Visual Inflation

[Juan_Bottom]

[Phatscotty]

[Lootifer]

Lol, PS, you're starting to sound like j9b, but unfortunatly without the supporting intellect...

[Phatscotty]

The thread evolved, in honor of the winner.
Juan Bottom Juan.

Here is your major award JB

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[Juan_Bottom]

Awww man, an "ugliest married women in America party?" this is bunk!

[Timminz]

Visual inflation: is that like when I see a pretty lady and my pants swell?

[AndyDufresne]

Visual inflation: is that like when I see a pretty lady and my pants swell?

Perhaps, or maybe:




--Andy

[Juan_Bottom]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAahahaahahahaahahaaaaa..................... awwww....

[PLAYER57832]

Better add Kansas, Florida... etc.

[PLAYER57832]

Is this the proper thread for political/government mockery and pictures?

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

[Phatscotty]

[Night Strike]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees. It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

[Juan_Bottom]

That is beyond a shadow of a doubt the dumbest thing that I've ever read on this forum.

[BigBallinStalin]

Well, it is rational to remain on many government-provided benefits while earning less than the poverty level. To go a dollar beyond that level bumps one into a higher tax bracket and denies them many of their government-provided benefits. For the lowest bracket, earning more money would actually result in a net loss.

That's why you'll see talk about implementing a negative tax rate or a flat tax.

[PLAYER57832]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees.

Well starving people will take whatever they can get to buy SOME food. The trouble is these reduced wages don't support as many grocers as welfare payments/

It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

Yeah, right, that's why the top executives are doing so very poorly, and why there are so many highly paid jobs just readily available now for people who want to work. .. except, the trouble is the opposite is actually true

(but hey, just give it time.. it will all "trickle down"....just like it did to us now, from the 80's).

[Night Strike]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees.

Well starving people will take whatever they can get to buy SOME food. The trouble is these reduced wages don't support as many grocers as welfare payments/

It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

Yeah, right, that's why the top executives are doing so very poorly, and why there are so many highly paid jobs just readily available now for people who want to work. .. except, the trouble is the opposite is actually true

(but hey, just give it time.. it will all "trickle down"....just like it did to us now, from the 80's).

The government cannot force economic equality. If a business wants to pay the top people a ton and the bottom people not enough, then they won't have employees working at that level. But since the government will cover what the businesses don't, the government is bailing out the businesses and is taking over their expenses. For the large majority of food stamp recipients, it is simply a bailout of the businesses they work for and of the individuals themselves so they can spend their earned money on things like alcohol. There were way too many times that I had a person swipe their EBT card for food and then hand me cash to cover the rest of their purchase: their alcohol. We can't keep perpetuating this system of governmental bailouts and dependency.

[WILLIAMS5232]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees.

Well starving people will take whatever they can get to buy SOME food. The trouble is these reduced wages don't support as many grocers as welfare payments/

It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

Yeah, right, that's why the top executives are doing so very poorly, and why there are so many highly paid jobs just readily available now for people who want to work. .. except, the trouble is the opposite is actually true

(but hey, just give it time.. it will all "trickle down"....just like it did to us now, from the 80's).

if people were willing to work, then they'd have a job. but they can't find the job they want. and they don't need to. because the govt will take care of them. i go to college right now. i make a's. it's not because i'm smart. it's because i go to class and participate. if i knew this is all there is to college i'd have went years ago. of course i pay for it out of my pocket. because i don't want help from the govt, because i don't need it. now to be fair, i don't go to mit, or yale. so i understand it's not a quality education. but i'm sure it's not that much different at all the major universities. my sister went to baylor, i'll ask her what she thought of that one.

my point is, if this is what the govt is trying to give away, then hell. no wonder why a degree don't mean shit. i don't blame them. most of the people i go to class with don't do a thing. and then they come to class on test day and get all this extra credit to help them pass. such as donating things to charity and taking surveys. yeah. you can pass a college exam just by taking a 15 minute survey. and you don't even have to pass all your tests because they'll drop the lowest grade for you. did i mention these were all multiple choice. formated just in the same way that the practice test was given the class before. it's basically saying..

• govt; hey pothead, heres some money to go to college
  pothead; gee thanks. where'd you get this money?
  govt; we got if from the evil coorperation that wont hire you because you will still be dumb after you get your degree
  pothead; cool, i think i'll get a degree in social science
  govt; hell get it in art appreciation if you want
  pothead; yeah, i didn't think of that, i'll bet i can get alot of cool jobs with that
  govt; it's a degree right?
  pothead; but hey, do you want this money back?
  govt; not really, we just want to act like we care
  college; ok, do you have the money the govt sent you with?
  pothead;, yeah it's right here.
  college; alright, here's your degree

i work with lazy people all day that have this same mentality. and it bugs me when there are people that try to say that unemployed people are just that becasue the govt failed them. and those people are all over this forum. i'll never be convinced that a person is doing the best they can do when they are unemployed. if you can't get the job you want, with the payscale you want, maybe it's time to realize that you just arent very good at that job. i know i can get a job wherever i want doing what i do. mainly because i'm good at it and i have good work ethic.

college is a joke, mainly because the govt has it's tentacles in it.
which makes perfect sense to me why a degree won't help you in your jobhunt.

[BigBallinStalin]

[In the long-run], We can't keep perpetuating this system of governmental bailouts and dependency.

I agree with the above, and I think all of us ITT could agree on that.

[PLAYER57832]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees.

Well starving people will take whatever they can get to buy SOME food. The trouble is these reduced wages don't support as many grocers as welfare payments/

It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

Yeah, right, that's why the top executives are doing so very poorly, and why there are so many highly paid jobs just readily available now for people who want to work. .. except, the trouble is the opposite is actually true

(but hey, just give it time.. it will all "trickle down"....just like it did to us now, from the 80's).

The government cannot force economic equality. If a business wants to pay the top people a ton and the bottom people not enough, then they won't have employees working at that level. But since the government will cover what the businesses don't, the government is bailing out the businesses and is taking over their expenses. For the large majority of food stamp recipients, it is simply a bailout of the businesses they work for and of the individuals themselves so they can spend their earned money on things like alcohol. There were way too many times that I had a person swipe their EBT card for food and then hand me cash to cover the rest of their purchase: their alcohol. We can't keep perpetuating this system of governmental bailouts and dependency.

I see, so according to you, Unions had nothing to do with any changes in workplace regulations? It all came about simply due to the free market?

[Night Strike]

I see, so according to you, Unions had nothing to do with any changes in workplace regulations? It all came about simply due to the free market?

Private sector unions are part of the free market. Workers felt that they were being treated poorly, so they joined together. There are reforms to union practices that need to be made (such as forced membership, payroll deductions, etc.), but that doesn't mean that they aren't part of the free market.

[PLAYER57832]

I see, so according to you, Unions had nothing to do with any changes in workplace regulations? It all came about simply due to the free market?

Private sector unions are part of the free market. Workers felt that they were being treated poorly, so they joined together. There are reforms to union practices that need to be made (such as forced membership, payroll deductions, etc.), but that doesn't mean that they aren't part of the free market.

I see, so the fact that these workers, banding together demanded the changes you now rile against.. is irrelevant. The big guys now have all the money, can just look overseas for their labor and so its OK for them to just toss out the gains so hard fought by the unions.?

See, it really was a government by the people. Dropping that government doesn't put the people back in, it takes them out.

[Night Strike]

I see, so according to you, Unions had nothing to do with any changes in workplace regulations? It all came about simply due to the free market?

Private sector unions are part of the free market. Workers felt that they were being treated poorly, so they joined together. There are reforms to union practices that need to be made (such as forced membership, payroll deductions, etc.), but that doesn't mean that they aren't part of the free market.

I see, so the fact that these workers, banding together demanded the changes you now rile against.. is irrelevant. The big guys now have all the money, can just look overseas for their labor and so its OK for them to just toss out the gains so hard fought by the unions.?

See, it really was a government by the people. Dropping that government doesn't put the people back in, it takes them out.

So the government has to change the law to reflect what unions have negotiated for? No. The government is there to enforce the agreements between the unions and the employers, not enact whatever the unions want.

By the way, none of this is relevant as to why we should have perpetual welfare and bailouts of individuals and businesses.

[Woodruff]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAahahaahahahaahahaaaaa..................... awwww....

Is this seriously legitimate, or a photoshop?

[Woodruff]

This pretty much says explains why Romney is not an economic hero.

Stop providing food stamp programs to people who have jobs (especially since most of the money spent is waste anyway) and the people will either find new jobs or the employers will have to pay more to actually have employees. It's governmental programs that cause this, not a lack of pay from employers.

That is insanely stupid. I understand that there are circumstances where welfare makes it such that looking for a better job to get off welfare doesn't make sense, and I agree that is a problem. But to say that people won't work for whatever piddly amount is put out there is proven wrong by history.

[Army of GOD]

Lol, PS, you're starting to sound like j9b, but unfortunatly without the supporting intellect...

>implying j9b has intellect