Am I the Only Republican actor?- Page 4
Am I the Only Republican actor?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#75am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:05pm
"Goth - it might not take any skill, but if they don't do it, you don't have a business at all."
A person can get illegals from Mexico to do it for much less than minimum wage. And there are plenty of them who are ready, willing and able.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:05 PM
#76am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:06pm
"A person can get illegals from Mexico to do it for much less than minimum wage. "
And thus you show the true colors of Republican economics.
#77am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:08pm
"what an utterly presumptuous statement."
Not at all
you had the resources to open a business, and chose to take the risk; these people make money for you.
BTW--skill has little to do with money, another myth
if it did, why would corporate mannagers make more than educators?
"real America," indeed...
that's the problem
#78am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:08pm
that nonsense about hard work and education.
yep that's what hard work and education are, nonsense. welcome to jimmy world where you are guaranteed the prevailing wage at whatever you choose to do simply because you are an american...wait, you're not an american? that's ok, because we shouldn't discriminate against non-citizens, so we'll pay you too. and if the businesses go under and the result is 12-25% unemployment like we see in europe, well by golly the government'll just have to pay you to do nothing because as we told you before that education and hard work stuff is nonsense.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:08 PM
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#79am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:09pm
More evenly distributed profits...
from those who have to those who need because the government said so?
What a positively lovely and classic Communist tenet, DG. We're all equal, only some are more equal than others.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#80am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:09pm
"A person can get illegals from Mexico to do it for much less than minimum wage.".
LOL! And that is why the Republicans keep crying that we need illegals to "do the jobs Americans won't do". Americans are forced out because the business owners won't pay them a fair wage and then they commit a crime and hire illegal workers.
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#81am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:09pmYes, and when that illegal gets hurt on the job, the taxpayers are asked to subsidize those hiring them off the books and help pay for the health care costs associated with the injury.
#82am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:09pm
amen, JRB
use whomever to make money for you
#83am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:10pmwait, I don't have a wife or a burqa
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
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#84am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:12pmthen by law you're required to vote republican, elphaba. sorry, but it's the law.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#85am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:13pm
Kelz - don't twist what I'm saying. I just think that if an organization functions as a whole, everyone is entitiled to a share in those profits. No one should have anything handed to them, but if they contribute, then it should be shared. And I'm not asking for equal divisions, just equitable.
What exists now is blind greed. I think it's possible to have a capitalist environment that isn't defined by the lowest common denominators of human emotion.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#86am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:15pmI'm wearing a burqa. Who should I be voting for?
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DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#87am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:16pm
"I'm wearing a burqa. Who should I be voting for?"
Rex Reed.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#88am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:16pm
FAQ about the Minimum Wage from the Economic Policy Institute.
A fairly quick read...with some interesting numbers.
MINIMUM WAGE FAQ
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kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#89am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:17pmDG, if you invest--if you take the risk, not just the salary-- then absolutely you're entitled to a share of the profits, as well as the risks, of business. But if you're a salaried employee, then there's your compensation. You're owed nothing more. You took no risk in the success or failure of the business.
#90am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:19pm
From first hand experience.
My company was acquired back in 1999. And the "workers" were worked very hard to get the company primed for acquisition. Mandatory overtime on Saturdays, evening hours . . .
When we were sold, senior management members literally made millions of dollars. Some made tens of millions of dollars because of their stock options.
The workers got nothing, except many actually lost their job after the acquisition. Those that kept their jobs got to read stories about our "President", who was brought in for 18 months to ready us for sale, and his family's trip around the world on his luxury yacht purchased with proceeds from the sale.
I am relatively high up in the organization, and kept saying that someone should set aside something for those who actually did the work to get us ready for sale.
All I heard was silence.
Fair is fair. Unless of course it is business.
#91am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:23pmas with the discussion the other day about voting with your wallet when faced with vendors whose policies you disagree, i would make the argument that one should not work for those whose practices are unacceptable.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#92am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:24pm
And in spite of all I've said, I must confess that on many occasions, I've suggested to my husband that he quit our business to be the CEO of a megacorporation, drive corporate profits down, and get fired.
The golden parachutes are ridiculous.
#93am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:25pm
I don't work with them anymore.
Most of those involved all retired wealthy.
And Kelzama, that is something we can agree on.
Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:25 PM
#94am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:25pmkringy, you own that burqa. unfortunately, this time you won't be voting but rather hosing down those who emerge from the voting place with a 7.62mm minigun.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#95am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:26pm
Has any photo ever screamed out "Bring back the guillotine!" better than this one?
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#96am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:28pm
do you think, like the Gillette 5 track razors, a guillotine would work better with 5 blades?
Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:28 PM
#97am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:30pm
Calvin, it is near lunchtime here. You are going to make me ill.
I just would like him to have to walk a few days in the shoes of someone who makes minimum wage.
His personal income is reason alone for extra taxes on income over certain threshholds.
#98am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:30pm
papa I will admit, in my first ever election.......I did vote Republican.......for NIXON.......
SHOOT ME NOW.......I have never lived that down........
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#99am i the only republican actor?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:33pmWith those jowls, you might need five blades.
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