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Texas wants to stop Democrats from Voting?

Dirty Penguin

Dirty Penguin

Master Of Ceremony
Revoltingest said:
Sounds like a great idea to me.
Any Texistanian who doesn't like it can move to the US.
Problem solved!
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But that's one of things I was talking about. Republicans, (some...not all) want to abolish the minimum wage. Since Texas, to my knowledge, doesn't set it's minimum wage but goes by the fed standard...then the fed standard would be out the window once they were their own country. Since many in the party want to do away with minimum wage then I believe Texas would begin to pay it's people less.....basically letting business decide what they want to pay employees. So I don't see how if they were to secede that employee pay would remain high......:sad:
 
Falvlun

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
What would be the best way to abolish gerrymandering? Is there a way we can make it a Supreme Court case?
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Falvlun said:
What would be the best way to abolish gerrymandering? Is there a way we can make it a Supreme Court case?
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A step would be to have legislators be elected "at large".
I favor it because it breaks the 2-party near monopoly.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Dirty Penguin said:
But that's one of things I was talking about. Republicans, (some...not all) want to abolish the minimum wage. Since Texas, to my knowledge, doesn't set it's minimum wage but goes by the fed standard...then the fed standard would be out the window once they were their own country. Since many in the party want to do away with minimum wage then I believe Texas would begin to pay it's people less.....basically letting business decide what they want to pay employees. So I don't see how if they were to secede that employee pay would remain high......:sad:
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Meh....for most workers, businesses decide what to pay employees already.
And the market has employees influencing prevailing wages.
 
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Mercy Not Sacrifice

Well-Known Member
Revoltingest said:
Sounds like a great idea to me.
Any Texistanian who doesn't like it can move to the US.
Problem solved!
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When Rick Perry talked of seceding from the United States, the city of Austin talked of seceding from Texas. But what if there were a libertarian or conservative neighborhood in Austin that wanted to secede from Austin? And what if a Left-leaning housing block wanted to secede from that neighborhood? And what if a libertarian or conservative homeowner wanted to secede from that housing block?

Surely nothing can go wrong with that. But it's okay, because freedom!
 
Dirty Penguin

Dirty Penguin

Master Of Ceremony
Revoltingest said:
Meh....for most workers, businesses decide what to pay employees already.
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Partly true. In this society the fed minimum wage rules. You can pay an employee more if you want. Some states pay a little more than the fed minimum but they meet the fed standard. What they can't do by law is pay them less....unless we're talking about the restaurant biz. Even a business...while they can decide what to pay an employee what they can't do, pursuant to fed guidelines, is pay less than the minimum wage. This would hardly be the case in Texas if they became their own country..as indicated by the controlling party's own words on the matter. There would be no fed and no reason for them to continue the minimum wage standard set by the fed so in essence in a "free market" society such as that if a business decides to pay $2.00 an hour the country of Texas would be fine with that.....:sad:


And the market has employees influencing prevailing
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What does this even mean?
 
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Dirty Penguin

Dirty Penguin

Master Of Ceremony
Mercy Not Sacrifice said:
When Rick Perry talked of seceding from the United States, the city of Austin talked of seceding from Texas. But what if there were a libertarian or conservative neighborhood in Austin that wanted to secede from Austin? And what if a Left-leaning housing block wanted to secede from that neighborhood? And what if a libertarian or conservative homeowner wanted to secede from that housing block?

Surely nothing can go wrong with that. But it's okay, because freedom!
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Made me think of Family Guy (Petoria)...LOL!!!
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Mercy Not Sacrifice said:
When Rick Perry talked of seceding from the United States, the city of Austin talked of seceding from Texas. But what if there were a libertarian or conservative neighborhood in Austin that wanted to secede from Austin? And what if a Left-leaning housing block wanted to secede from that neighborhood? And what if a libertarian or conservative homeowner wanted to secede from that housing block?
Surely nothing can go wrong with that. But it's okay, because freedom!
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Well, secession would be messy.
I don't advocate it anyway.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Dirty Penguin said:
Partly true. In this society the fed minimum wage rules. You can pay an employee more if you want. Some states pay a little more than the fed minimum but they meet the fed standard. What they can't do by law is pay them less....unless we're talking about the restaurant biz. Even a business...while they can decide what to pay an employee what they can't do, pursuant to fed guidelines, is pay less than the minimum wage. This would hardly be the case in Texas if they became their own country..as indicated by the controlling party's own words on the matter. There would be no fed and no reason for them to continue the minimum wage standard set by the fed so in essence in a "free market" society such as that if a business decides to pay $2.00 an hour the country of Texas would be fine with that.....:sad:
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The fed min wage isn't even legal anyway.
Of course, that doesn't stop them from imposing it.

What does this even mean?
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It doesn't mean much of anything as you saw it.
Check the edited post. (I ran out of words at the time.) Fixed now.
 
Dirty Penguin

Dirty Penguin

Master Of Ceremony
Revoltingest said:
The fed min wage isn't even legal anyway.
Of course, that doesn't stop them from imposing it.
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Yeah...ok...:rolleyes:

29 USC § 206 - Minimum wage | Title 29 - Labor | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
(a) Employees engaged in commerce; home workers in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; employees in American Samoa; seamen on American vessels; agricultural employees Every employer shall pay to each of his employees who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, wages at the following rates:
(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than— (A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after May 25, 2007;
(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and
(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day;
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http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/q-a.htm
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Many states also have minimum wage laws. Where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher minimum wage rate.
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:sad:
 
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Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Some interesting hypocrisy on the minimum wage....
Should White House interns be paid? - The Week
The pay-the-interns movement has made some serious headway this summer. In June, it scored a win when a federal court decided that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated wage laws by employing unpaid interns on the set of Black Swan. Now, the campaign is going after an even bigger fish: Washington, D.C.
The Fair Pay Campaign, a lobby for intern rights, is trying to convince the federal government to start paying the estimated 20,000 to 30,000 mostly unpaid interns who work in Washington each summer. It's starting, of course, with the famous White House internship program.
As the White House states on its website under FAQs about the program: "White House Internships are unpaid positions." Not only that: "Any outside income, funding or housing assistance received as a White House intern must be pre-approved by the Office of the White House Counsel." It also specifies that interns work 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
tytlyf said:
This isn't anything new. The republicans have been doing this for years. Funny how you don't see democrats doing it. Sure, they target democrat voters without mentioning race. But people are smart enough to know exactly what's up. Well, people with half a brain.
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:facepalm: Why wouldn't they do it? Do you actually think they aren't going to do when they have the majority when they have the chance to redistrict in their favor? And when it happens, it will probably hurt Republicans more than what Republicans are hurting minority and Democrat voters now just because the Republic base is fading. Even a modest attempt at a redistricting favoring Democrats could make it especially difficult for Republicans in some areas, it could even make Texas a contested state. But because Democrats have donors, need wins, and are politicians concerned with winning, a modest effort probably isn't going to happen.
 
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