Leah

Hello!

I am a Christian mother of two. I love the Lord and my politics are based on my faith. This means that sometimes I cannot help but post the two together. They go together and I am not ashamed of believing in Christ Jesus. Do I think that the Lord is political? No, but I think as Christians we need to pray and be vocal about our hopes for a better moral government based on Biblical values.

I am not a politician. I am a woman that works hard on a small paycheck to make ends meet. I am passionate about American workers and the value of them. I don't take kindly to the idea that Americans are lazy and every company should hire Hispanics because they are better workers. Americans working hard built this country and it is time that politicians quit giving our jobs away for below average wages. It is hard to make ends meet on a $10-$12 dollar wage. I make the same wage I made in 1996 and everything that is necessary to raise a family is doubled. So its offensive when Trump says our wages are too high.

This country and the people who are running it have lost touch with the American people and basic moral values.
Looking forward to debate.

Leah

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Welcome, Leah. I look forward to your contributing posts. :wink:

4430 Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory

Welcome aboard Leah !

vernon

you sound like a very nice lady.
but i never heard trump say a thing about wages being to high in fact he has said just the opposite.
the sad thing is i listened to these people go on and on about wallmart being so bad,they talked about wallmart in a terrible way.now wallnart
is shutting over 200 stores and laying off about 17000 workers ,i hope they are satisfied.i know those 17000 really appreciate their help.

3jack

Wrong. In Trump's own words.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-wages-are-too-high-2015-11

cSc61 Loc: Austin

Hi Leah - and welcome. It's brutal in here so I hope you are not thin-skinned.

The argument in favor of increased wages is made under the false premise that everything else in the economy remains the same. "If I could only make more per hour," so the argue goes, "then I'd be able to afford all the things my family needs to live." And so we support politicians who promise us a "living wage."

The only problem is that the cost of those items continues to go up as well, and more often than not, at a greater pace than the wage increase itself.

So when is the increased wage enough? Why not just give everyone a $100 an hour wage increase and be done with it. Let's just solve everyone's financial troubles at once.

Because all things being relative, that $100/hour would not be enough to buy the things your family needs when the cost of bread and diapers are inflated to keep up with wage increases. It's the proverbial dog chasing its tail.

The real problem, the problem our politicians try so desperately to conceal from us, is the fact that they have weakened our dollar so badly over time, that a week's worth of groceries today now costs the same as a new automobile did in 1915.

Get to the bottom of THAT conundrum and we'd actually be taking the first steps at fixing our nation's financial woes.

markinny

god bless people like you. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

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73STNGLKABEE

Really like you already.

vernon

wernt you one of those bashing walmart?if so aere you proud of helping 17000 people out of a job.

vernon

your twisting this he was talking about minimum wage.

3jack

I never has bashed Walmart, and you're totally off base with your 17,000 people out of a job statement. In the press relief, Walmart stated that those displaced due to store closures will be place in other Walmart stores or Walmart positions. BTW, store closures in the USA only affect stores that are in close proximity of other Walmart stores. In other words, they built and opened too many stores too close to each other.

3jack

In other words, minimum wages are too high. Any way you state it, it's stupid.

vernon

there should be no minimum wage its just cost workers jobs and cos money

Leah

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I think I will really like this place.

I just wanted to comment on the wage issue. I am Tea Party that is how I would identify. I am not saying minimum wage increase. I believe that people should be paid for their experience and hard work. Unfortunately though our open borders have driven manufacturing job wages way down. There is an unfortunate saying that is k*****g jobs for Americans. It is Hispanics are better workers. Its sad because hard work and experience are no longer important. Flat rate has taken over.