Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "" video.

There are issues here. One, Amazon pays well with great benefits to begin with. Next, Amazon hire many employees quickly with low qualifications and hurdles to jump through. That helps people in need looking for a job. A union will hinder the relaxed hiring process they have. Not saying the unionization is good or bad, saying there will be drawbacks harming workers.
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@aprescoup how so? Amazon already pays well and has great benefits.
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@stefenyb1163 unions have pros and cons. Some pros are higher wages and better benefits and more worker protection. Some cons are that new workers have a harder time getting a job, and some can't afford the dues. In the case of Amazon they provide great benefits and they have relaxed hiring standards. I recently worked there as I was between jobs graduating from grad school and then waiting for a new career. Getting hired was easy. I showed up, took a drug test, and got a start date. With unions that practice will most likely go away as union workers do not want inexperienced workers holding wages down.
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@aprescoup a lot of corporations make money off of share holders. The workers don't produce much in terms of profit.
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@aprescoup not really. Not everything can be a worker coop. Besides, in Amazon you can buy shares if you want as well as a part of your benefits. I can buy shares at my job at 95% of what they are worth.
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@Rae Tavia true, without workers there is nothing. But with corporations their size is because of shareholders. Without them Amazon would not be as big as they are meaning less workers. That is my point. Yes, workers produce profit. I guess I should have worded it better. Most of Amazon's revenue comes from shareholders.
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@aprescoup like what? Many jobs that hire low skilled, part time, and short term workers. Do you want a high school kid making tough decisions in how McDonalds should function?
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@aprescoup how is Amazon a monopoly? Also, many places give them shares or at a discount rate. For example, where I work I can buy shares at 95% of what they are worth.
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@j0j0dartiste21 Amazon offers healthcare benefits. The whole peeing in bottles issue was by a truck driver where that is normal with truck drivers.
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@j0j0dartiste21 when did I say unionization was bad?
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@prophet7885 hey, you are back. Why did you run away from our last discussion?
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@jgmediting7770 well, here is where the discussion led. It was about immigration. Prophet was mostly against illegal immigration. But he was trying to steer the conversation to get me to oppose all immigration. I told him there should be a standard in how one immigrates into this nation. Prophet mentioned that immigrants are typically more productive than US natural born citizens. I said I agree, and that is a reason why I support immigration. But those individuals are ones who typically come here legally, that have skills and an education to come here and produce, or money. The ones coming here illegally typically don't have money and/or skills, thus they produce very little. He was trying to bait me to get me to oppose all immigrant to call me a racist like he is doing now. However, I am not a racist which is why I support immigration, I feel there should be a standard. And because we have standards the ones who come here legally produce in the US. Prophet tried to encompass both legal and illegal immigrants into one in productivity by them when you can't. So it wasn't about me not knowing what I was talking about. I knew what I was talking about. It was about him trying to bait me to call me a racist but I did not fall for it. Hence, he ran away.
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@prophet7885 to start, I did not run away from anything. Next, on asylum seekers, it is similar to legal immigration, there needs to be a standard. I never said I did not support asylum seekers, as with immigration as a whole there needs to be a standard. On the sources you cite, as with legal immigration, we are bringing in people who have skills and contribute to begin with. Illegal immigrants typically don't. This is, once again, you basically saying since legal immigrants and immigrants that come to this nation with a set standard are productive then we should allow all immigrants in our nation. It doesn't work that way. Immigrants that come in this nation legally are productive for a reason. Also, illegal immigrants hardly pay taxes. Why? Because they can't pay taxes. The only taxes they pay are consumption taxes in which tourists also pay, so that skews the results on the reports you give. On the reports you are giving have a big flaw, how do you determine if a immigrant is here legally or not to get such data? And if you can, why are they not being deported? Getting data that you are presenting on illegal immigration is difficult because it is hard to determine if someone is here illegally or not. The data is unreliable. On the Little Rock 9 what you had there was a local government violating the constitution. So the SC should have been involved. I was never inconsistent in anything I said. How did you debunk me? Please tell. I have a standard and I stick to it. How did I run away? Please tell. I checked back on the comment thread days later and you never responded.
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@prophet7885 to add in illegal immigration, most cannot receive welfare for the same reason they cannot pay income taxes, they are here illegally. They can't apply, so that also skews the data. Where they waste resources is in the fact they produce very little overall.
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@prophet7885 " the data shows that legal immigrants who lack education, are poor, and have a language barrier contribute more than they get from the government." Yes, legal. I told you I have no problem with legal immigration as they follow the standard to get in. If they are able to follow the standard to get in chances are they will be successful. Just like if someone follows the standard to get into college chances are they will graduate. "ven wanting all non-violent undocumented immigrants currently within the states to become legal residents still doesn't mean I want all immigrants allowed to come in. Try to comprehend that if you can. " Then what is your standard? So you make all undocumented immigrants citizens. And 10 years from now we have more undocumented immigrants, do you make them legal? To me it seems like you have no standards. Also, when you become undocumented it is time for you to leave or get the documentations. If you can't then you need to leave. Follow the current standards. The IRS "estimates". Ok. And again, if they are here illegally they do not pay income taxes. They will only pay a consumption tax. So that is where that estimate comes from. Also, it is more than just taxes. Think of the jobs they take up that Americans can use? Or consider how they do not grow as a person to take on more challenging and productive jobs? You are looking at the flat dollar rate as opposed to other factors. And with income taxes it is the same as welfare, you can't get it if you are hear illegally as you do not have the resources to apply such as a SS number or proof of citizenship. " And on why they aren't deported when data can be collected from them, that's because not everyone is ICE." Sure, but the IRS is supposed to report. Maybe at this point you are showing on poor the federal government is at doing their job. And how am I relying on my feelings? I am explaining to you how you can't just look at money and tax revenue as an indicator as one, there are flaws in such methods and two, there are other factors as well. How about an apartment space they take up that someone else can use? Or a job they take up that someone else can use? Or how where they live they do not have the ability nor desire to improve their living conditions and thus the neighborhood they live ends up being a slum. Several factors. For example, while they may not take in much tax dollars themselves, if they live in a neighborhood that ends up being low income and high crime, how much does that cost society? You need to factor that in. If you are here illegally you are not going to become a doctor, or even a working making a decent wage/salary. You are limited. So it isn't feelings here. In fact, a PEW study says that the average household for an illegal immigrant is 3.1 people at $36,000 a year. These are not people who are going to contribute a lot to a local community and improve it. That cost society money and resources. Look at the big picture and not cherry picked data points. "Someone else: "This is absolutely against the scientific and medical consensus." whyamimrpink78: "Maybe because they are on your side. That's my problem."" When was this? What context? Again, you keep trying to quote me as if you are trying to make me look bad but when you do not give context that makes you look bad. How am I inconsistent? If the local government violates the Constitution then the federal government steps in. The Civil Rights Act was unnecessary as we have the 14th amendment. "When I brought up the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was in effect prior to that intervention, you flipped on that since that would mean you had to accept the Civil Rights Acts. " Nope. Still consistent. The law is unnecessary because of the 14th amendment. " So now, what should the Supreme Court have done to enforce the 14th amendment that the governor was violating?" Easy, say the local government is violating it and tell them to stop. If they don't then they can have the governor or mayor or whatever government official violating the Constitution be removed. If that does not work you then go to force with the military. No Civil Rights Act needed. So where am I not consistent?
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@prophet7885 well?
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@prophet7885 so you ran away again.
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@prophet7885 well, goodbye then I guess
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@prophet7885 ok, here is my response " the data shows that legal immigrants who lack education, are poor, and have a language barrier contribute more than they get from the government." Yes, legal. I told you I have no problem with legal immigration as they follow the standard to get in. If they are able to follow the standard to get in chances are they will be successful. Just like if someone follows the standard to get into college chances are they will graduate. "ven wanting all non-violent undocumented immigrants currently within the states to become legal residents still doesn't mean I want all immigrants allowed to come in. Try to comprehend that if you can. " Then what is your standard? So you make all undocumented immigrants citizens. And 10 years from now we have more undocumented immigrants, do you make them legal? To me it seems like you have no standards. Also, when you become undocumented it is time for you to leave or get the documentations. If you can't then you need to leave. Follow the current standards. The IRS "estimates". Ok. And again, if they are here illegally they do not pay income taxes. They will only pay a consumption tax. So that is where that estimate comes from. Also, it is more than just taxes. Think of the jobs they take up that Americans can use? Or consider how they do not grow as a person to take on more challenging and productive jobs? You are looking at the flat dollar rate as opposed to other factors. And with income taxes it is the same as welfare, you can't get it if you are hear illegally as you do not have the resources to apply such as a SS number or proof of citizenship. " And on why they aren't deported when data can be collected from them, that's because not everyone is ICE." Sure, but the IRS is supposed to report. Maybe at this point you are showing on poor the federal government is at doing their job. And how am I relying on my feelings? I am explaining to you how you can't just look at money and tax revenue as an indicator as one, there are flaws in such methods and two, there are other factors as well. How about an apartment space they take up that someone else can use? Or a job they take up that someone else can use? Or how where they live they do not have the ability nor desire to improve their living conditions and thus the neighborhood they live ends up being a slum. Several factors. For example, while they may not take in much tax dollars themselves, if they live in a neighborhood that ends up being low income and high crime, how much does that cost society? You need to factor that in. If you are here illegally you are not going to become a doctor, or even a working making a decent wage/salary. You are limited. So it isn't feelings here. In fact, a PEW study says that the average household for an illegal immigrant is 3.1 people at $36,000 a year. These are not people who are going to contribute a lot to a local community and improve it. That cost society money and resources. Look at the big picture and not cherry picked data points. "Someone else: "This is absolutely against the scientific and medical consensus." whyamimrpink78: "Maybe because they are on your side. That's my problem."" When was this? What context? Again, you keep trying to quote me as if you are trying to make me look bad but when you do not give context that makes you look bad. How am I inconsistent? If the local government violates the Constitution then the federal government steps in. The Civil Rights Act was unnecessary as we have the 14th amendment. "When I brought up the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was in effect prior to that intervention, you flipped on that since that would mean you had to accept the Civil Rights Acts. " Nope. Still consistent. The law is unnecessary because of the 14th amendment. " So now, what should the Supreme Court have done to enforce the 14th amendment that the governor was violating?" Easy, say the local government is violating it and tell them to stop. If they don't then they can have the governor or mayor or whatever government official violating the Constitution be removed. If that does not work you then go to force with the military. No Civil Rights Act needed. So where am I not consistent?
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@prophet7885 and you say no quick response, how long should I wait?
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@prophet7885 it seems to me with no quick response you will respond in a couple weeks and then say I ran away which I did not.
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@dmike3507 productivity is up because of technology. And a lot of the unskilled jobs you talk about that existed in the past no longer exist. And you can't just say inflation as not everything inflates in the economy. How much is the Blockbuster employee worth today?
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@ButtMcDuck "when our minimum should have been $21.50 if it kept up with growth. " It isn't that easy. Not everything inflates.
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@theflyingwelshman5338 it isn't. What method of inflation are you using? CPI, PCE, GDP deflator? What about bias such as new technology bias? There are many factors at play.
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@serpico1616 how am I a troll? Because I understand economics? There are a lot of factors involved in inflation.
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@j0j0dartiste21 low skilled workers are lower in demand and also produce less. Thus they are paid less.
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@j0j0dartiste21 CEO compensation is based on a lot of variables. One is how they expand the company. If a CEO creates hundreds of jobs don't they deserve more compensation/
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