Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Senator Bernie Sanders" channel.

  1. aleche96 Yep, I was so bad off that I had to pay my $6000 car with on payment, no loans. Man, my boss made it hard for me.
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  2. CriminalGameplay Even if there are allies there will be someone who is going to go against the group and work to their advantage. They will pay more to bring in better employees and have a more successful business. That one CEO will be considered "greedy" by his "allies". You see, greed is good.
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  3. Bernie Sanders, a career politician and a very dangerous man.  Anyone who has done minor research can see that Sanders is just bullshitting everyone to buy votes.
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  4. ***** What is wrong with 50 different programs? A one size fits all policy won't work in this country. It also holds everyone back instead of letting states develop programs that work for them.
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  5. ***** There can't be 50 different militaries, that is unconstitutional. The can be 50 different SS and 50 different FDA and 50 different NIH. There are 50 different education curriculum and 50 different sets of traffic laws and 50 different forms of sales tax and property tax. The USA was capitalist when it won WWII. We are still a major powerhouse in the world.
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  6. +John Pieloio I would like to see the numbers in how that will pay for things. And I have used healthcare once in 10 years and it cost $30. So raising my taxes will not help me.
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  7. Bernie Sanders is too radical to win.  Outside of Vermont he is not popular at all.
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  8. Sanders is going to run because he is 73 years old.  If he loses so what?  He will retire.  He doesn't care.  He is a pure politician.  He doesn't know much about economics.  Watch him in any debate that goes longer than 5 minutes and he is losing.  If by dumb luck he makes it pass the primaries he will get stomped in the general election.
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  9. Taylor Rowekamp If the CEO of McDonalds and Walmart were to take $0 their employees would earn around an extra $0.001 per hour. I hope they don't spend it all on one place. Bernie Sanders has no clue what he is talking about.
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  10. Ben Oliver "There is ZERO evidence that raising the minimum wage kills jobs," That isn't true. Teenage unemployment is at an all time high, so is the min. wage for example. And that is just scratching the surface. Walmart is a retail stores, and retail stores work on thin profit margins. That is how it works. Walmart doesn't pay more because they simply can't afford it.
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  11. Ben Oliver A lot of min. wage workers are young, the BLS has numbers on that where half are under the age of 25. How can I link teenage unemployment to the min. wage? When you raise the min. wage you price certain forms of labor out of the market. Teenagers lack experience thus a business will avoid hiring them and instead hire someone with more experience. This is called labor to labor substitution. Those adults entering the workforce to work the min. wage job do so because with a higher min. wage they are more likely to take on the job where for supplemental income. Thus teenagers who need the job get screwed. Costco is a warehouse store, not retail. Let us compared Walmart to Costco. Costco sells in bulk and is open only during set hours, such as 9-6. That is designed to move more products per hour. Walmart is open 24/7 and has a wider selection of individualized items. They don't move as many products per hour but they are more convenient to shop at. Customers can shop there at 3 in the morning and get a gallon of milk and a half a pound of sugar where in Costco they have to wait until 9 AM and buy 5 pounds of sugar. Also Walmart hires far more employees than Costco. I hear praise for Costco paying more but never complaints about how little they hire compared to Walmart. In all they are two different business model. Saying Costco, a warehouse company, pays more than Walmart, retail store, thus Walmart can afford it is like saying Google pays well, so why doesn't Costco. You can't compare the companies.
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  12. Ben Oliver There is a ton of evidence that raising the min. wage forces teenagers out of the market. There has been several studies on it. It is a buyers and sellers market. A business will hire a teenager because they are cheaper and will be more willing to work at nights and weekends. " If a 14 year old girl goes to a clothing retail store does she want to buy from a 50 year old woman or a girl her age who is wearing the outfit on the shelf?" What is your point? Walmart exists because it is convenient for customers. I have heard of several arguments against Walmart but none of them talks about the customers. Also, Costco is greedy for refusing to hire so few of workers.....or at least I never hear complaints about that.
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  13. Taxes payers don't subsidize the wages of a corporation.  Walmart pays the market rate, if they were to pay more they would go bankrupt. 
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  14. MelkorHimself Walmart actually pays above the min. wage.  Cutting profits means less growth, less production and less jobs.  In the 5 years I have been living in the city I do now Walmart open two new Walmarts in the area.  I imagine them opening another one (in that there is a rather new part of the city that could have one).  That creates jobs.  When you create bad investments your company will fail, overpaying your workers is a bad investment. It isn't Walmart's fault that there are no higher paying jobs available, they are trying to run their business. 
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  15. ***** The problem is that people like Sanders, or at least those that support him, feel that Walmart has all the money.  They don't understand what money is, they claim it is a resource thus finite (as in what Noam Chomsky feels like). They don't understand that wealth and capital has to be created.  Money is essentially worthless unless you give it value and the value of the walmart worker isn't much. Liberals don't understand, all they see is the profits walmart make and they feel they have all the money.  They don't realize they take that money and invest it creating wealth.   The other problem is that they are just lazy and love making excuses.  It is Walmart's fault, not theirs according to them.  They need to blame someone so that is the target. 
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  16. Rossboe1 I worked in a kitchen for $8/hr.  It isn't hard or demanding work.  Anyone can do it.  That is why it is a low paying job.  You are paid based on several reasons. For skills, demand, ability, dedication, etc.  A worker in a kitchen has a low skill set, that isn't high in demand and isn't dedicated to their job as much and thus is paid low.  Learn some basic economics.  
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  17. Victor Espino Bernie wants to create a tax plan that arbitrarily taxes rich people more to spend on other people.  He wants to spend other people's money.  The Walton's actually earn their money.  There is the difference.  "but that service and job being provide require their workers to be on welfare. " Which is not the Walton family's fault.  They offer them a job at the market rate. They can't afford more.  It is not their fault those workers refuse to better their lives. "it's like me saying I'm providing a job I pay this guy 1 cent an hour" If you can find someone to work for you for 1 cent an hour than you have found a fool. No one will work for so little. "they're only asking for enough money to not have to be on welfare. " And where is that money going to come from? "the CEOs make record profits, billions, on the backs of their employees and providing their employees wages that require them to be on welfare. " And a lot of those profits goes to the shareholders. They want to see their investment grow.  If it weren't for shareholders than Walmart will be no bigger than Raley's or Hy Vee who pay their workers similar wages but no one complains about.  Also, it you were to take the top 6 executives of Walmart and spread their salary to the 525,000 lowest paid employees of Walmart, they will earn an extra $147 a year.  That's it.  CEOs are not earning that much. "if you can't understand that then, idk , it's pretty simple for me." That is the problem.  You are taking a complex issue and trying to make it simple.  I have said I wish liberal economic policies will work because they are simple. If all it took was raising taxes to provide certain service than I will be all for it. It isn't that easy though.  Take "free college" for example. We lack TAs, professors, tutors and other skilled workers.  Where are they going to come from?  How are we going to provide those services when we lack the people to actually provide it?  Raising taxes is not going to help in that case.
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  18. ***** In the end it doesn't matter. You are paid what you are worth in the market. That is determined by how much capital you create. You can't just pay someone an arbitrary amount because that hinders the economy.
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  19. ross schopp As long as politicians like Sanders don't get their way then we do have a future. People are better off today then in the past. Life expectancy is up along with personal wealth and income. We are doing better, people are just spoiled.
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  20. ross schopp It does because that means the purchasing power of the dollar is up.
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  21. ross schopp A reason why a loaf of bread cost more but a TV cost less is due to policies like the min. wage. The min. wage has outpaced productivity in the jobs that pay low wages. To counter prices had to go up. Even with that people still have more disposable income now then in the past.
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  22. ***** The average hourly wage is over $24/hr. Us as a nation shouldn't be pushing for more archaic low skilled jobs but instead higher skilled jobs. Jobs come and go as a society develops. You don't see people with hoes digging in the farm anymore due to technology replacing them. Those workers went elsewhere. It happens as the economy evolves and technology gets better. As that happens goods and services become more affordable. Labor unions became greedy and ended up eliminated jobs pushing them to other countries. And the products we receive work well and better than in the past.
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  23. ross schopp TVs do cost less and are better than in the past. Remember that scene from Back to the Future where Michael J. Fox mentioned about having 2 TVs? My parents have 4 TVs, I have one in my apartment along with 3 computers and a tablet and 2 smart phones. They are cheaper.
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  24. Bernie is a career politician. He talks about the economy and business but has zero experience in the private sector. Everything he says is bias and deceptive. One example is with student loans. He submitted stories of people with student loans and every single one was about them struggling, not a single one where people are doing fine and have plans to pay it off. If I were to submit my story about that he wouldn't have acknowledge it.
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  25. Bezos makes $80,000 a year. He is worth a lot due to the amount of shares he has in his company. That is not actual money. Bernie needs to stop lying to the American people.
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  26. Bu11y 380, he needs money because......wait for it.....he has to pay bills too. A Bernie fan telling me to take an economics course, nice. Learn the difference between wealth and income before you discuss economics.
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  27. I actually don't watch Fox News. I at least understand the difference between wealth and income.
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  28. Rand Paul has a point here. If the government makes healthcare a right then the people providing that become a slave. Dr. Kraus is willing to do her job but how many doctors are willing to work for nothing? They can take their education and skills elsewhere and make more money. Whenever the government gets involved in something it eliminates competition which raises the price of actual good services.
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  29. Yes because every business wants to pay small wages. That is why every business pays everyone a the minimum wage......oh, wait.......
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  30. Yes, stockholders. People who invest money in stock do so to make money to live and have retirement.
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  31. If a company overcharges you then go to another one. If you are not getting paid enough then sell your skill to another company or develop a skill to get paid more. That is the power we have as consumers. And the term "living wage" doesn't exist so stop using it.
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  32. You don't quit your current job. What you do is keep looking for better jobs.
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  33. Wow, leave it to Bernie to create "fuck the rich" videos.
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  34. The problem right now it too much federal government. Corporation can't do anything dangerous if they don't have the federal government bailing them out. All they can do is offer you a job or a product. If their product is too expensive or poor they will go out of business. If they pay too little or don't treat employees well then they go out of business. The problem no is that the government has grown in power to create laws to benefit them.
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  35. Define a living wage.
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  36. Texas has one of the strongest economy in the US. It was 2nd in GDP growth where ND was first.
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  37. Businesses do pay more but there is a point where they can't afford to pay more. As a business you try your best to give out an affordable reliable product. You have that challenge of paying a decent wage but also keeping the price of goods down. One way we can help keep the price of goods down and increase wages is make the cost of doing business less. If you reduce regulations and taxes then that will help. If you force businesses to pay higher wages then they just won't hire.
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  38. Small businesses simply lack the resources to pay more. Also, why do you want to attack small business owners? They are not super rich. They are doing well but they are not making millions, probably not even making six figures. Many work at their business many hours but yet people feel the need to make them bankrupt.
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  39. Businesses won't hire if a worker is too expensive. They will find other way to do business much like self checkouts at walmart. It is the same that you won't buy a product if it is too expensive, you will find something else. And what is the "living wage?" What is the cost of living? My cost of living is less than a single mom of two but is higher then a guy who lives with three roommates and doesn't own a car. It is very subjective and can't be determine.
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  40. Shad Jones, you are all over the place and, not to be rude, but wrong. Reading you latest comment you said "theorists deal in absolutes". Nothing can be farther from the truth. I am a scientist and theorist make many assumptions and look for trends. Next, runaway debt is due to socialism. In the free market if you don't pay off your debt people will stop loaning you money, period. Major technology comes from investors and innovators and universities, not military. Just because someone is rich does not mean they are bad. Yes, Bezos is rich, but he made life easier for tens of millions by making shopping easier and adding competition to the market where now Walmart is making shopping easier with Walmar pickup. That is what capitalism does, it progresses. Under socialism there is not desire to compete and progress because the government promises you things that it really cannot offer unless it lowers the standard.
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  41. Shad Jones, a lot of homes still have one bread winner. The reason why we are seeing more homes with more than one bread winner is because more women are exercising their freedom to work. We have become a society where we now allow women in the workplace. Is that a bad thing? Also, close to 70% of people live paycheck to paycheck while close to 70% of lottery winners go bankrupt. What that means is that people spend their money as opposed to saving it. Thus two breadwinners means they will simply spend more. Fact is people can still have one breadwinner, downsize and be just fine. Theorists do not deal in absolutes. I work in science, theorists make many assumptions to see a trend. I work in physical chemistry so I know many theorists. Consider, for example, the many models of water we use. On is called the "polarizable continuum model (PCM)" that treats water as dipoles. When you use that model you neglect hydrogen bonding. This model is used to save computational time because if you were to consider how a water model acts physically then you need to account for numerous forces. I am working on a paper right now and I measure vibrational lifetimes. The theorist I work with modeled the lifetimes and produced lifetimes of around 3 ps for one system and two vibrational lifetimes of 1 ps and 7 ps for another. My theorist gets 4 ps for the first system and 0.2 ps for the second. You may say the numbers are off for the second one but in reality it showed a trend, the lifetime is shorter. He could not measure a bi-exponential lifetime as the model could not account for it as that situation is not well understood or accounting for it will add to computational time that will delay projects. So yeah, I know theorists. They do not deal in absolute. Also, why are billionaires unnecessary? You do understand no one has billions of dollars as most of their value is derived from their stocks?
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  42. Shad Jones, you speak about national debt when for years programs like social security and medicare have been increasing in terms of percent GDP and defense spending has been dropping. You are complaining about national debt when Bernie Sanders will explode it. Who is struggling? Most people are fine. The fact is that most people spend what they earn quickly for several reasons which is a completely different discussion in itself. I love how you just go to berating me instead of trying to counter anything I say. I am actually one of the top producers in my lab with the most published papers in my group and near the top in my department. But whatever, like Bernie Sanders and his fans instead of having an intelligent discussion you just do character attacks and resort to talking points. This is why many consider Bernie and his fan base to be a joke.
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  43. Because Bernie is a corrupt, career politician. Bernie is lying in this video. Bezos earns $80,000 a year, that's it. He wealth comes from his company shares which is not money.
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  44. A business can't pay more because they simply can't afford it. Also, you can live off of min. wage and many do. 89% of individuals who earn $9.50/hr or less are above the poverty level. The average household income of those earners is over $47,000/yr. They are not poor. If you make a low wage get a roommate, get a second job until you do make enough. And universal healthcare would never work in the US.
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  45. Also, if the min. wage kept up with inflation when it was first establish is would only be $4.14/hr. Way to be deceptive again Mr. Sanders.
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  46. And that is a problem, we need to find a way to create jobs and scaring off businesses isn't the way. And what is a "living wage?" It is way to subjective to define. My living wage is cheap being a healthy single male compared to a woman with two kids. But it is more expensive compared to a healthy single male with roommates and no car. I need my car to get to work, others don't. What about healthy food? Or time to exercise? Without then you have increase health cost. Subjective for living wage.
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  47. ......They simply can't afford to. He doesn't know this because he has never worked in the private sector, ever. If every business was set on paying everyone as little as possible then how come 5-6% of workers earn the min. wage or less where the rest make more? If his claim was true then that number will be extremely high. It is because he has no clue what he is talking about. Businesses would love to pay more but can't. Sanders is a radical that has no clue what he is talking about.
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  48. It will not transfer to higher wages. Bernie wants to raise the payroll tax to pay for medicare for all which will lead to lower wages.
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  49. Giving their workers a higher wage will be a poor investment and they won't have billions of dollars. That is a fact. They have that money due to smart investments.
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  50. If businesses are so sold on cutting wages then how come we have so many businesses that pay above the current min. wage?
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