DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess Yes elections have consequences. In difficult economic times there is usually a restructuring of the labor force. This is what happens economically. Things are not supposed to stay stagnant. A business that can only afford 114 employees by underpaying them and not providing benefits has grown too large and needs to restructure itself. Why should we, as a society, have to support low wages and benefits just to keep this guy in business? Being a capitalist presumes that you have the capital to invest to begin with, and that your business earns enough to pay fair and legal wages and benefits. That's a simple business fact. "David" doesn't get to exploit employees just so he can "put [him] and [his] family first." When I hire someone to any type of work for me, it is assumed that I will pay them properly for their work. Is it not? Since when do I get to tell the plumber, or the electrician, sorry, but I won't pay for your honest work? And does anyone think that a plumber's bill does not already take into account various costs that he has? "David" needs to get over himself. For an economy to succeed requires the almost never-ending movement of capital and resources to those products/services/industries that make sense. Underpaying people should not be an acceptable part of the system. If he can't afford as many employees then he needs to shrink the business. Perhaps there just isn't enough demand for what his business does. Maybe his capital should be invested differently. If people didn't innovate and the economy didn't restructure over time, we would still all be sitting on family farms with a subsistence economy. A thriving economy is supposed to mean change. There are no sacred cows. Do you hire people based on what things are like now, or in the future? When were those employees hired, and under what predictions of the economic future were they hired? These employees weren't hurting his business right now, but in the future, when, say, Obamacare regulations and tax increases hit, it very well may be true that his employee costs will negatively effect his business' fiscal stability. Unless you are in the same business, in the same situation, you very easily could be completely and utterly clueless as to his business model.
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What I support: - A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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