tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post9188300242033985361..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Republicans "Fighting" Poverty AgainGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-61662812810451229322014-01-12T13:33:51.098-08:002014-01-12T13:33:51.098-08:00Just another data point on the graph that shows Ob...Just another data point on the graph that shows Obama as a corporatist rather than a progressive, regardless of what the right says.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-8969208455385252572014-01-12T13:15:32.114-08:002014-01-12T13:15:32.114-08:00Sad to say, I think you are right about the "...Sad to say, I think you are right about the "Promise Zones." Obama here is bending to the will of the rich, just as he is doing (far more seriously) with his Pacific trade treaty, and as Clinton did with NAFTA and welfare "reform."<br /><br />Obama will live to regret it as Clinton has, but that won't help the tens of millions of Americans who are hurt by this.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-25442122761617482722014-01-12T09:30:08.574-08:002014-01-12T09:30:08.574-08:00With correct ID/
I don't see how this differs ...With correct ID/<br />I don't see how this differs much from Obama's Promise Zones Mike Whitney wrote about. http://www.counterpunch.org/<br />And it's true that block grants just put inequity into the hands of the states. Back in the '80s it was compared to giving a basket of candy to the biggest kids on the playground and expecting them to divide it up fairly.Paul Averynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-82555313030073261002014-01-12T09:25:38.860-08:002014-01-12T09:25:38.860-08:00I don't see how this differs much from Obama&#...I don't see how this differs much from Obama's Promise Zones Mike Whitney wrote about. http://www.counterpunch.org/<br />And it's true that block grants just put inequity into the hands of the states. Back in the '80s it was compared to giving a basket of candy to the biggest kids on the playground and expecting them to divide it up fairly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-13951985795442991362014-01-11T18:32:29.047-08:002014-01-11T18:32:29.047-08:00“if you can't pay your employees a decent wage...“if you can't pay your employees a decent wage, you have no right to have a business”<br /><br />Absolutely. And furthermore you are a drain on the broader economy because your employees aren’t able to go buy anything. Prosperity breeds prosperity, and the reverse is also true. <br /><br />Personal example: my older sibling’s daughter makes over 16 dollars an hour- that being the minimum wage here for someone over 18 - and works part time for two fast food outlets, one of them McDonalds, and studies at university full time. A Big Mac is just as cheap as it ever was. <br />Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-64548793878450622562014-01-11T14:30:31.855-08:002014-01-11T14:30:31.855-08:00I agree totally. It has long been my opinion that...I agree totally. It has long been my opinion that if you can't pay your employees a decent wage, you have no right to have a business, any more than if you kept your head above water by not paying your suppliers. <br /><br />If you go under and there is a demand for whatever you supplied, our vaunted free enterprise system will surely see to it that someone a little smarter than you figures out a way to meet the need. In the meantime, perhaps you should try flipping burgers for a few years.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-63984604034437485352014-01-11T13:47:10.448-08:002014-01-11T13:47:10.448-08:00Block grants do nothing the help reduce proverty. ...Block grants do nothing the help reduce proverty. It just shifts the burden from the federal government to the state governments. What should be done is to shift the responsibility from the federal government to businesses. Raise the minimum wage such that a person working 40 hrs/wk no longer required federal assistance. Let business pay the full cost of labor rather than being subsidized by the federal government through various poverty programs.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com