What does this mean?

anon for this

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 11:44 am

causemommysaid wrote:

in congress? I don't know. I don't keep up with politics enough to have names

I mean on a general level, I've read articles and shabbos table discussions with friends and family (and even on imamother) have led me to believe that most people today are not hardcore in either direction.

we are a very gray generation. nothing is black and white anymore.

Thanks for responding. I'm not that current on politics but I don't think I could name many liberal Republicans in Congress. Maybe Susan Collins of Maine?

It could be that many voters feel as you say. But from what I've seen the Republican Congress doesn't reflect that. If anything they are more conservative than ever.

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LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 11:45 am

I am offended by many post on here. Obama's has not been ineffectual because of ONE house being controlled by the other party. He has had it much better until now than Clinton had...both parties were republican for him and he was no way ineffectual. He got quite a lot passed... Obama just won't compromise (but now is saying that the republicans should compromise when he won't). He Also has complained and whined a ton about the mess he was given. 6 years after taking office he has had enough time to change things.
No one I know from extreme libertarian type to extreme liberal want women to be paid less than their worth. (Studies have shown women tend to not negotiate better salaries and don't ask for raises as much as men. That's not a government fault but a personal issue people including myself need to work on). War on women is just anti-republican lies.

Minimum wage...I don't want it raised! It's bad for our economy. We have one of the lowest labor participation rates in decades. People stopped looking for work and dropped out. Minimum wage is actually quite higher (and possibly double) what it was when it started, adjusted for inflation. It should be only about 3.50 or so. Interesting, no?
Plus, raising it only kills jobs, more automation and self-service (self checkout) and increases prices. So the few who kept their job make more but more are out of the job and prices increase for everyone. And if you made more than minimum, your wage doesn't automatically go up so many will be worse off.

Just my first thoughts on the subject.

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 11:58 am

Maya wrote:

I'm disappointed. I thought the majority of this country was over all that ultra-conservative cr*p, especially in areas such as gun control and education. Seems I was wrong.

Education- what do you want changed? Every republican I know has children's education as a big issue in their mind. More liberal lies that "republicans hate the children". Rolling Eyes

But throwing money at the schools hasn't helped. Some districts with the highest per pupil cost STILL can't read at grade level. The system needs to be changed.

Gun control- meaning taking away a constitutional right from legal law abiding citizens?? The gangs will get them anyways. There are hundreds of laws already on the books. More legislation wont help. So great, have another dozen laws that dont reduce crime. Gun control actually increases crime because every criminal knows no one can stop them. I read the stats- maybe you should too.

Oh, And Ask a huge proponent of gun control- Feinstein. She has one of only a few concealed carry permits in her hometown of San Francisco. And she has a security detail. If it isn't safe for her, what about the rest of the families there? And if she is safe, who is to say You won't be safer? How hypocritical of her...

Talya

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 12:03 pm

Barbara wrote:

Obama reigned in? Obama has been an ineffectual president, with the Republicans blocking virtually all meaningful legislation for years.

It means that the minimum wage will not be raised. That there will be an effort to eliminate all federal support for student loans. That there will be a renewed push for "student initiated" prayer in schools. (That's right, folks with special ed kids in public schools; but don't worry, your kids can sit silently while everyone else thanks Jésus, who is their personal Lord and Savior). Continuing Common Core. No gun control and, in fact, a push for an end to gun licensing. End Obamacare (including, of course, allowing children to be on parents' insurance into their 20s, and and end to refusal of care for pre-existing conditions) with an eventual push to end Medicaid.

It means the appointment of Conservative judges who will continue the Republican agenda for decades.

It means stricter immigration policy. And if you think that's a good thing with the increasing anti-semitism in Europe, I suggest you think again.

I'm all for getting rid of obamacare and gun control. Just saying.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 12:16 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

You're offended because everyone doesn't agree with your political views?

Do you understand what it means to earn minimum wage? It means that if you work full time, you still cannot rent a decent one-bedroom apartment, because the cost of the apartment EXCEEDS your income. Not deducting for food or anything else.

The minimum wage of $1.60 an hour in 1968 would be $10.90 today when adjusted for inflation, and the national minimum wage is $7.25, but let's not let facts get in the way of political screeds. Moreover, politics aside, most economists believe that raising the minimum wage will not decrease employment.

Republicans have largely voted as a bloc against anything proposed by Obama, no matter what it is. Its impossible for me to believe that's based on genuine beliefs. And its destroying our country.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 12:34 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

Education- what do you want changed? Every republican I know has children's education as a big issue in their mind. More liberal lies that "republicans hate the children". Rolling Eyes

What do I want? I want Common Core gone. I want required testing, which means that teachers have little discretion, and need to teach to the test, gone. I want schools to be able to do what works on the ground, in their classrooms. I want smaller class size in the lower grades.

Where do you think "the gangs" are getting guns? Do you think they're machining them in the basement? They get them by buying them legally, if they can, or through straw purchases. ATF officials say that only about 8% of the nation's 124,000 retail gun dealers sell the majority of handguns that are used in crimes. You can go on Amazon and buy thousands of rounds of ammunition. Legally.

marina

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 1:52 pm

I'm not a hardcore Democrat. I've voted for republicans and will do so again, if the right person comes up.

I think Obama's been a great president. Obamacare helped our family so much. I really don't know what we would have done without it.

I'm fine with the common core. It's not a bad program at all. Testing, in my experience, improved the education many minority kids from low socio economic backgrounds received. I do agree that rich white kids may not have benefited as much.

However, I'm more than a little annoyed with the Office for Civil Rights and its recent initiatives in terms of investigating racial discrimination in discpline in schools. They mean well and the concept is an important one. But the way the investigation works is completely out of control and ridiculous.

marina

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 1:57 pm

War on women is not a real thing, but war on women's rights is- at least in some states. I can't tell you how many republican leaders have tried to push through ludicrous unconstitutional anti abortion/ birth control bills.

Here's an example http://www.theatlantic.com/pol.....2401/

causemommysaid

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 2:05 pm

anon for this wrote:

If anything they are more conservative than ever.

well that is a scary thing. the country needs moderates.

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 2:50 pm

Barbara wrote:

Firstly, I was offended by those who made and intimated comments that "republicans hate women, don't care about the poor, don't care about education etc...".
You picked a random date for stating minimum wage. Which just happens to be the one that best backs your statement.I picked a different date. However my date was the START of the law, which should show intention. I relooked at the numbers. It was $0.25 in 1938, which would be $4.13 today. And most states have higher minimum wages than the federal level.

And republicans may vote for anything Obama wants. Not because they don't like him. But because ideologically they disagree with him.

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 2:56 pm

Barbara wrote:

And most republicans that I know don't like common core either. Testing has some benefits and some detriments. We need to hold teachers accountable to actually teach while also giving them the freedom to do what works for their students.
Mail order guns has been illegal since JFK was killed. So buying ammunition online doesnt cause crimes- they need a gun first and many are being brought over the border. At least in those border states. And why should buying ammunition online be illegal? Anyone can go in person to buy. You can't use it unless you have a gun which must be bought in person.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 3:14 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

ROFL*.

Sorry, but what you're saying is patently ridiculous.

MOST guns used in crimes are purchased, legally, in the United States.

Do you know how many states don't criminalize straw sales? How many states don't criminalize providing false information in order to obtain a gun? Don't require background checks for gun show sales?

And let's talk ammunition. Here's the thing. Responsible, legal gun owners don't need a whole lot of ammunition. Sure, they might need some at the shooting range, and laws should enable that. But at home? How many rounds do you need?

Adam Lanza had more than 1700 rounds, legally obtained.

James Eagan Holmes had thousands of rounds, including a hundred-round drum.

Do you think that a hundred-round drum of ammo is for legal use?

Why are you so afraid of reasonable gun control laws?

mille

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 3:27 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

Does $8590.40, before taxes, sound like a reasonable living wage to you, in any state?

By the way, that is $644.28/month post tax income.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 3:31 pm

marina wrote:

Some Republicans have advocated redefining rape. Who can forget Todd Akin's “legitimate rape” does not often lead to pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Or the Paul Ryan co-sponsored narrowing the Medicaid "payment for abortion in case of rape" exemption to cases involving “forcible rape." Because if you don't fight hard enough, you really wanted it.

And Republicans have always quietly stated that while outlawing abortion is first, their eventual goal is to outlaw birth control.

Obviously, you need to know others' wages in order to make a claim for unequal pay. So Democrats introduced a bill that would have made it illegal for employers to retaliate against workers who inquire about or disclose their wages or the wages of other employees in a complaint or investigation. Every -- EVERY -- Republican voted against it. Including Republicans who had been tweeting about it in a positive manner.

chaiz

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 3:38 pm

marina wrote:

I think Obama's been a great president. Obamacare helped our family so much. I really don't know what we would have done without it.

This is a big issue. I know that in some ways it has helped my family out, but in some ways totally messed them up. My father was so excited for "Obamacare" and was really upset with the attitude of many republican politicians. That is until all the aspects of the law went into effect. So he helped pass something and do something to reform the system. But was it the best thing? I am not negating the positive effects for you and your family. I am just saying that it is not the simplest thing and I can see why people are really mad about it.

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 5:03 pm

The CBO says that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would cause 500,000 jobs by 2016. Over 500 economists including Nobel Laureates are urging that the minimum wage NOT be increased. They think the CBO estimate is understating the repercussions.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 5:12 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

Quote:

Dear Mr. President, Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Reid, Congressman Cantor, Senator McConnell, and Congresswoman Pelosi:

July [2014] will mark five years since the federal minimum wage was last raised. We urge you to act now and enact a three-step raise of 95 cents a year for three years—which would mean a minimum wage of $10.10 by 2016—and then index it to protect against inflation. Senator Tom Harkin and Representative George Miller have introduced legislation to accomplish this. The increase to $10.10 would mean that minimum-wage workers who work full time, full year would see a raise from their current salary of roughly $15,000 to roughly $21,000. These proposals also usefully raise the tipped minimum wage to 70% of the regular minimum.

This policy would directly provide higher wages for close to 17 million workers by 2016. Furthermore, another 11 million workers whose wages are just above the new minimum would likely see a wage increase through “spillover” effects, as employers adjust their internal wage ladders. The vast majority of employees who would benefit are adults in working families, disproportionately women, who work at least 20 hours a week and depend on these earnings to make ends meet. At a time when persistent high unemployment is putting enormous downward pressure on wages, such a minimum-wage increase would provide a much-needed boost to the earnings of low-wage workers.

In recent years there have been important developments in the academic literature on the effect of increases in the minimum wage on employment, with the weight of evidence now showing that increases in the minimum wage have had little or no negative effect on the employment of minimum-wage workers, even during times of weakness in the labor market. Research suggests that a minimum-wage increase could have a small stimulative effect on the economy as low-wage workers spend their additional earnings, raising demand and job growth, and providing some help on the jobs front.

Sincerely,

Henry Aaron, Brookings Institution
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Mary Kay Plantes, Plantes Company, LLC
Jeffrey Pliskin, Hamilton College
Robert Plotnick, University of Washington
Karen Rosel Polenske, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mark Price, Keystone Research Center
Kevin Quinn, Bowling Green State University
Codrina Rada, University of Utah
Steven Radelet, Georgetown University
Fredric Raines, Washington University in St. Louis
David Ramsey, Illinois State University (retired)
Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley
Wendy Rayack, Wesleyan University
James Rebitzer, Boston University
Mike Reed, University of Nevada, Reno
Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Reich, University of California, Berkeley
Siobhan Reilly, Mills College
Cordelia Reimers, Hunter College, City University of New York Graduate Center
Stephen Reynolds, University of Utah
Donald Richards, Indiana State University
Philip Robins, University of Miami
Michael Robinson, Mount Holyoke College
Malcolm Robinson, Thomas More College
Charles Rock, Rollins College
William Rodgers, Rutgers University
Dani Rodrik, Institute for Advanced Study
John Roemer, Yale University
Frank Roosevelt, Metropolitan College of New York
Samuel Rosenberg, Roosevelt University
Joshua Rosenbloom, University of Kansas
Stuart Rosewarne, University of Sydney
Sergio Rossi, University of Fribourg
Roy Rotheim, Skidmore College
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University
David F. Ruccio, University of Notre Dame
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
Héctor Sáez, Holy Names University
Gregory Saltzman, Albion College
Isabel Sawhill, Brookings Institution
Peter Schaeffer, West Virginia University
William Schaniel, University of West Georgia
Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland*+
Ted Schmidt, State University of New York, Buffalo State
Stephen Schmidt, Union College
John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Geoffrey Schneider, Bucknell University
Juliet Schor, Boston College
Amy Schwartz, New York University
Elliott Sclar, Columbia University
Jason Scorse, Monterey Institute
Robert E. Scott, Economic Policy Institute
Ian Seda-Irizarry, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Renata Serra, University of Florida
Mohamad Shaaf, University of Central Oklahoma
Jean Shackelford, Bucknell University (emerita)
Harley Shaiken, University of California, Berkeley
David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Shapiro, Georgetown University
Rajiv Sharma, Portland State University
Dennis Shea, Pennsylvania State University
Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College
Steven Shulman, Colorado State University
Nicholas Shunda, University of Redlands
Laurence Shute, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dan Sichel, Wellesley College
Perry Singleton, Syracuse University
Eric Sjoberg, University of Utah
Curtis Skinner, National Center for Children in Poverty
Peter Skott, University of Massachusetts
Courtenay Slater, Retired
Timothy Smeeding, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Niloufer Sohrabji, Simmons College
Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota
Robert Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*+
Allen Soltow, University of Tulsa (retired)
Roger Sparks, Mills College
A. Michael Spence, New York University*
Peter Spiegler, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Janet Spitz, The College of Saint Rose
Case Sprenkle, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
William Spriggs, Howard University and AFL-CIO
Charles Staelin, Smith College
Brian Staihr, University of Kansas
J. Ron Stanfield, Colorado State University (emeritus)
K.C. Stanfield, DePauw University
Mark Stephens, Tennessee Tech University
Ann Stevens, University of California, Davis
Mary Stevenson, University of Massachusetts, Boston
James Stewart, Pennsylvania State University (emeritus)
Chace Stiehl, Bellevue College
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University*
Chad Stone, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Diana Strassmann, Rice University
Cornelia Strawser, Bernan Press
Myra Strober, Stanford University
Woody Studenmund, Occidental College
David Sturges, Colgate University
Timothy Sullivan, Towson University
Lawrence Summers, Harvard University
William Sundstrom, Santa Clara University
Richard Sutch, University of California, Riverside and Berkeley
Paul Swaim, OECD
James Swaney, Wright State University (emeritus)
Sharon Szymanski, State University of New York, Empire State College
Michael Taillard, Bellevue University
Vis Taraz, Smith College
Linwood Tauheed, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Daniele Tavani, Colorado State University
William Taylor, New Mexico Highlands University
Lance Taylor, The New School for Social Research
Peter Temin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Terkla, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Ranjini Thaver, Stetson University
Mark Thoma, University of Oregon
Frank Thompson, University of Michigan
Emanuel Thorne, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Chris Tilly, University of California, Los Angeles
Renee Toback, Economy Connection
Jim Tober, Marlboro College
Mayo Toruño, California State University, San Bernardino
Scott Trees, Siena College
Marjorie Turner, San Diego State University (emeritus)
A. Dale Tussing, Syracuse University
Eric Tymoigne, Lewis and Clark College
Laura Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
Lynn Unruh, University of Central Florida
David Vail, Bowdoin College
Hendrik Van den Berg, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
William Van Lear, Belmont Abbey College
Andres Vargas, Texas Tech University
Ann Velenchik, Wellesley College
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University
Paula Voos, Rutgers University
Jeff Waddoups, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Norman Waitzman, University of Utah
Lawrence Waldman, University of New Mexico
William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Robert Wassmer, California State University, Sacramento
John Watkins, Westminster College (Salt Lake City)
David Weiman, Barnard College and Columbia University
Scott A. Weir, Wake Technical Community College
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Charles Weise, Gettysburg College
Thomas Weisskopf, University of Michigan
Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sarah West, Macalester College
Cathleen Whiting, Willamette University
Howard Wial, University of Illinois, Chicago
Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Charles Wilber, University of Notre Dame
Sarah Wilhelm, SA Wilhelm Consulting
John Willoughby, American University
Valerie Wilson, National Urban League
Margrethe Winslow, University of San Francisco
Jon Wisman, American University
Barbara Wolfe, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Edward Wolff, New York University
Max Wolff, The New School
Marty Wolfson, University of Notre Dame
Rossitza Wooster, Portland State University
Brenda Wyss, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Todd Yarbrough, Aquinas College
Yavuz Yasar, University of Denver
Anne Yeagle, University of Utah
Linda Wilcox Young, Southern Oregon University
Ben Young, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Helen Youngelson-Neal, Portland State University
Carol Zabin, University of California, Berkeley
David Zalewski, Providence College
Paul Zarembka, State University of New York, Buffalo
James Ziliak, University of Kentucky
Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College
Jeffrey Zink, Morningside College
Michael Zweig, State University of New York, Stony Brook

* Nobel laureate
+ Has served as American Economic Association president

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 5:27 pm

Barbara wrote:

And just because one idiot said something, it does not mean all republicans agree. While some are not for the government paying for all abortions, many have no problem when it comes to rape or when the life of the mother.
Akin has been criticized by many republicans. He's an idiot about this.

Barbara

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 5:34 pm

LittleDucky wrote:

Paul Ryan is one of the country's leading Republicans.

Every time I set forth a standard Republican position, including the Republican platform, you deny that's what you believe in.

I'd have real questions about anyone who supported every Republican (or Democratic) position, which is why the Republican bloc voting is so troubling. But you don't seem to support ANY of it.

Fine. But accept that you're not the prototypical Republican.

LittleDucky

Thu, Nov 06 2014, 6:17 pm

Barbara wrote:

I actually research opinions before I accept them/ follow them. I don't just listen to talking heads like many do. A "standard republican position" is like saying we are all robots following the exact same script. We think for ourselves. Shocking, no?