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Ant:
Since some people like to mistakenly believe that I live far to the left.  I'll offer some my thoughts on where conservative ideology trumps the left.  See below:

Minimum Wage - The optimal minimum wage is $0.00.  Plain and simple, in general, people make what they are worked.  Sure, some people get screwed.  I'm not disputing that underpaid individuals exist in society, but this is not as much of a problem as we think.   

Tax Cuts - Any tax cut is a good tax cut.  Why?  Reductions in taxes decrease government revenue and force an eventual reduction in government spending.  The only way to reduce government spending is to reduce taxes.  Unfortunately, this leads to the creation of deficits, but if it also leads to reducing government spending then the positives outweight the negatives.

Government Spending Should be Reduced Drastically - Why?  The government sucks at getting things done.  Private industry is almost always more efficient than the government.  I'm not arguing for it to be reduced to almost zero, but it could go down significantly.  Government spending equals almost 35% of GDP.  Conservative economists argue 20% is a much more reasonable number. 

Education - The liberals are primarily responsible for the mismanagement of the American education system.  Why? They implemented the idea of a top-down government organized education system and furthermore assisted the Teachers Unions rise to political power.  If government sucks at most everything else why would we assume it would be good at managing education.  It isn't.  The conservative option is for government to fund massive voucher programs that give parents the freedom to choose the right school for their child rather than forcing them into the local public school system. 

I could have written more on these, but didnt feel like writting an essay.  If you want further explanation feel to ask.  Unfortunately, the current GOP is a mess as we all now know.  This much at least doesn't need any explanation.  The modern republican party is a) dumb b) often dishonest and c) more concerned with political victory than good governance.

J Bananas:
i wanna know your thoughts on why there should be no minimum wage whatsoever

Don Rizzle:
supply and demand.............

additonally lots of people here complain about immigrants taking our jobs (mainly eastern europeans these days), they would hapily work for less than minimum wage, so if the supply is there and business demand their services they will get work, putting more people into employment and its win win for everyone. it would also makes us more competitive against emerging economies.

Out of interest what is the US min wage, in the UK its the equivilant of $10/hour

Trauma-san:
"if you want further explanation" there's no explanation necessary, you're not dealing with a bunch of retarded children.  You're right on the three or four topics you noted though, I agree.  If you weren't such a fucking idiot about the other things you believe you'd possibly have a chance of my commentary on some of your posts.  That likely will not happen, though.  Keep working, maybe one day you'll realize what a dumbass you've been and beg the King Of Kings' forgiveness. 

Digital Pimpin':

--- Quote from: Don Rizzle on August 21, 2006, 01:29:07 AM ---Out of interest what is the US min wage, in the UK its the equivilant of $10/hour

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I think it's $5.15 p/h, but it's more in some states (up to $8.50, I think).

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