees. It's not an issue about not having the capital to hire. It's about them not wanting to. There should be intervention.
I bet at least 50% of the average pay increase for people working for an hourly wage comes from an increase in the minimum wage.
Absence of government regulation?
Say goodbye to OSHA.
Say goodbye to minimum wage.
Say goodbye to collective bargaining.
Say goodbye to environmental protection.
Say goodbye to legal standards for safety of consumption.
Say goodbye to mandatory vital services.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGdXcGJw9NHD...26index=25
Still waiting for you to back up the "bad government" assertion.
