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Comment An Impossible Task (Score 1) 230

How would Uber meet any standard that might be imposed by the courts? UberX drivers use their own cars to transport passengers. Is Uber going to pay for people to buy new cars/vans or upgrade their current transportation? Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees. Any goal to provide X number of accessible vehicles would be unrealistic.

Comment Flipping Burgers is an Entry Level Job (Score 3, Insightful) 511

Minimum wage is not supposed to be a "living wage." McDonald's and the like are supposed to be the first job a person gets, not a lifetime career. You're supposed to learn a work ethic in a minimum wage job so you can move on and get a better job. $15 / hour prevents people from getting that first job because they have no skills and have to be taught everything. I might be able to support a minimum wage if there was a lower "training wage" for people with no skills in their first job.

Comment Minimum Wage? (Score 1) 632

This is happening because of the Fight for 15 movement. Restaurants of all kinds are going to start eliminating minimum wage jobs with kiosks. Being a McDonald's server/cashier is not supposed to be a lifetime job, it's supposed to be a starting place where youngsters learn a work ethic.

Comment Normal Teenage Behavior (Score 2) 389

"They go from being outgoing, energetic, interested in the world and happy, to reclusive. They want to spend all their time in their room. They lose interest in outside activities."

Isn't that normal teenage behavior? I grew up long before cell phones. When I was a teen I spent most of my time in my room working on an old Apple ][+ computer.

Comment Death Knell for Obmacare? (Score 1) 600

The whole thing is one big CF. Remember these great talking points before Obamacare became law?

        “The time is now, we can’t afford to wait any longer.”
        “Americans are dying out here.”
        “My mother died for lack of health insurance.”

If we can’t wait any longer, why is the Obama administration delaying implementation of the employer mandate? Americans are still dying, right? How many more mothers will die because they don’t have health insurance?

This is just a cynical, political ploy so the American sheople don’t realize the unintended consequences of Obamacare before the mid-term elections.

Comment Science should be required! (Score 1) 866

There are a lot of things in life that you can't do without a basic understanding of chemistry/science. The first thing that comes to mind is cooking. You can't follow a simple recipe without mathematics and science. You can't understand how to combine ingredients without chemistry. If you don't understand things like the boiling point of water or why oil and water don't mix it makes it very hard to feed yourself. Sure, you could exist on Ramen noodles and microwaved burritos but with the obesity problem in America that's not a good idea.

My son is hyperactive by design. He attends the only elementary school in South Carolin that has a curriculum wide focus on engineering. He loves science and even won a young engineer award last year. He also enjoys things like art and music and he has a lot of fun in the kitchen with me.

Comment Is it anthropogenic? (Score 1) 771

I'm a big free market economy advocate. I don't doubt there is global warming, I just doubt it's anthropogenic. Can we really do anything about it? There have been many articles written recently about increased solar flares, etc. It's much more likely Sol is causing global warming.

Most of the radical environmentalists I know are watermelons -- green on the outside and red on the inside. They use global warming or environmentalism as an excuse to push their Marxist/communist views.

Comment Male Genital Mutilation (Score 1) 1264

All over the world, there are campaigns against the practice of female genital mutilation, yet here in the United States we advocate for male genital mutilation and perform it regularly in our hospitals. We elected not to circumcise our son, if he thinks it will be better for his health then he can have it done when he's an adult. (Although somehow I doubt he will.)

There's an old joke about Moses where he says to God, "We're your chosen people and you want us to cut the tip off our what?"

Comment Bad for the Economy (Score 1) 1184

This isn't exactly good news for the American consumer and our economy. This will add $3,000 dollars to the price of most cars. People won't buy new more fuel-efficient cars, they'll hang on to their old gas guzzlers instead. (I drive a 17 year old Buick that I won't get rid of because new cars aren't as safe.)

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