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Originally Posted by graciegirl
The sad truth is, that people are not born equal. Not everyone has the same IQ and emotional control and personality characteristics and physical abilities needed to be a surgeon or an engineer or a high school coach NO MATTER HOW THEY TRY.
Lazy, unmotivated people in well paid jobs do not keep their jobs for long unless they work for the government or are in a tenured position that sadly doesn't weed all of them out quickly. There is more cause and effect, faster in free enterprise.
( EDITED) I just got a PM from a friend who worked in a government job who took umbrage. Naturally I don't mean ALL, but I mean TOO MANY)
And economics is not based on compassion, it is based on hard facts.
And there are many reading this that worked two jobs to get started way back when, because they didn't for many GOOD reasons (post depression era/ lack of money) go to college. There are many who are reading this who had salaried jobs that worked 12 hours a day or more...just because that job didn't require it, but the task did.
The response..."I've got mine-up yours" to me means misunderstanding the situation and dismissing the issue angrily. I don't expect anything from others that I would not expect from myself or from my children.
The economy is not based on empathy and kindness. Most of us have taught our children to work hard, save your money, do without, do it yourself, if you can't afford it today you can't pay for it next month, don't smoke, you can't afford it, stay off drugs etc. etc. etc. We are not entitled to anything that we cannot provide for ourselves unless we are sick or REALLY physically or mentally disabled.
Passing minimum wage job laws is not the answer. The people who choose not to work for eight bucks an hour are not going to work for sixteen either.
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AMEN! There are 'cons' on both sides, so what is our priority? Mine, is that individuals have responsibility, accountability and hard work to make the most of who they are….I don't believe anyone does well when everything is handed to them.