Northeast Assembly Thread

[k-onmmunist]

I would back this bill.

Quite surprising, even if apreciated. Could I ask you why ?

I see no need for the minimum wage in the Northeast to be different from the federal one. While I would like to see progress towards the abolition of the minimum wage (which puts an artificial price on labour and causes unemployment, especially among youths), this is a step in the right direction, I feel.

But there has to be a way to keep these people making a viable income. I've known too many people who weren't young folks making minimum wage. Living where I live and you see it. There has to be some kind of happy medium where people can make enough to support themselves and their family. Big corporations such as McDonald's and Wal-Mart do not only employ young people and there's no way either of them are going out of business any time soon, even if the minimum wage were say 13 dollars an hour. These corporations are so massive, that there's no way they go under. Smaller businesses, I could see it having an effect, which is why we offer incentives and certain breaks to protect them.

It's a shame that the market is swallowed up by such huge conglomerates, but if we lowered corporation tax as well, I'm sure we could encourage competition and thus put an upward pressure on wages.

Or it could blow up in our faces and just tighten the hold of these monopolies... As I said, I'm not opposed to helping smaller businesses, but these corporations are just so massive, I don't see that they need any help. Our help should be focused on those that make these places profitable through hard work. I've reformed and moderated my views on businesses. They're not all "bad guys", but I'm still going to side with smaller businesses and the working man over any corporation. I'm asking for the protection of thousands of workers who aren't just young people. You might say these are folks who've had some bad luck, well, maybe, but for the work they do, and for the money they pump into the economy, they deserve some protection.

The problem is, if you keep a high minimum wage, you are helping these oligopolies. Small business suffers because it isn't able to pay the wages and they go into a downward spiral until they go bust in many cases. If you want to help small business, a great aid to it would be to abolish or at least lower the minimum wage.

I believe in a living wage. People need to be able to survive. A poor person helps no one. Maybe what I'm wanting is a more efficent minimum wage that won't bankrupt smaller companies, but won't allow big corporations to get off scot-free. Because you know Wal-Mart, nor McDonald's, nor anyone of the big corporations for that matter, do not hesitate to keep those wages as low as possible. Thes places need to be held accountable for that.

It would be very hard, if not impossible, to find such an equilibrium.

[k-onmmunist]

Stop it.

[k-onmmunist]

Nay

[k-onmmunist]

Seems fair enough.

[k-onmmunist]

Aye

[k-onmmunist]

Abstain

[k-onmmunist]

I oppose the minimum wage and I oppose having it raised to federal levels.

[k-onmmunist]

On a rethink, I vote Aye.

[k-onmmunist]

As long as this bill doesn't enforce affirmative action, I'm willing to back it.

[k-onmmunist]

As a Northeast Representative, I have always debated about issues and never with personal anger. I challenge you to prove the contrary.

Actually, you called me an 'idiot' multiple times.

[k-onmmunist]

As a Northeast Representative, I have always debated about issues and never with personal anger. I challenge you to prove the contrary.

Actually, you called me an 'idiot' multiple times.

On subjects that had nothing to do with the Assembly.

No, I'm pretty sure you insulted me in the Assembly too once or twice.

[k-onmmunist]

I wouldn't mind having my seat back

[k-onmmunist]

No, you are trying to make a "poor me, I'm fat" and I findit absolutely sickening. If youthink discrimination against fat people is a problem, write a bill to combat the problem of obesity. We shouldn't accept unsightliness and unhealthiness as "okay" when it is a serious problem. It's not "okay" to be obese. Not only that, but size, again, can mean anything and I already explained why that is a problem.

How can you have a -7 social score and pretend to tell everybody what is "okay" and what is not ?

How can you have a -5 social score and think freedom of speech needs limits?

[k-onmmunist]

While 14 years should be a reasonable limit for pornography, it's definitely too young for sexual activities.

No.

[k-onmmunist]

Why change it to 16? 14 is fine.

The proposed change is to 14.  Current law is 16.  Adults should not be having sex with 14-year-olds.  It's way too young and the potential for exploitation is far too great.

That's why I inserted the statuory rape clause. The point was to lower the age of consent, but this idiocy about completely removing the effect of the bill makes it pointless. I'd rather see it die than butchered like that.

[k-onmmunist]

I intend to back cinyc for speaker.

[k-onmmunist]

Official Ballot for Speaker of the Northeast Assembly:

[X] cinyc
[ ] Write-in:______
[ ] NOTA

[k-onmmunist]

Isn't there more important legislation to be getting on with?

[k-onmmunist]

I don't really think we need much of a debate on this. I'll vote Aye.

[k-onmmunist]

hey could one of you guys make an amendment that you must be polite in the assembly. And consequences if you aren't. It is just an idea.

We have the thing called "Joe Wilson Act". Rowan declared this unconstitutional.

why?

Freedom of speech I guess.

[k-onmmunist]

I wish Spade could teach me how to very cryptically say something without referring to it openly.

We all do.

[k-onmmunist]

Abstain