You don't need health insurance ( Just ask Bush ), all you need to do is go to the ER . Thats the kind of leadership this country has ------ scared yet ?

Reddog

Right-to-work protects the rights of employees.

This is a wheel that turns and turns. It's much like the age-old question: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". You can claim that the gap in pay vs cost of living is due to the lack union support or fair wages. Then again, you can see so often that with forced wage increases due to the socialist unionists, price increases are sure to follow. Then wages must be increased again to compensate. How do we stop the wheel from turning?

Unions are GREAT for union members! Unions induce inflation for everyone else.

The best example of the waste of unions is the carpenters union paying unskilled workers $12/hr to hold a picket sign in downtown Boise. UNSKILLED workers....here's your new job, "Hold this sign."

Well, who wouldn't? After all, as a socialist, you don't have to worry - the state will provide everything you need. Just look at those great bastions of socialism that endure today! A solid middle class, nobody goes hungry and everybody has everything that they need. Or something like that. Just ask the Chinese, Cubans and North Koreans about the benefits of their socialized society.

It must be cheaper to live on the state at the corrections facilities. With all the illegal immigrants doing jobs Americans won't do, {used to do for a living wage} manufacturing & selling meth, supplments income, or so they think.

There are a lot of reasons for living someplace & many poeple move to Idaho not realizing how the good old boy BS works or what a nice area with such poor air quaility Boise has to offer. Religion is another issue. I know, look into the community before you move. Unfortunalety religion is seldom something you can investigate because people are afraid to tell the truth about any religion or effect it has on a community or state.
No point in getting into that or I'll be struck down, not by God but by Osama or some other nut using religion to serve their own purpose. I'm Jesus, no I'm Jesus. With so many, we should feel saved, if you can afford the income percenatge required to belong?

Want to blame people for moving to Idaho or Boise? Look within, government, developers, supply & demand! Should politicians do something about it? The people you want to move away, moved here in large part because of the politicians you think should't do anything about it. They accept the campaign contributions & give the tax cuts to developer who make out like a bandit selling to the people you don't want around. You absorb the taxes developers/corporate unAmerica evade through campaign contributions & sacrifice to bring your cost of living down. Simple math, you pay politicians to sell you out then complain about the people who move in due to the actions of the same politicians.

The same government gave tax cuts to Micron, Micron handed out bonuses, people bought toys, got laid off, overextended, draw unemployment & government gave more handouts because the same politicians went to bat again for the people who evaded the taxes you aborbed. The supply & demand? Micron, tech jobs, & the largest employer in the state. Wrong! The taxppayers, you are the largest employer in the state. Unfortunately you employees are giving all your profits to those who can afford to buy your representation, the poiticians you suggest shouldn't do something about it! Those politicians are headed to China to promote slave labor again. Free vacation to sell $400 million of Idaho goods to China for lead paint tainted toys, poison dog food, & be careful when you brush your teeth. How many Americans lose their jobs to free trade? Some 8 year old kid making a dollar a day is doing the job some American use to do for a living wage. Bush is all about human rights, Bush wouldn't know a human right if he bombed it which is more likey than representing US & the reason terrorist hate US!

How much thought have you really given the cost of living in Idaho? By the way, Idaho isn't so much different than any other city or state. They all have government promoting growth, giving tax cuts at the expense of We the People who pay their wages. Illegal immigration promoted for years while taking jobs Americans won't do, even though they did those jobs twenty years ago when they paid a living wage.

Ever look at farming or dairy? Used to be family operations. Corporate or agri/corruption started buying your represetation in the 1970s & those politicians paid dairy farmers your tax $ to quit so these 30,000 dairies polluting air & water can have control & what does a gallon of milk cost? How much is that farm bill? When it was small family farms acually doing the work & paying Americans a fair wage the farm bill was nonexistant. Now the corporate farms buy your representation for pennies on the dollar. A million to the republicans, three quarter million to the democrats so their horse can't lose. Buying up land family farmers can't hang on to, with your tax dollar with subsidies.

Look at www.nextrevolution.net

Counters showing war costs, & the national debt show what those politicians are doing. The chart showing individuals paying 90% of taxes & corporate unAmerica paying 10% when it used to be a 50/50 split. They provide the jobs & you pay the taxes. Ever buy a used car? You got a lemon in this deal.

I read a lot about socialism & socialist lately. I'm not republcian or demcorat but it looks a lot to me like both parties play the same game & politicians along with campaign contibutors are making all the money while We the people are paying for everything. How can a corporation or the government expect the people to pay all the taxes on less wages
& then buy all the products these companies sell? More cheap labor!

It's America mismanaged by the people we pay who accept $ from outside interest while on our dime & making a profit doing it. Ever see what happens to a whistle blower when they report a crime by government? They are discredited & not one damn American they were fighting for has the balls to stand up & help fight for their own $ or well being!

Where ya been udapimp? You're making sacrifices alright, you just don't know what they are, who is taking advanatage of them, & how much you're really giving up! Capitalism is buying your representation, it's the best buy on the market!

And what does the cost of living have to with Micron cutting their excess employees or shifting their employee base to overseas.?

Was this a surprise to your friend? Hello!!!!He worked for frkn MICRON!!!! It's volatile!

I'm sure he wasn't crying when got hired, and I'm pretty sure they didn't guarantee him anything.

And remind your friend of all those FAT bonus checks Micron employees got years ago.

You must assume I'm all sorts of rich. I'm 24, I too work at Micron, I struggle to pay my bills every month... and the list goes on and on.

But I don't blame anyone for my problems and complications. Is life difficult sometimes? Yes. Do I wish my situation was different? Often! But I was raised to take personal responsibility for my own situation in life. My economic status is my own doing, so is my social status, religious and political status, etc.

By blaming the higher-ups, you're taking personal responsibility away from those to whom it belongs. When people own the responsibility, they are empowered to own success. But by allowing the goverment, or a job, or anyone else to own their problems, they're also give away any success to be had. Success isn't a chance happening - people win the lottery one day and go bankrupt the next. Success is a habit, a trait, a way of life.

I was raised to be successful. I fully intend to get my education by the sweat of my own brow, become marketable, and make wads of cash you can only dream of. I own my situation right now.

I'm tired of people meandering through life like the government or their employer owes them something. Satisfaction is not guaranteed in this life. We are guaranteed this right: the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself. No one owes you or your neighbor a thing. If your neighbor wants to keep his house, he'll find a way. If your neighbor wants to be a millionaire, he'll find a way.

People generally get just exactly what they're chasing in this life. For my parents it was a happy family first, then financial security. They got both. I'm chasing after a happy family (sometime in the near future), a satisfying career, the ability to see the world with my future children to provide hands-on learning, and financial security. I get discouraged because it's hard. It's the most difficult thing I've ever done, but that's MY American Dream. That's what I fully expect to get out life. It's my pursuit of happiness:)

...Vbron, 2020...

What, nothing intelligent to say? Personal attacks on an internet forum... Yep you're a real internet tough guy, aren't you?

Such anger, such rage, such illogical blathering.

...Vbron, 2020...

I have ADD and your lengthy post is daunting. There were a lot of words, but you made few points.

To respond to each of your statements would be pointless becasue you seem to have your mind made up about a lot of things, and really no one can be sure just exactly what you were trying to say sometimes.

The basis of what I said rings true no matter what - people are generally as happy as they want to be. People generally get out of life exactly what they want.

As you pointed out, some people want to meander through life. That's fine as long as they pay their own way. Some people want more and are willing to do what it takes to get there. They deserve to rise to the top.

I see and hear about too many people that complain about their situation. Life is SO hard for them. No one will fix their problems for them. Tough luck. No guaranteed happiness, just the pursuit thereof.

And I will run for President. I will be a success. I realize that I might have to sacrifice one thing for another. But I have my priorities straight. I'm not too worried about how my life will turn out. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easier, but I choose to be and pursue happiness regardless of circumstances.

...Vbron, 2020...

Good to see your still kicking---How's the Mrs. and the reddog estate----------
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