Leftism is Lunacy
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A living wage is a wage which is based upon the cost of living in an area, rather than an arbitrary minimum. Under an ideal living wage, someone who works an ordinary 40 hour per week job would be able to afford shelter, food, health care, and other basic necessities of life.
From http://www.livingwagenyc.org/pagedetail.php?id=3
Of course, conservatives view that to mean you can afford 2 top ramens, a tent, and a bandaid
From http://www.livingwagenyc.org/pagedetail.php?id=3
Of course, conservatives view that to mean you can afford 2 top ramens, a tent, and a bandaid
I admire you for doing that. If I ran a business, I would likely try to do something similar.
But, still... defining a "living wage" is very difficult to do. If you base your minimum on a family of four, what is the family with 6 kids going to do? How about the single worker, no kids, no spouse? Do they get adjusted down accordingly?
Basically, there has to be some kind of minimum, as you stated. Nailing down what is "fair" is not so simple.
The recent cry is "$15 minimum wage for everyone!". There are many parts of the country that could not "afford" that as a minimum wage. Other areas could likely "afford" more.
While housing seems high to us here in North Texas, we are getting a lot of California refugees that are astonished to find that by selling their 1800sq ft house in the LA area, they can take that money and move right in to a 3500sq ft new home in a gated community here.
I could not afford to live in the Beltway area making what I make. I live very comfortably here on that money.
The only reason I got to spend a little over 3 months in Santa Cruz California back in 2001 is because my company had bought a manufacturing facility there, and had decided to close it down. It was costing too much to operate. Three of us equipment techs went out to help shut down the plant. The techs that were working there, doing the exact same job we were doing, except they had older, less complex equipment to work on, were making 12 to $15 an hour more than we were.
But, still... defining a "living wage" is very difficult to do. If you base your minimum on a family of four, what is the family with 6 kids going to do? How about the single worker, no kids, no spouse? Do they get adjusted down accordingly?
Basically, there has to be some kind of minimum, as you stated. Nailing down what is "fair" is not so simple.
The recent cry is "$15 minimum wage for everyone!". There are many parts of the country that could not "afford" that as a minimum wage. Other areas could likely "afford" more.
While housing seems high to us here in North Texas, we are getting a lot of California refugees that are astonished to find that by selling their 1800sq ft house in the LA area, they can take that money and move right in to a 3500sq ft new home in a gated community here.
I could not afford to live in the Beltway area making what I make. I live very comfortably here on that money.
The only reason I got to spend a little over 3 months in Santa Cruz California back in 2001 is because my company had bought a manufacturing facility there, and had decided to close it down. It was costing too much to operate. Three of us equipment techs went out to help shut down the plant. The techs that were working there, doing the exact same job we were doing, except they had older, less complex equipment to work on, were making 12 to $15 an hour more than we were.
Preacher4Truth
Whether or not you ignore me is not important. What is important is that you have used the unfortunate death of a gay man to further an unloving agenda against an entire group of people.
You do not answer because there is NO answer. This is just an unfortunate thread that has nothing to do with God. There is no love and no empathy, and that is very sad. Jesus weeps.
Whether or not you ignore me is not important. What is important is that you have used the unfortunate death of a gay man to further an unloving agenda against an entire group of people.
You do not answer because there is NO answer. This is just an unfortunate thread that has nothing to do with God. There is no love and no empathy, and that is very sad. Jesus weeps.
It's important to me because it's biblical Laurie, there is nothing profitable in engaging a person such as yourself who defends things God hates while you deride those who stand with God.
He wasn't a gay man, he was a homosexual. Guess what? God has an agenda against all sinners, including your most favorite sin to defend. What is ironic and hypocritical though is that the left is notorious for stereotyping, well known fact.
But you've missed the entire point of an illogical end in the pursuit of leftist ideology; the absurd suicide of a man with a reprobate mind.
What he did was insane and a travesty. It was a sin, and goes so against a right conscience it is unthinkable. His ideology, philosophy, beliefs, sin and lifestyle led him to his unconscionable end.
What that man did is sad.
Obviously while trolling on here you've missed where I stated I would hope no other image bearer would do this. Even those on the right haven't agreed with that statement, unfortunately. They've also not once commented on the fact it is the Gospel of Christ that is needed and is the only hope, which I also mentioned.
You probably hated seeing that I made such empathetic statements. Did you seethe when you saw it? Did seeing that a Christian shows love and a biblical stance at the same time tick you off? Here is what the problem is, it is the biblical stance you take issue with. See, you try to have "love" but you have no true biblical stance.
Oh, I've answered, and there is an answer, his name is Jesus and his Gospel of which you must repent and believe.
Perhaps you should warn those of your ilk of what this man did, and where his reprobation and ideology brought him. You do believe Scripture and God's revelation, right, i.e. Romans 1, Ephesians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:16-21? If you really love your gay friends, transgenders, queers, leftists, then you'd warn them of God's wrath, tell them of the Gospel, pray they come to repentance instead of comforting them with a false "love" that it is OK for them to continue on in sin lost and expect heaven.
But I digress, you, as a leftist, conveniently leave off facts that go against your ideology or show you to be incorrect about your derogating a person you loathe.
Your post has nothing to do with God, it is mere propagation and support of sin he hates, and support and defense of the practice of said sin.
My OP? It has everything to do with God. Note Luke 13:1-5.
He wasn't a gay man, he was a homosexual. Guess what? God has an agenda against all sinners, including your most favorite sin to defend. What is ironic and hypocritical though is that the left is notorious for stereotyping, well known fact.
But you've missed the entire point of an illogical end in the pursuit of leftist ideology; the absurd suicide of a man with a reprobate mind.
What he did was insane and a travesty. It was a sin, and goes so against a right conscience it is unthinkable. His ideology, philosophy, beliefs, sin and lifestyle led him to his unconscionable end.
What that man did is sad.
Obviously while trolling on here you've missed where I stated I would hope no other image bearer would do this. Even those on the right haven't agreed with that statement, unfortunately. They've also not once commented on the fact it is the Gospel of Christ that is needed and is the only hope, which I also mentioned.
You probably hated seeing that I made such empathetic statements. Did you seethe when you saw it? Did seeing that a Christian shows love and a biblical stance at the same time tick you off? Here is what the problem is, it is the biblical stance you take issue with. See, you try to have "love" but you have no true biblical stance.
Oh, I've answered, and there is an answer, his name is Jesus and his Gospel of which you must repent and believe.
Perhaps you should warn those of your ilk of what this man did, and where his reprobation and ideology brought him. You do believe Scripture and God's revelation, right, i.e. Romans 1, Ephesians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:16-21? If you really love your gay friends, transgenders, queers, leftists, then you'd warn them of God's wrath, tell them of the Gospel, pray they come to repentance instead of comforting them with a false "love" that it is OK for them to continue on in sin lost and expect heaven.
But I digress, you, as a leftist, conveniently leave off facts that go against your ideology or show you to be incorrect about your derogating a person you loathe.
Your post has nothing to do with God, it is mere propagation and support of sin he hates, and support and defense of the practice of said sin.
My OP? It has everything to do with God. Note Luke 13:1-5.
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Nothing any more wrong with Fox news than all the other so-called "news" media outlets. Propaganda, opinion stories put forth as "news".
You are half right. There is global warming. There is also global cooling. It's called a cycle.
The problem with these gloom and doom scientists, and you, apparently, is that you think a few years view of a temperature cycle is somehow a harbinger of doom.
You should remember that back in the 70's or so, "scientists" were predicting another ice-age.... because they (the experts) had been monitoring temperature trends for years, and it was going to happen.
Plus, the idea that we puny humans can somehow change God's system of earth's weather is laughable. I do agree that humans can cause problems by deforestation, dumping chemicals into water supplies, etc, but to think that we can cause all the polar ice cap to melt off is simply ludicrous.
You should chill out (no pun intended) and read "State of Fear" by Chrichton... it goes a long way towards exposing/explaining the whole Chicken Little "the sky is falling" mentality, and the money behind promoting that world-view.
Yep... follow the money. Just ask AlGore.
You are half right. There is global warming. There is also global cooling. It's called a cycle.
The problem with these gloom and doom scientists, and you, apparently, is that you think a few years view of a temperature cycle is somehow a harbinger of doom.
You should remember that back in the 70's or so, "scientists" were predicting another ice-age.... because they (the experts) had been monitoring temperature trends for years, and it was going to happen.
Plus, the idea that we puny humans can somehow change God's system of earth's weather is laughable. I do agree that humans can cause problems by deforestation, dumping chemicals into water supplies, etc, but to think that we can cause all the polar ice cap to melt off is simply ludicrous.
You should chill out (no pun intended) and read "State of Fear" by Chrichton... it goes a long way towards exposing/explaining the whole Chicken Little "the sky is falling" mentality, and the money behind promoting that world-view.
Yep... follow the money. Just ask AlGore.
Hmmmm, so we have a leftist here who says being a sodomite isn't the person's fault.
Thus it isn't a sin.
Thus they aren't responsible.
And it isn't demonic either. So, wonder who's fault it is?
Jesus then didn't die for or pay for this as an offering of sin before God. They get a pass, it isn't their fault, so, they can do it all they want, it's all good!
You see how leftism isn't Christianity, yet they believe it is? Empathy for the practice of sodomy is neither Christianity nor is it love any more than excusing a thief is love.
When Paul likened sodomy as sinful human behavior, along with thieves, drunkards, the sexually immoral, swindlers &c he must have made a mistake because it's not their fault. Then it is not their fault that they will not be in the kingdom of God, either, yet God says none who practice these things will enter.
But we have a few here who say, oh, yes, those who practice these things will enter, wait, I mean they say the sodomites will enter. They're not yet fighting for the entrance or cause of thieves and drunkards, yet, just the sodomites, which is of note to say the least.
Thus it isn't a sin.
Thus they aren't responsible.
And it isn't demonic either. So, wonder who's fault it is?
Jesus then didn't die for or pay for this as an offering of sin before God. They get a pass, it isn't their fault, so, they can do it all they want, it's all good!
You see how leftism isn't Christianity, yet they believe it is? Empathy for the practice of sodomy is neither Christianity nor is it love any more than excusing a thief is love.
When Paul likened sodomy as sinful human behavior, along with thieves, drunkards, the sexually immoral, swindlers &c he must have made a mistake because it's not their fault. Then it is not their fault that they will not be in the kingdom of God, either, yet God says none who practice these things will enter.
But we have a few here who say, oh, yes, those who practice these things will enter, wait, I mean they say the sodomites will enter. They're not yet fighting for the entrance or cause of thieves and drunkards, yet, just the sodomites, which is of note to say the least.
I am amazed of how the left has migrated to a position of spin and even to the level of ....flat out lying.
One can no longer accept their positioning without fact checking.
I am becoming convinced that the democratic party has been hijacked and many members do not/will not recognize that has happened.
A civil war is in the making if we cannot stop this absolute non-sense.
One can no longer accept their positioning without fact checking.
I am becoming convinced that the democratic party has been hijacked and many members do not/will not recognize that has happened.
A civil war is in the making if we cannot stop this absolute non-sense.