tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post5085209979848547346..comments2024-03-13T02:17:39.644-07:00Comments on Restating the Obvious: Pray you do not get sick, Deplorables IIHarry Eagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-44883949084888999252016-12-03T04:47:46.151-08:002016-12-03T04:47:46.151-08:004. A tax credit for a person not subject to tax is...<i>4. A tax credit for a person not subject to tax is worth $0.00. </i><br /><br />You were a business journalist and know nothing about the EITC? Seriously?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-80123564489059679622016-12-03T04:45:15.878-08:002016-12-03T04:45:15.878-08:00Why is unemployment high in places where the jobs ...<i>Why is unemployment high in places where the jobs were shipped overseas? Gee, you ask such tough questions. </i><br /><br />How about sticking to the point of your post, rather than changing the subject?<br /><br /><i>Considering the generally high level of incompetence among American CEOs, why are they paid dozens of times more than executives in similar jobs in other countries? </i><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.caranddriver.com/money-makers-putting-auto-industry-ceo-pay-in-perspective-infographic/" rel="nofollow">Bollocks</a><br /><br />(And this reminds me of your last post, about CEOs, where you pontificated from perfect ignorance.)<br /><br /><i>There is, for example, no reason connected to the work why pilots of big airliners are paid much more than pilots of medium airliners.</i><br /><br />Things would be much simpler for you if the world consisted only of the things about which you know. So why don't you try figuring out that one on your own, and learn something. Like why not to make blanket statements about things of which you are woefully ignorant.<br /><br /><i>We redistribute income via minimum wages …</i><br /><br />Redistributed from whom?<br /><br />And what is the minimum wage?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-52903903836868469132016-12-03T04:39:25.352-08:002016-12-03T04:39:25.352-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-50909665170764299742016-12-03T04:38:29.478-08:002016-12-03T04:38:29.478-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-79615619394363662122016-11-30T15:54:17.454-08:002016-11-30T15:54:17.454-08:00Why is unemployment high in places where the jobs ...Why is unemployment high in places where the jobs were shipped overseas? Gee, you ask such tough questions.<br /><br />I'll ask you one. Considering the generally high level of incompetence among American CEOs, why are they paid dozens of times more than executives in similar jobs in other countries? And why were they not paid at such rates here until Reaganomics kicked in?<br /><br />We redistribute income via minimum wages, child labor laws, unions, taxes, many ways. There is, for example, no reason connected to the work why pilots of big airliners are paid much more than pilots of medium airliners.<br /><br />There was no reason to let Melania Trump unto the country to model on a special work permit; there were millions of American girls who would have been ready to do the work.<br /><br />If you are going to try to defend wage structures in America today you are letting yourself in for a world of snark.Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-62477312204437369442016-11-30T12:34:40.555-08:002016-11-30T12:34:40.555-08:00Not true (about supply & demand) but also not ...<i>Not true (about supply & demand) but also not relevant.</i><br /><br />Well, if that's true, then why don't we make the minimum wage $60/hour?<br /><br />If that's true, then you have no problem explaining why youth unemployment is so high countries with high minimum wages.<br /><br /><i>Distribution of national income can be adjusted.</i><br /><br />How?<br /><br />And before you provide some painfully ill-thought answer, remember that characteristic and composition aren't the same thing.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-5099333985335516662016-11-30T11:56:10.330-08:002016-11-30T11:56:10.330-08:00'Supply and demand isn't just a good idea,...'Supply and demand isn't just a good idea, it's the law.'<br /><br />Not true but also not relevant. Distribution of national income can be adjusted. And it had better beHarry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-76714712021240554582016-11-29T10:24:24.930-08:002016-11-29T10:24:24.930-08:001. The Republican Party does not support a minimum...<i> 1. The Republican Party does not support a minimum wage of $15 ... </i><br /><br />Supply and demand isn't just a good idea, it's the law.<br /><br /><i>3. As Mitt Romney famously complained, close to half of Americans make so little money (see point 1 in this summary) that they owe little or no tax.<br /></i><br /><br />As Mitt Romney famously did not complain. <br /><br />Look it up.<br /><br /><i>4. A tax credit for a person not subject to tax is worth $0.00.</i><br /><br />Is this written in stone somewhere?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.com