Politics Thread

[paulxu]

I'm in favor of deals that reduce the chance of nuclear proliferation/war.
Unblocking their own funds in return for verifiable inspections by the IAEA was a good step towards reducing the chance for Iran to turn into another N Korea.
It went a long way towards lowering the threat Iran poses to Israel.

[Masterofreality]

I'm in favor of deals that reduce the chance of nuclear proliferation/war.
Unblocking their own funds in return for verifiable inspections by the IAEA was a good step towards reducing the chance for Iran to turn into another N Korea.
It went a long way towards lowering the threat Iran poses to Israel.

It did nothing but fund more terrorism. Iran cheated. It’s documented. Iran hasn’t stopped funding terrorism through it’s proxy’s Hamas and others.
And “their own funds”? Uh, remember how American citizens were held hostage for over 400 days by a terrorist state? And they should be forgiven for that and just told “Oh, that’s OK”.
What a twisted world view you have where misbehavior is not just tolerated but rewarded.

Meanwhile, in #BidensAmerica there’s this. Per the Wall Street Journal, the Work ethic is disappearing. Even when companies offer $30/hour.
A dumpster fire out of control.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-..._copyURL_share

[paulxu]

What a twisted view you have, that letting Iran develop a nuclear capability to threaten Israel is better than keeping them from developing it.

[ChicagoX]

What a twisted view you have, that letting Iran develop a nuclear capability to threaten Israel is better than keeping them from developing it.

This is what happens to people who consume 25 years of propaganda disguised as "news." It dulls their critical thinking skills and makes them unable to discern fact from fiction. Anyone who thinks that the election was "stolen" likely falls into this category.

[GoMuskies]

Anyone who thinks that the election was "stolen" likely falls into this category.

Are we talking about the 2020 election or the 2016 election?

[ArizonaXUGrad]

It did nothing but fund more terrorism. Iran cheated. It’s documented. Iran hasn’t stopped funding terrorism through it’s proxy’s Hamas and others.
And “their own funds”? Uh, remember how American citizens were held hostage for over 400 days by a terrorist state? And they should be forgiven for that and just told “Oh, that’s OK”.
What a twisted world view you have where misbehavior is not just tolerated but rewarded.

Meanwhile, in #BidensAmerica there’s this. Per the Wall Street Journal, the Work ethic is disappearing. Even when companies offer $30/hour.
A dumpster fire out of control.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-..._copyURL_share

That link was quite the opinion piece. Ask one president of one company who I have issues hiring and use that one anecdote to paint it as a problem across the whole country.

On Israel Palestine, you have two groups who refuse peace. Those two groups have fought each other for thousands of years. Israel currently has their foot on Palestine and wants to keep it there doing anything they can to belittle those people. Palestine resorts to what they know tossing rockets and mortars with reckless abandon. Palestinian actions are terrible and always have been but Israel is not an innocent victim. Their air strikes and troupe deployments should halt but also the smaller stuff like shutting off water and power.

[xuwillie]

That link was quite the opinion piece. Ask one president of one company who I have issues hiring and use that one anecdote to paint it as a problem across the whole country.

On Israel Palestine, you have two group who refuse peace. Those two groups have fought each other for thousands of years. Israel currently has their foot on Palestine and wants to keep it there doing anything they can to belittle those people. Palestine resorts to what they know tossing rockets and mortars with reckless abandon. Palestinian actions are terrible and always have been but Israel is not an innocent victim. Their air strikes and group deployments should halt but also the smaller stuff like shutting off water and power.

Funny The last 4 years have been a bunch of opinion pieces but didn't hear a lot of complaints

[ArizonaXUGrad]

What companies in our country will be the last to get all positions filled? It will be the ones that the pay is low and the work environment is terrible. I expect anyone without a job to fight for the jobs that have great work environments and pay better. Only when those get filled will we the those other companies start to get staff. This is only natural and part of how the free market works for employees. Did you think people would rush back to their low paying job with no benefits and their terrible bosses?

[Smails]

What companies in our country will be the last to get all positions filled? It will be the ones that the pay is low and the work environment is terrible. I expect anyone without a job to fight for the jobs that have great work environments and pay better. Only when those get filled will we the those other companies start to get staff. This is only natural and part of how the free market works for employees. Did you think people would rush back to their low paying job with no benefits and their terrible bosses?

First of all, the FREE market is not designed to compete with government handouts for workers. Our government has decided that wages are too low and since they can't win via the true legislative process, they decide to give money away to low income earners in an effort to elicit a response from private enterprise. That is quite literally the opposite of a free market solution. The federal government is creating a wage war under the guise of pandemic relief.

My company employs about 5000 people globally and here's what we offer:

Starting pay rate in the 90th percentile and a $1500 sign on bonus paid after 30 days
FREE healthcare (we pay 100% of our employees premiums for themselves and all eligible dependents)
401k match @ 6% vested immediately
Our glassdoor rating is just below a 5 star
Exit interviews over the last 8 weeks have indicated that our employees like it here (83% highly favorable rating)
61% of our voluntary turns did not leave for another position (they just decided to stop working)
Tuition reimbursement of 6k annually for anyone who wants it
Catered lunches

You are living in theory and there is a reality out there that you simply cannot see. Here's one long-term effect of the feds sticking their noses where they shouldn't be: My company just capitalized a 36 million dollar robotics project that will reduce our headcount by 30-45% over the next three years while increasing order capacity by 7%. We're pretty progressive thinkers but I'm sure there are plenty of other operations doing the same thing. in a few years there will be thousands and thousands of workers looking for the $20/hour, free medical benefits and generous retirement plan jobs that we offer...and they won't be there.

[Strange Brew]

There is no justification for that, but there is equally no justification for the eviction of people whose families have lived in those homes for decades. What are they thinking?

Curious. To what people do you feel Belfast belongs?