tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post9211240831390555043..comments2023-12-08T02:29:07.687-06:00Comments on Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance: Liberals taking teen jobsRobertDWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-10376451955345964892007-02-13T14:31:00.000-06:002007-02-13T14:31:00.000-06:00Yep, it's a bummer.Yep, it's a bummer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-52693717245615033762007-02-13T10:54:00.000-06:002007-02-13T10:54:00.000-06:00I'm confused, Palm Boy: is this the liberals' idea...I'm confused, Palm Boy: is this the liberals' idea of lowering the unemployment rate (people getting fired), or is it their idea of making "better jobs," (simply by upping minimum wages and thereby inflating the whole economy) since the jobs the republicans are making are bad ones, according to them?<BR/><BR/>Or, is it a small quencher of their unquenchable thirst for government control--and ultimately a socialist economy--and a way to get more money in taxes (ah, it always is, isn't it?)<BR/><BR/>Or, is it a way to get illegals who work these jobs to like them? <BR/><BR/>Setting prices and wage minimums or maximums (with the exceptions of penalizing gouging and such things) don't help the economy, in the long run at the very least. The consumers should decide, not the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-85939501507418441262007-02-13T07:59:00.000-06:002007-02-13T07:59:00.000-06:00That the price paid for labor has increased does n...That the price paid for labor has increased does not mean that the value of the labor is increased. For instance, I can write a paper and get it published, receiving $X for it. Suppose that a law is passed demanding higher payment for any and all papers published. I next turn in a paper of identical length and quality, but I now receive $Y for it. The quality of the paper (hypothetically, not my best) has no bearing on the price paid, exactly as it shouldn't be. Would you pay as much for a fake Rolex as you would a real one? I hope not, bur if so, I've got a few chain letters I need to send you.Haru-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918970319114591027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-12853037835544042262007-02-13T01:06:00.000-06:002007-02-13T01:06:00.000-06:00I agree. You cannot set wages artificially.I agree. You cannot set wages artificially.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-12791920292358840632007-02-12T22:11:00.000-06:002007-02-12T22:11:00.000-06:00Yup, darn those bourgeois capitalist. They're maki...Yup, darn those bourgeois capitalist. They're making money, and not sharing it!<BR/><BR/>Nice of you to drop in an comment, J.RobertDWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468867977431697913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121731.post-12040952472904130062007-02-12T13:26:00.000-06:002007-02-12T13:26:00.000-06:00If we consider Karl Marx's underlying economic the...If we consider Karl Marx's underlying economic theory (labor theory of value) then the majority Party (Democrats) have discerned that the value of McDonald's and similar organizations should have higher economic value, or cost in their venacular. I guess this means that they may be wanting to punish McDonald's for the increase of their stock value (check it out for the past 2 years) since they probably have not had any share of those (dirty capitalist) pies, opting to spend their money on commodities such as John Kerry, et al that have not done so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com