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Prometheus 6   

Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same

October 20, 2003

 

My favorite reason

via To The Barricades!

36 Reasons To Vote For Bush and Republicans In 2004

…You don't know how much $1 trillion is. (Answer: It's $1,000,000,000,000 or a million million dollars. $1 trillion dollars could pay for 25 million jobs that would pay $40,000 for a year. $1 trillion could employ all of the 9 million unemployed for the next three years.[P6: ] The United States could probably purchase peacefully all of North Korea for $1 trillion dollars.)

Posted by P6 at October 20, 2003 08:49 AM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2047
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Oh, I see how you are. You are willing to hire people, but you aren't willing to put any money in for:

Health Care
401K
Child Care
Unemployment Insurance
Employer matched Social Security

It takes a hell of a lot more money to hire someone at $40,000 a year than $40,000. Budgeting $40K for someone would likely only leave $25K or so left for salary. IF you had a really efficient HR setup. That means that if you are going to pay then the whole $40K and no benefits, you are a robber barron, right?


Posted by at October 20, 2003 02:14 PM 

It takes a hell of a lot more money to hire someone at $40,000 a year than $40,000. Budgeting $40K for someone would likely only leave $25K or so left for salary.

That's a damn sight better than $25K with NO benefits…which would be considered generous by great nummbers of people. Offer $25K with benefits (including child care? How generous of you, my man Phelps!) and you'll steal the entire middle management layer at McDonalds.

You're funny.

If that's your best argument, I must be building a pretty strong case.


Posted by at October 20, 2003 04:16 PM 

Buddy... I'm a libertarian, remember? I would love nothing more than to see the budget pared down to the military, the Post Office and the Treasury Department (minus the IRS.)

The best reason to vote for Bush is California. I'll take Arkansas over Cali any day.


Posted by at October 21, 2003 12:00 AM 

I'm sure you would take Arkansas. But it's Alabama that's going to be your dream made manifest.

So. We have a military, a Treasury Department to finance it, and a Post Office selling stamps to raise the funds to pay off the Federal debt incurred by running an army.

Yup. You're a Libertarian, all right.


Posted by at October 21, 2003 12:00 AM 
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