Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Americans Already Work Longer Hours" video.

I love the comments on here, we are living in an entitled society. These same people complaining about working over 40 hours (an arbitrary number) are the same people who complain when they see someone who is better off, or something doesn't go their way. That person who has things go their way actually worked. So while you are complaining and feeling entitled others are working, remember that.
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That is deceptive, what is work? 40 hours a week sitting at a desk is something you can't compare to 40 hours a week working in a factory or some other physical labor job. Just saying that X amount of people are working over 40 hours a week is leaving out a lot, but as usual comrade Sanders will run with that stat as if it means something.
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How many people doing these long hours do so because it is their career? I work well over 40 hours a week, I do so because it is my career and have pride in it. Include that in the poll and you will get a different response.
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mahal3680 I work because one, I like my job, and two, I plan to be successful. I am pursuing my PhD. Like a small business owner (who basically work 24/7) we work constantly. But it pays of in the end. My problem here is that people feel they are entitled. That if they just work 40 hours a week they should be fine. Life doesn't work that way. Life is work. What is funny is that those same people complain when things don't work out their way. There is a reason why. I remember a time when I was working my low wage job and I volunteered to come in and get work done. Due to me working beyond what was expected I have became successful. There was one time we had a worker who usually worked 8-3 on Saturday day shift. He had to do something at noon. Well, the person he asked to fill in for him said they would come in at 10:30 instead of the whole shift. I asked the person why and they said "well, I at least have a life. I like to hang out with friends on Friday night and sleep in." Basically translated to "I enjoy being lazy and will avoid work at all cost." That person still works a low wage job 10 years later. Times like that are all too common. Look at successful people, they work beyond what is expected. I was working 40 hours a week when I was only contracted to 20. That hard works eventually pays off. On college being expensive, it is because of federal government grants and loans. There are still cheap forms of college and it still pays off in the end if you do actual work. Socialism on the large scale is bad. It hinders economic growth and compounds our problems. It is what creates the income gap we currently have. It simply won't work. And you definition of a "fair chance" is subjective. If socialism were to ever expand than expect more problems in the US than we currently have.
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Dan Underwood One has to find the balance of job and family. I personally don't have a family so I have no problem spending time at work. I know others that do and they find that balance. If you work at a job that does not understand your situation with your family then you need to find a new job. Anyway, how much time do you think one should spend with a family? I agree one should put aside time but how much? One way to help the situation is to eliminate OT laws. If someone works 60 hours one week and only 20 the next that would mean a lot of work one week but more time for family the next.
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Dan Underwood The problem we have in this country is that we have gone away from state rights and gone to far in allowing the federal government in having power. You just complained about capitalism, I never supported just pure capitalism. Having some social programs is good. But those programs need to be left up to the states and local government. The reason why is that at that level they are managed better and people can see if they are actually work it and easily change it. When you go to the federal level you lose that ability to control the government or see if the program works, thus you go to the next problem, too much government. Too much government is just as bad as no government, remember that. What I am getting at is that if you or your wife or anyone loses their job then I support a state or local program that helps you out until you get a job. At the federal level I don't. As for 12 weeks paternity leaev, one, that is a long time. Another, you really can't compare us to other countries, the variables are too great. The have problems as well as in higher cost of living for example. But businesses don't offer paternity leave or vacation time because they simply cant' afford it. If at the state and local level it decides to have such a program the great. If it works then great. If not then it can be changed. But at the federal level it simply can't work, and forcing businesses to pay is not smart. The problem with your idea of spending a lot of time with family is that you create a society that will only work on a volunteer basis. If I had a family they simply could not come to my job as they are not trained to be around the equipment I use. Same with the job my dad works. As for OT laws, on average the US citizen works 34.4 hours a week. Feeling entitled is not the way to go.
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Dan Underwood And that is why I support state rights, what may look like a state not helping out their citizens to you is exactly what those citizens want. The is the beauty of it. Who are you to say how the citizens of a state are to run their government? At the state and local level one is able to see if the tax dollars are being invested back into the community. That is the other beauty of state rights. Milton Friedman explains that well in the video on youtube called "Milton Friedman Crushes Man's Three Questions Like Dixie Cups" "governments that are right wing. The people who live in their state will see their benefits cut or eliminated completely. What about those people? " If that is what the people in that area want then who are you to change their ways? There are limitations in the government as listed in the constitution, but that is it. I live in a state of zero income tax, but who am I to tell other states they should live like that? "This is one reason amerika as compared to the rest of the world is lagging dead last. " We are actually not dead last, with a proper statistical analysis one can see that one, you really can't compare the US to other countries, and two, when you do compare you see that the US is on par with other countries. You can't compare because other countries have populations that are smaller than most of our states. We have a larger diversity than those other countries. We have so many different societies and a different history. We have a different economy. You simply can't compare. It is like compare Bishop Gorman High School Football to the Dallas Cowboys. If you want to compare the US is number 2 in GDP per capita if cost of living is consider, so we do make more money. Healthcare? We are arguably better. College? We have the best university system in the world. So while it is "free" in other countries, what you get is inferior compared to the US. The min. wage? The min. wage is actually outpacing productivity. That is why prices are going up along with teenage unemployment going up. There isn't one single good reason to even have a min. wage. The min. wage is contributing to higher prices. And saying that 85% of men work over 40 hours is deceptive. How many are doing that in factory work? The economy changed. Work is not a physically demanding anymore. 40 hours a week now is easier than in the past. So basically saying that 85% of men work over 40 hours a week is shallow. "Yes I am entitled to get something for my tax money besides a war machine killing brown skinned kids for capitalism and greedy corporatist politicians killing our kids here for capitalism." You can change that at the local level. If I had a kid I will work hard to see to it that they have a better life than me. My dad did that. He worked night shift and I hardly saw him as a kid. But he provided us with a home, money to do extracurricular activities, proper food and so on. We were poor but we got better because of his hard work. I was able to go to college along with my 2 siblings. They both got their MBAs and I am working on my PhD. My dad didn't get his college degree until he was 36. Because of him I am better than he was, and because of his dad he was better than his dad. I irritates me when we have entitled people. And that is not to say he didn't have any time to spend with us, he did, but it all requires work.
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Lightmane321 Sanders is economically illiterate. He will get burned in any debate and has in the past.
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Lightmane321 I can't wait either. It would be pure entertainment seeing Sanders get burned in the debates.
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Tommy Latham So if a Joseph Stalin or a Kim Jon Il type took over will you feel the same way? What the one in control hinders the growth of the country then I should be concerned at least. Plus, we should be in control of the government, not the government in control of us. Consider that for a second.
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Tommy Latham Expansion of the federal government is the complete opposite of democracy.
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Lightmane321 Sanders is economically illiterate. His ideas were tried in the past under FDR, we happen to see the slowest recovery form a recession ever under him. It took the war and FDR's death to get us out of the recession. Take any Sander's economic policy and I can break down for you why it won't work.
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cinnireseisri Give me any Bernie Sanders policy on the economy and I will show you how he is wrong. As of now you are just whining for not knowing better.
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Lightmane321 Nope I am actually right on Sanders and FDR.
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Lightmane321 If you think Bernie cares about you he is nothing but a career politician. Why hasn't he ran for president in he past? Because now he is around 72 years old. If he wins he sits in office for a few years and retires. If he loses he simply retires. The is a retirement run for him. He has never been challenged in his life. Here he comes out of the wood work all of a sudden. He is simply doing this for himself.
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Lightmane321 If the only rebuttal you have is to laugh then I feel that I am clearly the more knowledgeable one here.
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Lightmane321 Not troll statements, just pure fact. If you don't want to debate that is fine, you are no better than Bernie Sanders. I saw a debate with him where he changed the subject when it became clear that his talking points don't mean anything when broken down. Bernie is a fool. You can vote for him if you want, just remember this, he will lose and the reason why is because he is a fool.
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Rob Bell Yes, he wants to just sit in office. Why didn't he run earlier in his life? Why now? If he was so much for the people why not at the latest in 2008 when we were in a recession?
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cinnireseisri When on average the US worker works 34.4 hours a week businesses are not pushing for more hours and neither are employees. All OT laws do is prevent those from wanting to work more to earn more from doing so. Just like the min. wage laws prevent those looking for work from doing so because they have been priced out of the job market. You really need to learn what money is as well. When you do that you realize how off Bernie Sanders is. If all it took was giving more money to the lower class then why not just give it to them? Why have the middle man involved? Why not mail them a check for $50,000? That would help, right?
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cinnireseisri By the way Robert Reich talks I would say I do know more than him. This is the same guy whose argument for raising the min. wage is because it is "common sense". If I were to stand in front of my committee during my defense and use the phrase "common sense" I would not get my PhD. Reich is a partisan hack.
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Lightmane321 I posted the link, it is a youtube video entitled "Bernie Sanders Tells The Truth About the Minimum Wage" Really sad on his part considering how he kept avoiding questions and was using purely emotional arguments to push his propaganda.
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Lightmane321 Where did I ever say I was voting for Trump? You are really digging yourself in a hole here. With your stupidity I am starting to see why Bernie has low support and why he can only win in a state the size of Vermont. People with actual intelligence won't vote for him. Have fun cheering for a loser.
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Lightmane321 "Bet he's voting for Trump :-P" I guess you like losing. First you are going to vote for a guy that has zero chance of winning, and now you are placing a bet that you will lose, because I don't support Trump, he is a fool.
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Lightmane321 You really have a lot to learn. I tried to be open with you but you just laughed. In the end what matters is that Bernie will lose which is great for the country. So you can sit there and laugh all you want and scream how great he supposedly is, the American people are not that stupid though. Bernie will lose and will lose by a lot. Enjoy defeat you myopic fool.
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Lightmane321 I posted the link, sometimes it doesn't work though. You saying that you bet I am voting for Trump is you saying that I am because you are saying you are willing to put money on the line in how I vote, and that is you feel I will vote for Trump even though I don't support him. "Anyone who doesn't believe that an adult who works 40 hours a week should" Any adult working min. wage is either doing to for supplemental income and doesn't need it or simply is lazy. Plus they are not working full time in that a small percent is working full time on min. wage. The term "living wage" is subjective and doesn't mean anything. Bernie in the end was avoiding the question, he made an embarrassment of himself. So far all you have done is call me a troll, you haven't said anything to support how I am, as you feel, stupid. No different than Bernie laughing at Douglas and than avoiding questions with talking points. It works fine in politics, but never in the real world where Bernie has never worked. That is why he is a career politician form Vermont with little experience. And that is why he will get beat. If you really think you know better than let us get into a debate on the living wage. What is a "living wage" to you? What are your standards? You can start and I will tell you how the term is subjective. Until you put your money where your mouth is you will just be as foolish as Bernie who has only around 10% support.
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Lightmane321 You did say I was voting for trump. Put your money where your mouth is.
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Lightmane321 You refuse to debate because like Sanders you will lose. Beyond talking points you have nothing. Like the term "living wage". That means nothing, it is completely subjective. That is why economists, except for very few ever use it. Radical politicians use it and news stations use it. What is the standard for a "living wage"? A one bedroom apartment or 3 people living in a studio? What kind of food? Transportation? What if you can walk to work like me? I earn more than my girlfriend and I walk to work. My girlfriend works 35 hours a week at $8.50/hr and she drives a sports car that she is making payments on. That $8.50/hr is a luxury payment for her and me. I bet if the min. wage didn't exist that company will be willing to hire someone at $5/hr who needs the job more than my girlfriend. But the fact that she has work experience and a college degree puts her over the top. Which brings up the next point how the min. wage kills jobs. In all, the term "living wage" is subjective. Go to grad. school in economics and do a dissertation on it, you will get kicked out. There isn't one single good reason to even have a min. wage as well. I laid out valid points and all you did was continue to laugh and call names like Bernie does. No actual rebuttal at all. Which is why Bernie will simply lose this election.
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Lightmane321 I am glad that you simplistic mind is easily entertained. I don't mind making you happy. It is the least I can do when Bernie loses and you feel bad for the next four years.
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Lightmane321 1. I am not trolling. You say my comments are idiotic, how? You haven't given one reason why. So based off of that it is clear that you don't know what you are talking about. I can easily say your comments are idiotic, I at least give justification for what I support. Until you do all you are doing is giving a genetic fallacy. 2. How am I making myself look like a fool? I am an ultimately an anonymous person on the internet. I can be your neighbor or someone on the other side of the state or country. People can see me as foolish but you can personally meet me (without knowing I am WhyamImrpink on youtube) and see me as one of the smartest individuals you have ever met. Your mentioning of Trump was an error on your part. You are so confident that I would vote for Trump that you said you would bet on it. But now you are retracting that statement. I comprehended what you said perfectly, you are just back pedaling. 3. The problem is that you don't know how to solve the problems. Bernie Sanders' policies will just compound them. The problem with Bernie is that the "problems" he brings up are over exaggerated and his ways of "fixing" them will just make them worse. You don't realize it because you refuse to look at it in any different way. I am, on my free time, willing to explain to you why Bernie is wrong in so many ways. Instead you just laugh due to you being very myopic. That is just sad. Instead of wanting to listen to the other side you follow a man who only spouts talking points and gives no solution. That is why he is going to lose. And when he loses you will cry and say we have problems in this country when in reality you are the problem for failing to be open minded and willing to tackle and learn about complex issues. Simply taxing and giving money away won't work. I make a living educating college students, I am giving you free advice in how Bernie is a fool. You're welcome :).
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Lightmane321 And once again you didn't rest your case. You have zero justification on why you support what you do. Being a simpleton must be easy. As with Sanders talking about people working over 40 hours a week. Doing what? Work has changed since the 40 hour work week was put in place? Work is not as physically demanding. At this point all I am asking you to do is look beyond the talking points and actually look deep into the issue. You will learn a lot and see why Bernie is a fool. But considering how you just acted here I doubt it.
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Lightmane321 Believe me, I know it is hard work, but refraining from being close minded and actually developing intelligence is fun. You go farther in life. Or you can blindly follow Bernie and his talking points and watch him lose. And then make excuses why your life is not good while people like me succeed. It is up to you. In all I am pursuing my PhD, Bernie can get elected and destroy the economy, I will be fine due to my skills. I really have nothing to gain from a strong economy. I will actually have more to gain from a weak economy due to lower housing prices. During the last recession I got a raise, moved 2000 miles away, got a new car and a nice apartment to live all for a low price. Seriously, you need to really look into the issue and find out why Bernie is a fool and why his policies will hurt the economy. As you do you will realize what you have to do to be successful as well.
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Lightmane321 As I said, I don't mind entertaining you knowing how depressed you will be when Bernie loses. Also, considering how myopic you are I figured you can't be doing that well in life. I can only assume you are struggling and making excuses for being poor. I guess I can be your cheap form of entertainment. I am personally going to a bar tonight with my girlfriend and drinking cocktails tonight for fun.
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Lightmane321 Yes you did just claim that I was voting for Walker. You really need to learn how to think? The fact that you are also picking politicians that only show up in the media also shows how little you know about politics.
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Lightmane321 Or I can tell you, as of now (the election is a year away, a lot can change) I am pushing for John Kasich.
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Lightmane321 I am glad you are starting to realize that. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem I am told. "Corporate bought & paid for politician" Right there shows how shallow you are. You are a simpleton. If I don't support Bernie then I must support some politician that to you is one that is bought out. What is funny is that Bernie is complaining about Citizens United ruling but is still taking donations. That makes him a hypocrite. And yes you did claim that I was voting for Walker. If I were to say "I bet the Astros will win the world series" I am saying that the Astros are going to win the world series. I feel that they will so much that I am willing to place money on it. God you're dumb.
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Lightmane321 This is actually kind of fun. While it is sad to see someone so shallow in the world it does give me the feeling that competition for jobs in the real world is easy. There is hope for you, at least you are admitting some things. Yes Bernie is a hypocrite, he complains about money i politics but then gets donations himself. He is saying "if I get money for my campaign then it isn't a problem", no, it is the same thing. I guess my example didn't explain to you how you did say I was voting for Walker and Trump. I am getting the feeling that you won't learn there. I know it is hard to lack reading comprehension skills, but just try and you can figure it out. You are really clueless, which is kinda scary.
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Lightmane321 Actually I do teach college kids. I teach physics to them as I pursue my PhD in physical chemistry. As I said, you don't know me. How have I made myself a fool? If anyone did it is you with our assumptions and lack of breaking down why Bernie is right and I am wrong. I personally feel fine as I told you, with people like you around I will never had a problem finding a job. The competition is low.
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Lightmane321 If it was sarcasm then why do it? It is clear you are not very smart.
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Lightmane321 Nothing wrong that. I use to be like you, get sucked into talking points and support a politician like Bernie. After deciding to actually educate myself I changed. You can do it as well.
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Lightmane321 So any politician not name Bernie Sanders is corporate owned? Really? Do you even know who John Kasich is and his track record in Ohio?
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Lightmane321 what is sad is that you think others are reading this besides you and me. Everyone else checked out long ago.
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Lightmane321 How did I make a fool of myself? One, no one knows me here personally. Another, you never got into detail on how Bernie is right. I guess I should go into my PhD defense and say "I am right" and be granted my PhD. That is what you are doing, saying something without justification. This has been fun, just remember all of this when Bernie gets toast in the end. Just like how Occupy Wall Street when no where, a bunch of disgruntled uninformed individuals wasting time.
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Lightmane321 It wasn't me under a different name or one of my friends. It was an outsider stating the truth. You are blindly following Bernie Sanders and then call anyone an idiot who doesn't agree with you. Not a real strong argument. Also the fact that you get your information from Thom Hartman says a lot. He is no better than Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Alex Jones. Actually he is just like them except with less views and fame (does anyone even know who Thom Hartman is besides extreme radicals). In all Thom Hartman is a fool as well and I can also break that down why he is.
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