Reply to Publicly funded supermarkets?

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Publicly funded supermarkets?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Commissary, anyone?[/quote]

I’m convinced that so many Service Members struggle when they leave because the cradle-to-grave socialism of the military takes away a lot of day-to-day anxieties. Of course, those anxieties are replaced by other ones - seeing active combat, year-long deployments, etc.

But when socialism works well (see: U.S. military life), people often flounder when they are removed from that structure and tossed into the cold reality of the U.S. civilian economy and society.[/quote]

People flounder when trapped in a capitalist economy, you say? [/quote]

No, people flounder when they have been infantilized and dependent on others and now have to grow up and live independently.

Even our national parks know this; don’t feed the wildlife, they stop learning to forage for their own food [/quote]

That belief only works if capitalist society provides people the means to live independently.  Ever tried supporting a family of four on Walmart wages?  They deliberately underpay their workers, knowing that SNAP benefits will make up the difference.  The government is subsidizing these large corporations.

Seems like the corporations should learn how to forage for themselves.[/quote]

What, so now we gotta pay the 15 year old neighborhood pool lifeguard the same wage he would need to support a family of 4?

Why is it Walmart’s fault if someone doesn’t care to better themselves and make more than minimum wage?[/quote]

Become a lifeguard in California. The municipalities are paying their govt lifeguards $400,000 a year. Welcome to gubmint.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics