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Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
reply to post by Thepump
A simple yes or no to the following question will be sufficient. Honesty counts.
Have you ever read the United States Constitution?
Originally posted by Thepump
Condescension does not help
Yes I have.
I consider healthcare to be a question general welfare, 8 times more people alive today are without
access to healthcare, than there were inhabitants of this nation in 1776.
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." - Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
Originally posted by Thepump
Condescension does not help
Yes I have.
I consider healthcare to be a question general welfare, 8 times more people alive today are without
access to healthcare, than there were inhabitants of this nation in 1776.
Then you know nothing of the general welfare clause.
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." - Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
Unless you believe you know the Constitution better than Jefferson or Madison, your contention is factually wrong.
See healthcare listed anywhere in A1S8? No. Doctors existed in the late 1700's. The idea that people get sick and would seek care existed back then too. If there was meant to be publicly funded healthcare, it wouldve been one of the few Constitutionally authorized expenditures.
It is not. No matter what 9 retards in black robes say, or what the degenerates in Congress and the White House say.
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by elouina
To be honest ALL business owners need to get together and point out to the under educated exactly what the repercussions will be for their supposed "free ride".
"under educated" ??...You do realize that education level was one of the strongest indicators that a voter was going to vote for Obama...Obamacare and all?
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
48 locations
asshole probably has his own island somehwere
greedy pig
Read my previous posts. I said I could declare nothing and not pay a dime if I so choose, but I did not say that is what I am currently doing. I am a bartender/bar manager, it's very easy for me to pay exactly zero dollars and zero cents if I decided to do just that. Since I am a manager, I feel the need to lead by example and declare everything and pay the taxes. I know full well most of my employees do not, and it's looking like that is the way I will go too. It depends what happens January 1st with the tax hikes coming up.
Originally posted by Thepump
Giving everyone access to a doctor is not evil, it is right.
Murderers and POWs get better treatment
Originally posted by randomname
it seems this restaurant owner thinks his employees are slaves.
obama put a stop to his exploitation of his low paid employees and now this evil bitter douchebag is trying to stick it to obama by passing the cost on to the customer while at the same time punishing his waitresses.
During the 2008 campaign, presidential candidate Barack Obama made a pledge to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2011. Promises like this one inspired a generation of young voters, excited long-neglected progressive voters and gave hope to millions of his supporters across the country.
It is now four years later, and there has been no increase to the minimum wage. There has been no congressional vote, much less a whisper from the White House on the minimum wage.
Instead of suggesting who should pay more, why arent you questioning the jackasses of a President and those in Congress who passed this steaming pile of crap law in the first place?
Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
reply to post by iwilliam
There is no incentive to "do the right thing" at this point.
There are plenty of ways to make a very decent living either under the radar, or as in the case of a tipped employee, to simply avoid paying any form of income tax altogether.
I know how to spend my money wisely. The government has proven time and again that they do not. By tipped employees keeping more of their own money, they stimulate their own local economy, the one that truly matters to most people.
Personally, I have used a bank in over a decade, so there would be no on paper way to track what I make with the exception of credit card tips, and there are always ways around that too. I guarantee the idea of not claiming any tips is starting to look better and better to all tipped employees.
Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
Originally posted by Thepump
Giving everyone access to a doctor is not evil, it is right.
Murderers and POWs get better treatment
It certainly is not a right. You cannot force others to pay for your right. You cannot place someone (in this case a doctor) in servitude in order to fulfill this perceived "right"
If you truly believe this is a right, then you must also believe the government should provide firearms to every citizen as well correct?
Originally posted by iwilliam
Let me put this another way, briefly:
The late Sam Walton is the guy who started and build Wal-Mart.
Wal Mart, as we know, is one of the biggest companies out there. Huge.
Where would wal-mart or Sam Walton have ended up without the labor of MILLIONS of other people?
I'll tell you where -- a small mom and pop store with only Walton and maybe one or two other employees. And that's all it EVER would have been.
Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
48 locations
asshole probably has his own island somehwere
greedy pig
Damn him for being successful!!!!!!!!!
That what you meant to say?
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by iwilliam
Let me put this another way, briefly:
The late Sam Walton is the guy who started and build Wal-Mart.
Wal Mart, as we know, is one of the biggest companies out there. Huge.
Where would wal-mart or Sam Walton have ended up without the labor of MILLIONS of other people?
I'll tell you where -- a small mom and pop store with only Walton and maybe one or two other employees. And that's all it EVER would have been.
So Sam provided a living wage for those millions of people too, dont forget that. He also offers merchandise at a very low cost that benefits millions more people.
Originally posted by windword
I having a hard time taking you seriously. If you're a bartender you know that you HAVE to declare a certain amount tips. Even if all your tips were in cash, and not recorded on the credit card receipt that has your employee number on it, the IRS would still expect you to pay tax on 8% of your sales. That's not negotiable on "bad" days, that's an average that is held to the standard to take into account "bad" days and tip out.
I don't know about where you work, but for the past decades, all my paychecks reflected my total sales, as well as my hourly wages and declared tips. Any major discrepancy in those figures will bring an IRS audit down on, not only you, but the entire house!
Furthermore, it's just stupid and immature not to see the future need for reporting you accurate earnings. If you get hurt or loose your job, those reported tips are part of the percentage factored into your EDD or TDI benefits.
If you want to buy a car or a house, your credit rating is based on your earnings. When I was in the process of buying my house, if I had only reported the minimum wage that my employer paid me, minus my tips, which was a few times higher that my wages, I never would have been given the credit to buy my home.