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I will answer with one real example that I worked for- I came on after the initial 5 year period- the company started with 6 employees of whom the owner was independently wealthy already and the company lost over $100,000 each of it's first 4 years. I know that each person who started those years was working for around 30k but working 60 hour weeks. By year ten each of the 5 was still there making 100k and happy they survived the begining. In your world this company that now employs 80 people would not exist because the known risk at the time of early losses would not have been worth it. I will ask you though why do you prefer removing a persons option to work for less and get some experience than allowing them to make the choice?

How damaged do you have to be for a GM that drafted you to cut bait after less than a year? If it was a new GM it is possibly just a fit issue but this guy apparently just burned every bridge.

You actually took economic classes and wrote that businesses should have to make sure their employees make more than poverty level wages? Should wegmans have owed me above poverty level wages when I worked there after school in high school? Should the bank I worked for after I graduated college paid me more than my worth from the get go? Who are you arguing for with this argument? People who make minimum wage are 90% of the time starting their work history and can not produce $20 an hour worth of work. I will make one other point, the minimum wage increase will make first chances harder to come by and that will hurt the poor much more than the rich. My kids will be able to get jobs at $15 an hour at publix or Chick-fil-A based on who me and my wife know, while the unknown kid will have a much harder time

Where are college costs through the roof? Not at the public schools in my area, our community college has 4 year degrees for under 12k total, UCF is less than 20k for tuition and fees. If you want to go to private you will pay for it but that is your choice. Healthcare is completely out of control but Government tried to fix that with Obama care and it just got worse. The fact that you think the solution to any of these topics is more federal control shows how economically illiterate you are. The solution to raise low wages is to tighten the job market so business must compete for quality people. The solution to high college cost is to not pay $150k for a $15k education. Healthcare is more complex but the federal government will not fix it. The people who say "do something" rarely fix anything and just cause other problems, I can deal with crickets if they don't make it worse.

I honestly do not understand how you can state the USA is clearly different than most of the rest of the world. I think the differences make us superior but even you don't think we are superior the difference between how our country is built vs Europe is built is easily noticable if you leave the inner cities.

you have argued this point with conservatives? You feel it is conservative people who don't encourage a proper family enough? Yet the more liberal a person is the more likely they are to be and have a single parent. Your initial point is correct but I can't imagine a conservative who is under 80 that argues blacks don't deserve a proper family

This women is very proud of her ignorance. Math is not something created it is simply the understanding of how numbers and shapes work. She could more realistically argue Oxygen is racist because white people discovered it since Algebra is an Arabic word since it was first discovered by Arabs.

If the IOC has to show the US how to deal with immoral dictators then I am truly concerned for our country. I don't expect much of Biden but this seems like a pretty easy slam dunk, especially after COVID.

Since I like to argue with you I must give you credit on a very good point- the last 3 presidents have been allowed to pass far too much through executive order. I will admit that when Bush did it I was not bothered since I did not think the next president would be allowed to ramp it up even further. I was truly surprised when so many members of the house gave away their power

So many problems pinning the evil of a great great grandfather on a person today. I don't blame the English for oppressing my ancestors and what do we do about children of slave owner and slave? The only way you can properly help the descendants of slave is give them a proper education and chance to succeed.

I am not sure where you live but the lockdown of NY and CA have turned many of my students towards being libertarians. In FL I am allowed to live my life as I see fit and the intelligent among us have no problems staying healthy while my students extended family is still not able to do anything close to normal. But as for the original question: the American way is freedom from government interference except when necessary, which defining necessary is where we can have some issues.

You consider Desantis is getting rid of the free press? Right now the evidence is showing he was slow walking the information, which is not the same thing as hiding the information. I have been watching these lawsuits and right now there is no information showing he is covering up numbers. I am not sure if you live in Florida but we had days were it was reported we had infection rates of 18% before the govt starting confirming the data. If you think slow walking it is same as hiding data then we have to disagree. As for Cuomo he hid data and lied.

You are simply making the worst case scenario. The report the Governor was given estimated that it could have been inflated by 10%. He at that point stated he wanted the numbers reviewed and it was not a priority at the time. You are simply echoing the accusation of a paper that has been openly hostile to him. If there is more information that comes out I will consider it but you are saying that particular lag was intentional for political purposes without much to back it up.

You called her "psychotic" and then say there is no reason to not trust her, you are using that word wrong. As for the numbers, we in Florida in the early days had a lot of info printed from official sources that was retracted early on, especially on rate of infections. The Orlando Sentinel proudly sued the state for violation of the sunshine laws and the big win was the data will be released with 48 hours vs the 96 hours it had been. The info was not being hidden, it was being released slower but it was not hidden. Desantis is not Cuomo and right now no one that is not psycho or a political hack is stating he is.

anyone complains about Cuomo killing thousands of people is now "far fringe".

If corner is clearly the BPA you certainly take it. That being said I think corner is less needy then the other two portions of the defense right this second. I hope we get some decent D tackles this year

So you agree they are not the same thing at all- not sure how you think you are disagreeing with me.

Are you comparing a politician being censured for not doing their job to normal citizens losing their jobs for saying things that are not popular in their private life? Not an intelligent comparison.

The numbers are only up compared to last year of which they were down 40%+ https://www.statista.com/statistics/240377/nba-finals-tv-viewership-in-the-united-states/ I know this is only the finals but it is a good indicator of interest. I know the NBA was hawking it's opening week numbers as great but the Christmas day numbers were down 2.5 million total viewers. Basically the NBA now has one national team(Lakers) and little else of interest

TB was missing a decent QB to make the playoffs. They literally had a historically bad QB last year in Jameis and were 7-9. People do not realize how many time Jameis lost games all by himself that his teammates won their matchups.

Kuechly was great largely because of his speed but the last time I saw him play he had definitely lost a step from his peak. I don't think he will be a big upgrade at LB even as a rotation guy.

Who would want to be a cop in any large city right now? They are either totally corrupt if the Dems are right or you are daily fighting that perception and unable to do much good. If I as a teacher had to fight that perception daily I would quit and make more money.

I tried to watch the bubble basketball and found it much worse than prior to bubble. Far too often I felt like players did not seem to care.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cuomos-covid-hero-myth-house-165006269.html This is the definition of the failure of our media. If you did not want to destroy him as I have for every awful decision that is one thing but they literally made him the hero. His numbers are literally the worst in the developed world, he is the baseball coach who is 40-120 and the media argued he was best. If you live in New York and at any point thought Cuomo was impressive during this please use this to recognize how bad he has been and how much the media covers for him.

There is one comment you make that is scary for an intelligent person to make- and I believe you are intelligent. "Some of his decisions were understandable in the context of the early pandemic, but incorrect from a public-health standpoint" His decision to put the sick back with the elderly was implemented in March of last year when by March 12th we knew that the elderly were much more susceptible to COVID. Putting the sick with the elderly is not understandable if you ask any epidemiologist or anyone who has ever worked in healthcare. That decision is responsible for thousands of deaths and was made without a shred of intelligence or advice from a competent person. I am certain of date because it was first day spring break and I did not see my parents for months after.