There are enlightened hipsters?

I press the "3" key twice, really fast.

I'm pretty sure the whole ACA decision was a redefinition of "interstate commerce". I don't agree with it, but I think that's exactly what it was.

You've got some balls to admit you work for the government on this thread, buddy!

Yes. Further, the point of the 2nd amendment was to equip the population to throw off tyranny. Any and all arms effective for that purpose seem covered by intent. Even ordnance, which was provided by private owners to fight the British. The intent being, specifically, to be able to fight a government.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: 2014 will be the year of Linux on the Desktop.

No, this is not correct. In any market, if you set a floor or ceiling on prices, the result is a surplus or shortage. This is microeconomics 101. Market price is the intersection of supply and demand. Interfere with the market's ability to have supply and demand intersect, and the market is not cleared to equilibrium. See the chart.

I'm sorry, did I misinterpret this:

Since kids aren't allowed to work in the USA, I only assumed "resorting to crime" meant you thought kids were engaged in crime instead of being at school. What did you actually mean, then?

I think it's a cultural problem with many, many factors (whole books worth). Lack of economic prospects is certainly one of them, but not the only one. FYI My spouse worked in low-income school districts for 5 years. A lot of what goes on to prevent successful child development is behavior by the parent(s) that doesn't have any direct tie to finances.

If people sincerely do not believe work is a good idea, that is ineffective. As the child told my spouse when she explained that she and I work to pay for our food, "then you be fool".

What's the evidence people are not attending K-12 school because they're stealing to eat? Did you know that most schools in economically depressed areas provide free meals including breakfast (2 free meals/day)? And these families generally receive housing subsidies and food assistance?

Oh, and as far as the job constraint you referred to, I'm simply answering that the proposal of a "minimum living wage" as a function of creating a regulated price floor for labor would create unemployment.

We have free education through 12th grade. The overwhelming majority of people making minimum wage didn't graduate high school. So what good what more free education do?

Huh? You broke the pattern.

I hear a lot of people implying that a higher minimum wage somehow forces "evil corporations" to "pay their fair share" without actually addressing the reality of a minimum wage that exceeds the exchanged labor value. Why would an employer want to hire somebody at $15.00/hr who's only making them $7.00/hour??

This is getting fun. You DO realize the middle class was proportionally larger, there was less government debt, and there was higher taxes on the upper class and corps when government spending was lower?

You do realize the middle class was proportionally larger when there was less government debt?

That's hard to parse, so I'm not sure what you mean. But assuming there's a societal obligation to "produce enough jobs for everyone" might be a stumbling point, as it asserts without proof that "society" can perform the necessary economic calculations to do so, and has a collective moral obligation to do so. That's not the least bit clear.