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Republicans raise the debt ceiling by 4 trillion while kicking millions off insurance

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, May 12, 2025.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Maybe they should rise the pay for those jobs
    until Americans will apply for them

    Isn't that how Capitalism is suppose to work
    They have make the demand for the job palatable to the point that the supply shows up?

    but no . . they want to be able to FORCE labor to take whatever they offer
    aka circumventing capitalism into a one sided affair.

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  2. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    If a peach orchard cannot survive paying legal workers bargained for wages, then it should not survive. That land would be repurposed for something else which can be productive. If that means people have to buy imported peaches, or peaches become a luxury item because they have to raise prices, so be it. Why would it be better to support exploiting illegal immigrants so people can have cheap peaches?
    I don't use political expediency as my guide. That's why I am a libertarian.
    Enforcing laws can be sold to Americans though. If that then forces them to reckon with reality, all the better.
     
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  3. Rocket River

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    We are so quick to tell consumers/individuals that if they cannot afford it . . .don't buy it
    YET we still feel like Corps/Ownership is ENTITLED to cheap labor

    If Peaches cannot be grown and havested at a cost that market can bear .. .then they do become a luxury item
    So Be It.
    That Said . . . .we really need to see why everything in America seems cost twice as much as everywhere else
    est pharmaceuticals

    Rocket River
     
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  4. ROCKSS

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    I find it sad that a can of peaches could potentially be a luxury item, we have lived of the sweat of immigrants for so long to be able to have cheap things like beef, chicken, vegetables..................practically everything we eat

    then trump and team paint a wide brush that there ALL bad which is simply not true. I am not sure if they paid an American $25.00 an hour that they would WANT to pick the dam things in this heat......................the American labor pool is not into that type of work IMO but hey, I hope she gives it a shot and if Peaches go from 2.50 a lb to 25.00 a lb I just wont buy them.
     
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  5. Rocket River

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    Maybe the issue is that someone should not need to be paid 25/hr to make their way in America
    When Rent is 1800 a month for a 1 bedroom apt
    that is crazy . . .
    1800 rent/40 hrs a week/ 4 weeks = AT LEAST 11.25$/Hr
    and that is JUST FOR RENT!!!

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  6. astros123

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    Yeah, scary and disturbing stuff. Those types should be locked away without a key. The sickest part is they are far more dangerous and sadistic than most illegals, and you never hear Trump screaming in outrage over any of these types, because of those they are victimizing.
     
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