ScruffyCon

Retired sales guy who's seen enough bullshit not to fall for the distractions. Strong believer in personal responsibility and hard work. Peace.

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@TheTNHoller So I go to work every day to pay for your healthcare to free you up to live your best life? Let me think about it. No

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@Shannon07905149 hahahahahaha

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@mschlapp Elon said the goal is to build a product so good it doesn't require advertising. If the Republicans had tackled the SAVE Act, revamped healthcare insurance costs and opened two or three new oil refineries, they would have won in a landslide.

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@KellyScaletta The difference is conservatives work for a living and feel that giving up 16 years of their life to fund freeloaders is not fair.

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@AmericaEBSAlert Enter the separation of powers. Another show bill for the stupid democrat voters.

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@JBPritzker Talk about a non-issue

About 1% of hourly paid workers (roughly 0.5–0.6% of all wage and salary workers work for 7.25 an hour. Many of them also earn tips or commission on top of the hourly rate.

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@TheTNHoller

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@GregEverham @mitrajoy_ If labor is the real driver, they don't need capitalism, why aren't they prospering?

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@RepMcGovern Right - by raising taxes again. Working people can't afford democrats funding illegals.

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@socialistswine @DoominalCross Explain how healthcare is free. Do the doctors work for free or does someone else pay for it? Who?

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@KPASKSWHY lot of coping going on here to avoid saying democrats started the KKK.

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People can choose whatever career they desire. If they have the talent they can play in the NFL for millions or hold concerts and make millions. Some people want to flip hamburgers and smoke pot all day; some people want to go into the medical field and help people. They know what the job pays before they decide to go into that career. Hedge fund managers earn what they earn as it's a highly competitive field with few positions. Nurses earn what they earn because it's a two-year study and there are a lot of nurses. Burger flippers earn what they earn because with 15 minutes of training, any 12-year-old can do the job. Based on your logic, all cars should cost exactly the same and all houses should cost exactly the same, since they all provide transportation and shelter.

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@omgsidewalks

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@SenKatieBritt Sorry, you voted for Thune.

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@johnnymaga Just like in school, we are all held back by the least intelligent of the group.

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@JahangirAsgha10

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@Kety_geretto Then why get upset when you are not hired or get laid off? Take your labor and keep all of it working for yourself.

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Once there was a fishing village where every family lived on the edge of starvation. The average family was able to catch two fish a day to feed themselves. At night, they would sit around the community fire and drink and complain about life. One young man decided to study the fish and see if he could catch more. He studied the wind patterns, tide patterns and read about fish migration. Soon, he was catching 10 fish a day and the surplus allowed him to buy more fishing equipment and eventually he hired a helper. Together they caught 30 fish a day with the helper being paid with 3. After a few years the young man had 5 helpers and a new boat and he was bringing in over 100 fish a day. While the village overall was more prosperous, many complained that he was only paying his helpers 4 or 5 fish a day and he had more fish than he knew what to do with. One evening after drinking around the fire, the village rose up and killed the young man. The next morning they tried to take his boat to catch fish but due to their lack of knowledge they burned out the engine and the boat sat useless. They decided they didn’t need the boat, they would just use their old boats, but none of the helpers understood how to read the charts and where to fish. In a few days, the village was back to the brink of starvation living on just two fish per day per family. They were happy, at least the young man wasn’t catching over a 100 fish a day anymore. This post is not about fish.