She has a boyfriend with an alcohol problem who she has to care for... Not so affordable anymore, I can tell you that. The result: She's moving to Germany this summer to work here. That's how you lose your workers, it's that easy. Of course, the other way to lose your workers is to just let them die from an entirely curable diseases. Those things should be in a book called "How to screw up your economy".
That is not how we "lose [our] workers." We lose our workers because American businesses are taxed through the nose and are forced to lay off employees, and cut back benefits for others. This situation is going to get worse before it gets better.
And what type of jobs does your sister take? Part-time? Minimum wage? Neither are ever going to offer any kind of healthcare benefits. And I'm willing to bet that her boyfriend hasn't been able to help his own cause any either? So, in short, your sister is taking responsibility for the poor life choices her boyfriend has made. I'm all for short-term assistance for those we love, but if someone isn't making the effort to help themselves -- that assistance goes away... and so does that relationship.
Incidentally, the boyfriend, if he's not helping himself? Is exactly the type of case that I don't want to continually support with my tax dollars. Cold and heartless? Maybe. But I refuse to endorse failure.
But sometimes, it doesn't work like that - maybe that's the reason why the U.S. is still trying to find the "road to recovery", while the rest of the world already has recovered.
We're still on the "road to recovery" because our President and his Congress are taking steps in the opposite direction from what is needed -- not because we should follow Europe's lead.
I'm not very religious, but I do know that one of the seven deadly sins is "Pride". The world changes constantly and for once, the U.S. is not the center of the world and is not who everybody looks to. Is that so bad? I doubt it, let the others have their say for a while, it'll change again, it's just a question of 'when'.
Influence is always a give and take. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union provided a balance, and was a means of curtailing American influence, just as we attempted to curtail theirs. This is not an alien concept to me, and it is one I understand. But we were the first nation of our kind, setting an example for others to follow. It's called American Exceptionalism. It's a belief I embrace. If Europe is to be that balancing factor, to emerge as the counterbalance, then so be it. It doesn't mean that the republic should crater and give way to a socialist form of democracy.
And one last thing: You're not happy with your President, but you should at least be a little grateful that thanks to him, the rest of the world doesn't consider you total douchebags anymore. If nothing else, you can give him credit for that.
I'd rather be considered a nation of "total douchebags" than the weak-willed, kow-towing cowards our president has made us appear to be.
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Date: 2010-04-06 03:41 am (UTC)That is not how we "lose [our] workers." We lose our workers because American businesses are taxed through the nose and are forced to lay off employees, and cut back benefits for others. This situation is going to get worse before it gets better.
And what type of jobs does your sister take? Part-time? Minimum wage? Neither are ever going to offer any kind of healthcare benefits. And I'm willing to bet that her boyfriend hasn't been able to help his own cause any either? So, in short, your sister is taking responsibility for the poor life choices her boyfriend has made. I'm all for short-term assistance for those we love, but if someone isn't making the effort to help themselves -- that assistance goes away... and so does that relationship.
Incidentally, the boyfriend, if he's not helping himself? Is exactly the type of case that I don't want to continually support with my tax dollars. Cold and heartless? Maybe. But I refuse to endorse failure.
But sometimes, it doesn't work like that - maybe that's the reason why the U.S. is still trying to find the "road to recovery", while the rest of the world already has recovered.
We're still on the "road to recovery" because our President and his Congress are taking steps in the opposite direction from what is needed -- not because we should follow Europe's lead.
I'm not very religious, but I do know that one of the seven deadly sins is "Pride". The world changes constantly and for once, the U.S. is not the center of the world and is not who everybody looks to. Is that so bad? I doubt it, let the others have their say for a while, it'll change again, it's just a question of 'when'.
Influence is always a give and take. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union provided a balance, and was a means of curtailing American influence, just as we attempted to curtail theirs. This is not an alien concept to me, and it is one I understand. But we were the first nation of our kind, setting an example for others to follow. It's called American Exceptionalism. It's a belief I embrace. If Europe is to be that balancing factor, to emerge as the counterbalance, then so be it. It doesn't mean that the republic should crater and give way to a socialist form of democracy.
And one last thing: You're not happy with your President, but you should at least be a little grateful that thanks to him, the rest of the world doesn't consider you total douchebags anymore. If nothing else, you can give him credit for that.
I'd rather be considered a nation of "total douchebags" than the weak-willed, kow-towing cowards our president has made us appear to be.