Person on TV from "party of personal responsibility" blames government for homeless....LOL. Is that what "personal responsibility" means? Bitch and moan about the government and its the evil government's fault that a person's life is bad? You have gotten accustomed to not blaming a person for their shitty life. Why is that? Always quick to defend the lazy folks around here. As I've said before, this country's work ethic isn't like that of our grandparents generation. This current population is full of "the government's holding me back! the rich people are screwing me!" lazy folks.
lol. I think you mistake me tooling on you for constantly whining about lazy people on here with me defending lazy people. I personally think the rich people are great and I wonder why the left wants to punish them for being rich. No poor person ever gave me a job.
no need. they're usually plenty smart enough to move there businesses to other countries with lower tax rates and minimum wages. we should tax them more and increase minimum wage though, I'm sure it will help everyone who needs jobs. where's bernie when you need him?
Obama raised taxes in connection with adoption of the OCA, and employment has been rising ever since. Clinton raised taxes in 1993 with not a single GOP vote. The GOP predicted calamity as the result. Instead we had a great period of sustained growth, including some budget surpluses. That is the reality, not just your views of what "should" happen based on your retrograde ideology. Now to be clear I am not saying raising taxes is always a good thing. Not at all. But properly targeted taxes can be implemented that help the economy. An obvious example today is that the gas tax should be raised to pay for roads and related infrastructure. That would help the economy. But the GOP is uniformly against that. A triumph of ideology over the factual.
So I guess you don't see corporate inversion as a problem? 33% of Americans out of workforce, highest rate since 1978 http://www.rt.com/usa/238697-americans-labor-jobs-report/ http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_303.htm
Geez your own cite contains this statement: The data points to the aging baby boom generation – those born in the post-war years between 1946 and 1964, as a primary reason for the significant drop. OF COURSE labor participation has declined and will decline more as the baby boomer generation retires. Anyway, the unemployment rate continues to decline despite the tax increase adopted during the OCA's passage, not to mention while the OCA is being implemented. Contrary to GOP predictions.
Look at the second link and you'll see the percentage of workers participating in each age range. You'll also see that the older folks participation rate has increased while the younger peoples has decreased.
