Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The Short-Sightedness of the American Left

The American Left appears to have no concept in their pore ole collective head of cause-and-effect. They don't even pretend to understand economics (or if that is a pretense of understanding, it's piss-poor!).

A while back, I read the following over on cluelesshick.com:
Somebody hands you a pay check of some kind, i bet. & if free markets were allowed in the USA, they could hand you any old amount they want...or not...& tell you that if you don't like go someplace else. they dont care, Joe. They don't have to care. There are NO RULES for them. NO REGULATIONS! NO LAWS! NONE OF THAT NASTY 'OVERSITE'!

Now, come on here. Do you mean to tell me that the writer of this comment does not understand that:
  • Employers don't determine your pay (YOU do, based on what you know, how skilled you are, how talented you are, how well you've developed your knowledge, skills and talent, and, how well you market yourself)
  • You have the ability to price yourself out of the market
  • If you were truly worth what you think you're worth, employers would be contacting you to offer you roles at your price, not offering what you think is a pittance
  • It ISN'T YOUR JOB - It belongs to the employer, who hires someone to do it for them. If it costs the employer more than the return, the job is ELIMINATED; and conversely, if the job costs the employer less than the return, it's retained
  • You don't have a right to a job
??

Honestly! Wake up, will ya? Go take a course in economics 101. Learn what happens when taxes are raised on those who create jobs. Look at what happens when the minimum wage is increased by mandate rather than by the market.

I mean if you're going to pretend to know something about economics, at least pretend to do some research. I didn't do extremely well at economics when in college, but I can at least think about it and reach common-sense (read "logical") conclusions.

But here's another take on this: maybe the libs know that they're not including all the info. Maybe they're banking on the probability that many don't know or care that not all the info is being presented.

My God. I just re-read that last paragraph. What if it’s true?

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