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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
all minimum wage does is keep the poorest of the poor out of work as the price of low-skilled labour is set artificially high, not to mention the fact that it imposes far higher costs on small businesses attempting to compete with massive corporations such as McDonald's or Wal-Mart.
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So your perfectly ok with someone who is trying to get by on 7.15 an hour when inflation brings up prices much faster than their wages are ever going up? The city were a grew up, many people could barely pay there bills, and if minimum wage ere any lower or not rising the would have been forced to move into even worse living conditions.
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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
you do realize that the libertarian stance is one of non-intervention, don't you?
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Im fully aware of what a libertarian wants, besides the obvious (partial) ridding of the state or ruling government.
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"universal health care in America would be bloody tragic, especially right now. when the government holds a coercive monopoly on something (for instance, health care), all competition is stifled and thus prices can (and assuredly will) be driven as high as possible."
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Thats almost a joke. Look at the price of health insurance right now. Its ****ing ridiculous. So many people cant afford it as it is. And the price would go way down if it were nationalized, the only problem also being the quality would fall with it. My father who worked for Blue Cross, Cigna, and Health America for 15 years constantly says that the one thing there company is most afraid of is Universal Healthcare. It would create a quality issue with everyone and they would make almost no money because of the lowered costs.
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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
the U.S. has been through more than three depressions and not one was a result of libertarian policies.
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There have really only been 3 major depressions from 20th century on. First in the 30's (Great Depression). The reason being because of how this country was run throughout the 20's. During that time there was 3 Republican presidents Harding, Coolridge, and Hoover. And yes they were for personal freedoms. The last 2 were very similar because this country seems to make the same mistakes over and over again. (Just like the 70's when the rich poor gap grew incrediblybecause of the oil barrens)
unequal distribution of wealth - That is what happens when minimum wages are not raised, and corporate America is hand fed everything they need.