[quote name='egofed']People need to empower themselves, not government. As long as a company is private and following the law, then it should be able to cut wages and benefits as it sees fit. It does not belong to the people. The people can cause change by boycotting the company. It's not the company's fault that the majority of Americans are too lazy and selfish to not buy the latest I-phone to send a message of disapproval. I lived a few years making about $15k/year due to valuing free time over wealth. No cable TV, no $50/month cell phone, no extravagant meals, no fancy car, NO CHILDREN! I was eating chicken breast, veggies, tuna fish, and protein shakes, my time was spent surfing, playing tennis and basketball, working out, and dating. I was lean, strong, and happy. I lived within my means. I miss those days....My point being that we have become lazy and dependent. We want everything without the required work and dedication. You want kids? Become a success. Whining about your "fate" is weak and unproductive. The world owes you nothing. Forcing a max wage is straight up slavery. Every man is entitled to the sweat off his brow, as long as it is obtained legally. Don't like your job? Quit. Get the other workers to quit also. I'm not anti-union until they become as demanding and unjust as the corporations they fight. Companies should have the right to fire everybody and start over if they wish. Private money versus public money being the difference. The government should NEVER force its will on anybody(even a corporation) unless a legitimate law has been broken. I'm for basic regulations that ensure clean water and environmental protection. VERY BASIC. People need to be made responsible for their own lives again. Choices and repercussions.
I'm also a Christian. Jesus says to love everybody. What you do to the least of you is done unto Him. Forced charity AKA welfare is not a Christian value. Help the poor, don't wait for the government to steal from you to do it. I have my faith because my mom was healed from MS over 20 years ago. She has the scans of the brain lesions and memories of uncontrolled shaky hands to prove it. I saw it all. The doctors have no answer to why she is still alive, yet alone able to work her entire career up until retiring last year. Maybe she is Wolverine, maybe Santa Claus does exist, all I know is that she is still alive and healed, and she believes that God is the reason. My faith stands strong for it. I have been called a racist in these forums. I have risked my life to save minorities many times during my life. That should speak volumes about how I view every person the same. Deeds and actions over aesthetics.
We have complicated and "over-bureacracied" our government into the mess it is today. Democrats and Republicans are to blame. We need to get our financial house in order and keep it that way. Nobody should have to fork over half of their legitimate earnings over to the government to do it either. Are you guys for the real estate tax? Taking 55% of a dead citizens already taxed property? That is truly shameful.
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Yeah, posting videos with black people that play on racist stereotypes as if they weren't while stating how prevalent those cases are, when they aren't, isn't racist at all! Just like how posting pics of Obama as a monkey isn't racist because there are tons of pics of Bush Jr as a monkey too! You know exactly how you're racist so get the

outta here with that bullshit.
Taxes=slavery huh? This is you, isn't it?