NO ONE is entitled to wealth or a comfortable living. If you can earn it legitimately and honestly, more power to you. But you are not ENTITLED to it. In the U.S. at least, it is entirely possible for someone to rise out of poverty to a very cushy living. My mother did it--through working hard. She earned everything. Let me point out two things:
1) Raises in the minimum wage often result in the lack of jobs for the very people they are intended to help because it makes them too expensive to hire.
2) New, inexperienced workers are unable to enter the labor force because they are too expensive to hire.
MINIMUM WAGE CAUSES UNEMPLOYMENT. I am currently being paid at minimum wage as I work to get through school, and I do not believe in minimum wage. I do not want to work for someone who is paying me more than he thinks I'm worth simply because the pinko-commies such as yourself who run the government think that I am incapable of helping myself. If people cannot support themself, that is THEIR PROBLEM. THEY are the lazy bastards who refuse to earn a living, not me.
Let me reword this. NO ONE is forcing you to work for your employer. You are free to leave at any time and either start your own business, go work for someone else, or become a vagrant. You have that right. As there is no "compulsory labor" law, employers have the right to pay you whatever they wish (I am against minimum wage), work you as hard as they wish, etc., because you are free to leave at any time.
When someone is *FORCED* to work somewhere for fear of death or imprisonment, you may be correct. Until then, businesses will be private institutions, and the only part of the Constitution that will apply there will be the right of a property owner to dictate what happens on his or her own property.
Also, we're a federal republic, not a democracy.
Vote Libertarian and be able to live with yourself.
Also, let me point out that regardless of the rationale for the Second Amendment stated in the Constitution, "...the right to bear arms shall not be infringed" means that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Period. Regardless of who owns them or the affiliations of the owner. The rationale does not matter, just the final clause.
"there are 2 possibilities. a world with guns and a world without. i vote that we move towards the latter"
And that is why, frankly, our nation is screwed--along with the fact that the media only pays attention to commie pinkos like Nader without paying attention to the candidate from the de facto third party in the US. I know this has been said time and time again, and I hate to use cliches, but if we outlaw guns, then ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS. Just common sense--if someone's attacking you, would you rather be able to defend yourself or wait a couple of minutes for the police to come (which, if the attacker realized that you had called the police, would likely result in the attacker killing you instantly).
THANK YOU! Realistically, though--can Bill Gates take my car? Can he murder my children? Can he sleep with our women the first night of their marriage? If he wants me to mow my grass for him, he still has to pay me, just like I'd have to pay him if I wanted to use his products (ha!). HE HAS NO POWER OVER ME.
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NO ONE is entitled to wealth or a comfortable living. If you can earn it legitimately and honestly, more power to you. But you are not ENTITLED to it. In the U.S. at least, it is entirely possible for someone to rise out of poverty to a very cushy living. My mother did it--through working hard. She earned everything. Let me point out two things: 1) Raises in the minimum wage often result in the lack of jobs for the very people they are intended to help because it makes them too expensive to hire. 2) New, inexperienced workers are unable to enter the labor force because they are too expensive to hire. MINIMUM WAGE CAUSES UNEMPLOYMENT. I am currently being paid at minimum wage as I work to get through school, and I do not believe in minimum wage. I do not want to work for someone who is paying me more than he thinks I'm worth simply because the pinko-commies such as yourself who run the government think that I am incapable of helping myself. If people cannot support themself, that is THEIR PROBLEM. THEY are the lazy bastards who refuse to earn a living, not me.
Let me reword this. NO ONE is forcing you to work for your employer. You are free to leave at any time and either start your own business, go work for someone else, or become a vagrant. You have that right. As there is no "compulsory labor" law, employers have the right to pay you whatever they wish (I am against minimum wage), work you as hard as they wish, etc., because you are free to leave at any time.
When someone is *FORCED* to work somewhere for fear of death or imprisonment, you may be correct. Until then, businesses will be private institutions, and the only part of the Constitution that will apply there will be the right of a property owner to dictate what happens on his or her own property. Also, we're a federal republic, not a democracy. Vote Libertarian and be able to live with yourself.
Also, let me point out that regardless of the rationale for the Second Amendment stated in the Constitution, "...the right to bear arms shall not be infringed" means that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Period. Regardless of who owns them or the affiliations of the owner. The rationale does not matter, just the final clause.
"there are 2 possibilities. a world with guns and a world without. i vote that we move towards the latter" And that is why, frankly, our nation is screwed--along with the fact that the media only pays attention to commie pinkos like Nader without paying attention to the candidate from the de facto third party in the US. I know this has been said time and time again, and I hate to use cliches, but if we outlaw guns, then ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS. Just common sense--if someone's attacking you, would you rather be able to defend yourself or wait a couple of minutes for the police to come (which, if the attacker realized that you had called the police, would likely result in the attacker killing you instantly).
THANK YOU! Realistically, though--can Bill Gates take my car? Can he murder my children? Can he sleep with our women the first night of their marriage? If he wants me to mow my grass for him, he still has to pay me, just like I'd have to pay him if I wanted to use his products (ha!). HE HAS NO POWER OVER ME.