GrumpyCatFace wrote:Dumb slut partied too hard and woke up in a weird house. Ran out the door, weeping for her failed life choices, concerned townsfolk notes her appearance and alerted the fuzz.
JohnDonne wrote:
I do not buy that it is an either/or scenario. One can be both for investing in and upgrading the skills of the menial laborer and holding off the inevitable onslaught of automation as long as possible to allow a smoother transition of those workers from unskilled to skilled. Yes I would rather our economy be based on skilled labor than neo-ludditism, but in the very possible event that society decides not to invest in these programs, or they are not sufficient, I would prefer seeing make-work to mass unemployment. I understand this defies the free-market principle but I don't care about any of that.
And I actually do think there is a world of difference between a menial low paying job and no job. If you ask the people that would otherwise be unemployed they will tell you the same.
I don't advocate an either/or position in regards to the transitional period, either. Nor am I a "the business owners is always right" kinda guy. I simply don't see that make-work program as a solution to unemployment or the smooth transition part. I see it as a stall. A bad stall, because you're supposed to stall something because you, at least, have some solution or possible solution you need time to realize. "Free market" advocates usually just use the term as code speak for "Getting big, fat government to make rules that exclusively benefit our business interests". If free markets were free, it would be as free for the seller of labor services as it was free for the buyer of labor services. Without strong unions, your interests as an employee can only be protected by a distant government, who for the most part get their money from the donations by the guys who you work for, anyway.
I agree it's a stall...until something worthy comes along to replace it, but I disagree that it is a bad stall, as it is not preventing these great job training programs you speak of from being created, unless you believe we require the catalyst of unemployed gas station attendants to undertake the task. I believe many of these gas station workers do it to support themselves through community college, trade-school, etc, just like lots of young workers. There are also people who would otherwise be in the alley drinking, and I'm glad they're pumping gas instead. The cons simply don't come anywhere close to the pros, which is why the whole thing is so silly.
I am really disappointed in Franken. I never liked his politics much. His comedy was even less comical than Norm Macdonald. But until this month he always fought tooth and nail for his beliefs even if some of them were misguided.
He should have fought back. Not fighting back against the witch hunt is a huge mistake.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:“The correct way to make tea”? Dumping 2 cups of sugar into it?
That stuff is gross. I think there's more sugar than that, though. Damn if a restaurant brings me sweetened instead.... it's like a sugar bomb went off in my mouth. blech
