Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie Sanders Progressive Plan For America" video.

  1. I like one idea I heard, take paper plates, write $10 trillion dollars on it and mail it to everyone in the country.  Everyone will be rich trillionaires and with all that new money our debt will be paid off and things will be fine. 
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  2. Ok, let us break this down. 1. Spend money we don't have to build things we don't need.  Our roads are fine, we spend more per pupil in education than any other country besides 1.  Our bridges are fine.  Plus, the new deal prolong the recession.  Poor investment doesn't grow the economy. 2. Reverse climate change?  It has been happening for over 4 billion years.  Plus, as with the first, where is the money going to come from?  Alternative energy sources are expensive, less consumption means less jobs, not more. 3. You increase productivity by pushing people to develop skills and take on more challenging jobs, not giving them share of the company.  If the Walmart employees owned part of the company doesn't lead them to be more productive because the productivity of those workers is low as is.   This point doesn't work in every business. 4. Unions have been shown to kill jobs.  Yes they pay more, but as with the min. wage if you are not worth the rate the union sets than you don't get a job.  5. The vast majority earning the min. wage are not poor.  Plus, $7.25/hr is not a starvation wage if you, like most low wage workers, are not the major earner of a household.  The amount of money someone makes is meaningless if the purchasing power is low.  Increasing the min. wage leads to higher prices thus more poverty.  6. The earnings gap between men and women and been debunked in several ways, it is a waste of time to discuss at this point. 7. One reason why we are losing manufacturing jobs is because of higher taxes and regulations.  Another reason is because that is the evolution of the economy.  Instead of holding onto archaic jobs we should focus on new jobs.  Just like how the tractor replaced the farmer or the computer replaces  other jobs, people need to develop skills. 8. The US has the best education in the world, it is because it isn't free.  Plus, almost anyone qualifies for a loan.  At University of MN the average loan for a pharmacy graduate is around $150,000, but their median starting salary is $120,000/yr.  If you pursue a degree that is worth something than cost doesn't matter. 9. He is talking about breaking up wall street and big banks, I feel we should break up the federal reserve.  10. A single payer system in healthcare simply won't work in this country.  Plus, the US has the best quality in the world, why destroy it like other countries have.  And where is the money going to come from after we spend it on free college education, infrastructure and green energy? 11.People in poverty are better off than individuals in other countries who are not in poverty.  What he said about child poverty in this country is deceptive, also at this point we have no more resources left if we want to do 1-10. 12. We have a progressive tax. The top 10$ pay 70% of taxes. Basically with Bernie Sanders he wants to spend money we don't have and destroy the country.  Typical of a career politician who never worked outside of politics in his life. 
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  3. triburst Based on what?  The US does really well when you consider the diversity and size we have.  
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  4. mcjagggerd Yes, our roads and bridges are fine.  Climate change is happening and has been for over 4 billion years, you are not going to change climate change.  Using Michael Moore to make a statement on how a business should be ran is rather weak.  He never ran one himself and personally is inept when it comes to economics.  In all if you want to have a say in a business and how it is ran than create one yourself or take on more responsibilities.  There isn't a successful business model when the workers are mainly the owners when you look at larger businesses.  There is a strong correlation between unions and jobs being lost, like the min. wage.  In the market if you are not worth what a company is force to pay you than you won't get a job, it is that simple.  There isn't one good reason to even having a min. wage.  
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  5. mcjagggerd I did address the points, you are simply incorrect.  On unions, you don't need unions to have high pay.  The market will determine the pay. I live in a right to work state and a mining states, miners are pay very well here despite weak unions.  All unions do is kill jobs for the disadvantage. On the min. wage, the simple fact is that you are paid based on your value, it is up to you to figure a way to make a living.  If you are not making enough than you need to either increase your value or cut spending.  There are ways, get a roommate, ask friends and family for help, cut back on luxury items.  If you increase the min. wage you kill jobs for those who are at a disadvantage so instead of them earning something they are earning nothing.   
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  6. mcjagggerd I heard the talk about unions and pay.  Pay isn't the only factor.  One, what about purchasing power?  Alaska, Hawaii and NY are on that list of strong unions and high pay.  The cost of living in those states are high.  That compared to Texas where cost of living is low.  And as I mentioned before, unions kill jobs as with what Mr. Sowell said here http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/nov/27/unions-often-better-at-killing-jobs-than-creating/ Now I don't consider this the best of articles but time constraints is preventing me from look at more.  But unions do kill jobs.  I work in a job where we are not allowed to change a light bulb because the unions involved prevent it, maintenance is supposed to change it. On the min. wage, you are paid your market value, not to make a living.  It is up to you to determine how to make a living. One way is to cut expenses.  Most low wage earners are not the primary earners of a household.  That has been shown statistically.  For example, the average household income of a person earning $9.50/hr or less is over $47,000/yr, that is because they are not the primary earner.  The simple fact is that if you are not worth more in the market and you don't have friends and family to help you out than what are you worth in society?  Sounds cruel but it is a fact. College is expensive, but there are cheap smaller colleges and almost everyone is able to get a loan.  Just push for a degree that is worth something. I support regulation in the market, I just want it at the state and local level.  With that you have local communities helping each other out as opposed to people just asking the federal government to do it and not caring.  That is the number one problem we have, we don't want to help each other, we just want the federal government to do it all for us. 
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  7. Jonathan Roehm I have driven across the country, several times.  I have been to a lot of places.  The roads are fine.  Plus, it is the states job to fix those roads.  Fact is that most people see them as fine and deal with it.  I have driven on bad roads but know that our state and county simply don't have the funds to fix it so we just deal with it.  I would admit that I have never been out east, but in the Midwest and west the roads are fine, never had any major issues.  Sounds like you need to do something out east.  Toll roads will help, you have the turnpike in KS, roads are great there.   
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