120k a year isn’t enough

[NorthDallas40]

I was busy at the time lol. That wasn't the link or links I would have provided. It was funny that you were gloating LMAO. And now you are getting all worked up again like you did with the Russian Wheat Exports.

That's why I suggested that Deeble or whoever posted all those job postings from Indeed call the employer directly. You can apply at 16 but they will want to put you somewhere else in the restaurant but not as a delivery driver. I believe I even explained that as well. The job postings were a bit misleading so I'm kind of being nice and giving you all a pass on this one.

Anyways. I'll play a game of "Dallas" another time.

You aren’t busy you were clueless as usual and you’ll never convince anybody here otherwise.

And again on your victory lap from some past glory days momeht Mrs Danth…

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

@DonjoVol. You will love this...



The Jobs "Boom" Isn't So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing From The Workforce | ZeroHedge

 

[AM64]

@DonjoVol. You will love this...



The Jobs "Boom" Isn't So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing From The Workforce | ZeroHedge

The first step is to figure out how people without means can get by without working - AND FIX IT. I have a big problem with the term "entitlement". The only way you are entitled to any government payment is if you somehow earned it ... that is you paid in and are being repaid. We need to get that term out of the system and replace it with "grifter" for anybody just getting handouts.

Before you get carried away with "boomer" and the SS trap, remember that SS is very much a victim of inflation. We paid significant amounts into SS and Medicare programs throughout our working careers. It wasn't voluntary; so, yeah, I feel entitled to that repayment. Keep inflation and wage inflation in check and newer generations don't have a problem with underfunded SS, and retirees don't have a problem with underfunded retirements. Inflation is an economic killer - like a Ponzi scheme that can only promise failure. Don't manage inflation and wage inflation ... and you won't because you can't, and I promise that you will find in retirement you will find yourself squeezed and feel the ire of younger workers who think they are getting screwed.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

The first step is to figure out how people without means can get by without working - AND FIX IT. I have a big problem with the term "entitlement". The only way you are entitled to any government payment is if you somehow earned it ... that is you paid in and are being repaid. We need to get that term out of the system and replace it with "grifter" for anybody just getting handouts.

Before you get carried away with "boomer" and the SS trap, remember that SS is very much a victim of inflation. We paid significant amounts into SS and Medicare programs throughout our working careers. It wasn't voluntary; so, yeah, I feel entitled to that repayment. Keep inflation and wage inflation in check and newer generations don't have a problem with underfunded SS, and retirees don't have a problem with underfunded retirements. Inflation is an economic killer - like a Ponzi scheme that can only promise failure. Don't manage inflation and wage inflation ... and you won't because you can't, and I promise that you will find in retirement you will find yourself squeezed and feel the ire of younger workers who think they are getting screwed.

You point your finger (and rightly so) at entitlements, yet refuse to understand that the other theft that goes on is with our reckless foreign policy and these forever wars that we stay engaged in that also rob us of our future potential. Vietnam and Afghanistan were the two largest empire killing wars of our times. Vietnam along side the domestic spending of LBJ lead us to the Nixon Gold Shock, which in turn placed the USD on a fiat footing, which means that inflation is a feature, not a big. And of course Afghanistan (and the War on Terror in general) where we threw away trillions $$.

 

[DonjoVol]

@DonjoVol. You will love this...



The Jobs "Boom" Isn't So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing From The Workforce | ZeroHedge

Wasn't I saying something similar awhile back in another thread?

Now what this doesn't address is how many women are also not in the workforce. If you add that number it is quite a bit more.

We also do not see this problem being addressed by any of the two big political parties and the Libertarian Party sure as heck isn't addressing it. Instead they want to focus on cultural issues or legalizing pot and legalizing the more harcore drugs. The only group I have heard address this issue is the Larouche PAC.

 

[AM64]

You point your finger (and rightly so) at entitlements, yet refuse to understand that the other theft that goes on is with our reckless foreign policy and these forever wars that we stay engaged in that also rob us of our future potential. Vietnam and Afghanistan were the two largest empire killing wars of our times. Vietnam along side the domestic spending of LBJ lead us to the Nixon Gold Shock, which in turn placed the USD on a fiat footing, which means that inflation is a feature, not a big. And of course Afghanistan (and the War on Terror in general) where we threw away trillions $$.

There are three countries in the world that stand out for a few reasons - the first being size. The second is resources which is very much related to size. A third has to do with the population and the advancements made possible by those people. A fourth has to do with geography. You know those three countries are Russia, China, and the US. You also know that the US stands out as being the one that best developed scientifically, commercially, and in many other aspects - militarily being one of them. You also know we derive a lot of security by being bounded by oceans and friendly neighbors - one very much like ourselves. China and Russia were just big oafs by comparison because their people were constrained by feudalism where we are were driven by an individual and competitive spirit to achieve. The only competitive forces in that respect for a long time were the European powers, but they had to rely on colonialism to supply the critical mass they lost in size.

The point is that the three countries all have good and bad points. Because of communism and the zeal to spread it across the globe, we became the only country with the ability to counter Russia and China. Like it or not, that's the way the cookie crumbles. I don't think you'd like the world very much if we hadn't stood up to the Soviet Union, and now it's turning to a US China struggle. You can be complacent and belittle or resent our past and current policies (and I'd agree with you about some of them), but we add balance. Personally, I see Islam as much an evil as communism, but it's a religion ... and, therefore, we must respect it. Still our efforts in the deserts of the world are going to be as wasted and futile as the Crusaders. I'll hold the Vietnam and Korean conflicts differently while agreeing that both, and particularly Vietnam, were poorly prosecuted.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

There are three countries in the world that stand out for a few reasons - the first being size. The second is resources which is very much related to size. A third has to do with the population and the advancements made possible by those people. A fourth has to do with geography. You know those three countries are Russia, China, and the US. You also know that the US stands out as being the one that best developed scientifically, commercially, and in many other aspects - militarily being one of them. You also know we derive a lot of security by being bounded by oceans and friendly neighbors - one very much like ourselves. China and Russia were just big oafs by comparison because their people were constrained by feudalism where we are were driven by an individual and competitive spirit to achieve. The only competitive forces in that respect for a long time were the European powers, but they had to rely on colonialism to supply the critical mass they lost in size.

The point is that the three countries all have good and bad points. Because of communism and the zeal to spread it across the globe, we became the only country with the ability to counter Russia and China. Like it or not, that's the way the cookie crumbles. I don't think you'd like the world very much if we hadn't stood up to the Soviet Union, and now it's turning to a US China struggle. You can be complacent and belittle or resent our past and current policies (and I'd agree with you about some of them), but we add balance. Personally, I see Islam as much an evil as communism, but it's a religion ... and, therefore, we must respect it. Still our efforts in the deserts of the world are going to be as wasted and futile as the Crusaders. I'll hold the Vietnam and Korean conflicts differently while agreeing that both, and particularly Vietnam, were poorly prosecuted.

We add balance all right... the wrong balance. In the 1940s/1950s, were had the moral high ground and had a real economy. The same cannot remotely be said today. China has realized the errors of their one child policy and is now urging their people to get married and have children. They also have a real economy in terms of manufacturing, energy, mining and finance. Russia has been able to do the same. Meanwhile, the US has Facebook, finacialization/banking, real estate and service industries powering us.

You are naive and delusional. The United States is a falling empire with despicable morals, no work ethic, no incentives for individual risk takers and entrepreneurs and no appreciation for the middle-class blue collar workers that actually keep this country running right now.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

There are three countries in the world that stand out for a few reasons - the first being size. The second is resources which is very much related to size. A third has to do with the population and the advancements made possible by those people. A fourth has to do with geography. You know those three countries are Russia, China, and the US. You also know that the US stands out as being the one that best developed scientifically, commercially, and in many other aspects - militarily being one of them. You also know we derive a lot of security by being bounded by oceans and friendly neighbors - one very much like ourselves. China and Russia were just big oafs by comparison because their people were constrained by feudalism where we are were driven by an individual and competitive spirit to achieve. The only competitive forces in that respect for a long time were the European powers, but they had to rely on colonialism to supply the critical mass they lost in size.

The point is that the three countries all have good and bad points. Because of communism and the zeal to spread it across the globe, we became the only country with the ability to counter Russia and China. Like it or not, that's the way the cookie crumbles. I don't think you'd like the world very much if we hadn't stood up to the Soviet Union, and now it's turning to a US China struggle. You can be complacent and belittle or resent our past and current policies (and I'd agree with you about some of them), but we add balance. Personally, I see Islam as much an evil as communism, but it's a religion ... and, therefore, we must respect it. Still our efforts in the deserts of the world are going to be as wasted and futile as the Crusaders. I'll hold the Vietnam and Korean conflicts differently while agreeing that both, and particularly Vietnam, were poorly prosecuted.

Islam is not the problem. It is the weaponization of Wahhabism from KSA that is the problem. We used that as a wedge against Russia in Afghanistan in the 1980s and as a means to regime change unfriendly countries in the 21st century.

If you were smart and intellectually honest, you would realize that America's biggest threat is from inside by fascists, Marxists and neocons right here on our own soil.

 

[AM64]

Islam is not the problem. It is the weaponization of Wahhabism from KSA that is the problem. We used that as a wedge against Russia in Afghanistan in the 1980s and as a means to regime change unfriendly countries in the 21st century.

If you were smart and intellectually honest, you would realize that America's biggest threat is from inside by fascists, Marxists and neocons right here on our own soil.

Yes, Islam is a huge problem in so many different ways. At the top of the list would be the insane totalitarianism particularly in the Islamic run states. Does the name Iran ring any bells? Abject religious insanity run amok; why the women haven't revolted is hard to comprehend - I assume fear of death. The only thing that comes close would be the Catholic sponsored Dark Ages when mysticism reigned and science was considered evil - even Islam seemed enlightened by comparison. Let religion guide your morals and elected officials run the state - with the state never declaring for or favoring any religion.

Aside from the left, I'm not concerned about any fringe political group here in the US. You seem to be tortured by dreams of fascists and Nazis. Personally the only fascists I see are the left wing fanatics (to include Antifa) - and I see absolutely no difference in their intolerance and extremism than what they deem "fascism", so I prefer turning the term back on them.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Yes, Islam is a huge problem in so many different ways. At the top of the list would be the insane totalitarianism particularly in the Islamic run states. Does the name Iran ring any bells? Abject religious insanity run amok; why the women haven't revolted is hard to comprehend - I assume fear of death. The only thing that comes close would be the Catholic sponsored Dark Ages when mysticism reigned and science was considered evil - even Islam seemed enlightened by comparison. Let religion guide your morals and elected officials run the state - with the state never declaring for or favoring any religion.

Aside from the left, I'm not concerned about any fringe political group here in the US. You seem to be tortured by dreams of fascists and Nazis. Personally the only fascists I see are the left wing fanatics (to include Antifa) - and I see absolutely no difference in their intolerance and extremism than what they deem "fascism", so I prefer turning the term back on them.

How many Indonesian or Malaysian terrorists have you heard of? How many Kazakh or Uzbek terrorists?

Stop generalizing Islam all across the globe and focus on the specific problems.

 

[EasternVol]

Islam is not the problem. It is the weaponization of Wahhabism from KSA that is the problem. We used that as a wedge against Russia in Afghanistan in the 1980s and as a means to regime change unfriendly countries in the 21st century.

If you were smart and intellectually honest, you would realize that America's biggest threat is from inside by fascists, Marxists and neocons right here on our own soil.

I'd give you a like for the first paragraph, but that second one is a dud.

 

[EasternVol]

Yes, Islam is a huge problem in so many different ways. At the top of the list would be the insane totalitarianism particularly in the Islamic run states. Does the name Iran ring any bells? Abject religious insanity run amok; why the women haven't revolted is hard to comprehend - I assume fear of death. The only thing that comes close would be the Catholic sponsored Dark Ages when mysticism reigned and science was considered evil - even Islam seemed enlightened by comparison. Let religion guide your morals and elected officials run the state - with the state never declaring for or favoring any religion.

Aside from the left, I'm not concerned about any fringe political group here in the US. You seem to be tortured by dreams of fascists and Nazis. Personally the only fascists I see are the left wing fanatics (to include Antifa) - and I see absolutely no difference in their intolerance and extremism than what they deem "fascism", so I prefer turning the term back on them.

Consent of the governed is a tenet in Islam. In Christianity, not so much.
The rulers in Iran, like the House of Saud, are about the least truly religious people in the country. They just use religion to maintain power. The people know that, and resist, so the rulers get more strident. In Saudi the people tolerate it because they're bought off with wealth.

 

[AM64]

Consent of the governed is a tenet in Islam. In Christianity, not so much.
The rulers in Iran, like the House of Saud, are about the least truly religious people in the country. They just use religion to maintain power. The people know that, and resist, so the rulers get more strident. In Saudi the people tolerate it because they're bought off with wealth.

Consent to be governed is usually a tenet of governance. The issue is that it usually doesn't cover everybody - look no further than the Shia–Sunni rift when both are Islamic. We often discuss moderation of rule in the political forum - and generally a dislike of rule pressed by opposites in the political spectrum. A lot of that is that while we can all agree on the basics, we disagree with meddling in private affairs. Religion is all about meddling in private affairs; there's just no way a religion based government doesn't get right down into the nooks and crannies of personal life. I suppose if some people want that and desire to completely isolate themselves from the rest of the world and anyone else who might believe differently, that's fine; but you can believe that no civilization is that homogeneous and there won't be dissent.

 

[AM64]

How many Indonesian or Malaysian terrorists have you heard of? How many Kazakh or Uzbek terrorists?

Stop generalizing Islam all across the globe and focus on the specific problems.

OK when you stop generalizing that the US is at fault for the world's woes - that if we didn't hand out money and weapons, the world would be at peace.

As far as Islam goes, that's the one religion seeking state control in places around the globe. If Catholics were still doing that, I'd disagree as strongly - same if Baptists or Methodists or who ever took a similar stance. There have probably been more wars and more strife over religious beliefs and domination than other causes. If attempts to push communism weren't so fervent, you could erase the "probably" from the previous sentence. There's not much difference in the fervor of a religious nut and a communist nut.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Progressivism is a religion that bows to the power of the state.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

OK when you stop generalizing that the US is at fault for the world's woes - that if we didn't hand out money and weapons, the world would be at peace.

The US, British, Israelis and KSA... those are the 4 horsemen. I don't just single out the US.

 

[GroverCleveland]

I've heard these "stats" from my own employer when they were trying to discredit union employees. First, anyone making $30/hour isn't making $120k a year without working a bunch of overtime. Secondly, the company is probably including their inflated cost of benefits in that number. If Kellogg's doesn't want to pay any more money, let them move their plant to China and make their cereal there. Unions don't usually go on strike for no reason.

While they might not for no reason, I have seen some go on strike for some dumb ones.

 

[EasternVol]

Consent to be governed is usually a tenet of governance. The issue is that it usually doesn't cover everybody - look no further than the Shia–Sunni rift when both are Islamic. We often discuss moderation of rule in the political forum - and generally a dislike of rule pressed by opposites in the political spectrum. A lot of that is that while we can all agree on the basics, we disagree with meddling in private affairs. Religion is all about meddling in private affairs; there's just no way a religion based government doesn't get right down into the nooks and crannies of personal life. I suppose if some people want that and desire to completely isolate themselves from the rest of the world and anyone else who might believe differently, that's fine; but you can believe that no civilization is that homogeneous and there won't be dissent.

What I mean is that consent of the governed is a tenet of Islam (not that it's alway observed), like care for orphans. Such a tenet isn't part of Christianity. My understanding is that it should apply to all subjects: Shia, Sunni, Christian, etc.
Both Iran and KSA go well beyond scripture into personal affairs in their domestic agendas. I guess that's one reason at least Iran's government is so unpopular. Theocracies by nature do that, as you noted. That's one of many reasons to reject theocratic rule.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Olive Garden Fires Manager Who Asked Sick Employees For Proof | ZeroHedge

Our call offs are occurring at a staggering rate. From now on, if you call off, you might as well go out and look for another job. We are no longer tolerating ANY excuse for calling off. If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If its a “family emergency” and you can’t say, too bad. Go work somewhere else. If you only want morning shifts, too bad go work at a bank. If anyone from here on out calls out more than ONCE in the next 30 days you will not have a job. Do you know in my 11.5 years at Darden how many days I called off? Zero. I came in sick. I got in a wreck literally on my to work one time, airbags went off and my car was totaled, but you know what, I made it to work, ON TIME! There are no more excuses. Us, collectively as a management team have had enough. If you don’t want to work here, don’t. It’s as simple as that. If you’re here and want to work, then work. No more complainging about not being cut or not being able to leave early. You’re in the restaurant business. Do you think I want to be here until midnight on Friday and Saturday? No. I’d much rather be at home with my husband and dog, going to the movies or seeing family. But I don’t, I’m dedicated to being here. As should you. No more excuses or complaints.

I hope you choose to continue to work here and I think we (management) make it as easy as we can on ya’ll. Thank you for your time and thank you to those who come in every day on time and work hard. I wish there were more like you.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Progressivism is a religion that bows to the power of the state.

100%

 

[DonjoVol]

How many Indonesian or Malaysian terrorists have you heard of? How many Kazakh or Uzbek terrorists?

Stop generalizing Islam all across the globe and focus on the specific problems.

I've been to Bahrain and it was one of the safest and cleanest countries I've been to. Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Oman for example do allow freedom of religion.

Keep in mind we are on here having discussions with quite a few people who are apparently set in their ways to the point they refuse to allow themselves to learn any new information.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

WOW... they doubled down on the dumb...

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

We're short handed, so if you call in sick w/o a Dr's note or take paid leave or refuse to work overtime, you're fired. Perfect logic. Chris Johnson is a ******* genius.

Leaked Southwest Memo Reveals "State Of Operational Emergency" Before Christmas Storm | ZeroHedge

 

[DinkinFlicka]

We're short handed, so if you call in sick w/o a Dr's note or take paid leave or refuse to work overtime, you're fired. Perfect logic. Chris Johnson is a ******* genius.

Leaked Southwest Memo Reveals "State Of Operational Emergency" Before Christmas Storm | ZeroHedge

Unbelievable

 

[WBO]

We add balance all right... the wrong balance. In the 1940s/1950s, were had the moral high ground and had a real economy. The same cannot remotely be said today. China has realized the errors of their one child policy and is now urging their people to get married and have children. They also have a real economy in terms of manufacturing, energy, mining and finance. Russia has been able to do the same. Meanwhile, the US has Facebook, finacialization/banking, real estate and service industries powering us.

You are naive and delusional. The United States is a falling empire with despicable morals, no work ethic, no incentives for individual risk takers and entrepreneurs and no appreciation for the middle-class blue collar workers that actually keep this country running right now.

OMG, I can't believe I can use this again after all these years.

America, Love it or Leave it. You don't like it, hit the road Commie.