Spoiled Americans?

bacha29

Well-Known Member
Do you think the the transportation secretary would have gotten any media heat for taking two months off work in the middle of a crisis?

No no no, Pete and his husband are heroes for changing diapers while the American people suffer...
The FMLA was passed for the benefit of all parents regardless of sexual orientation whether they are public or private sector employees. And the current transportation secretary is a public sector employee.
 

bacha29

Well-Known Member

With our supply chain currently slowed down and store shelves lacking products, a columnist for the Washington Post thinks we Americans need to lower our expectations. What say you?
If China tries to take Taiwan by force we could end up with the biggest naval battle since WWII. Cheap consumer goods from China could be very hard to find if there are any at all. Instead of mindless consumption Americans might be doing themselves a favor if they learned to make goods last longer and more versatile as was the case during the Depression and WWII when many goods were rationed.
 

DriveInDriveOut

Inordinately Right
The FMLA was passed for the benefit of all parents regardless of sexual orientation whether they are public or private sector employees. And the current transportation secretary is a public sector employee.
Yes I'm familiar with FMLA little lady.
He isn't a Walmart employee who needs time off because she just pushed a human being through her vagina.

He's the Secretary of Transportation of the United States of America. He shouldn't be taking 2 months off during a transportation crisis to play house with his husband.

He didn't even appoint an interim replacement. Let's just eliminate the entire position since you people don't think he should have to do his damn job.
 

bacha29

Well-Known Member
Yes I'm familiar with FMLA little lady.
He isn't a Walmart employee who needs time off because she just pushed a human being through her vagina.

He's the Secretary of Transportation of the United States of America. He shouldn't be taking 2 months off during a transportation crisis to play house with his husband.

He didn't even appoint an interim replacement. Let's just eliminate the entire position since you people don't think he should have to do his damn job.
There is this thing called the Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Your comments prove conclusively that what's really grinding your grits is that the secretary is gay and a Democrat. If the secretary was straight and a Republican we wouldn't have heard a peep out of you. BTW 40 House and 8 Republican Senators voted in favor of the legislation while 2 GOP senators didn't have the spine to vote at all.
 

vantexan

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There is this thing called the Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Your comments prove conclusively that what's really grinding your grits is that the secretary is gay and a Democrat. If the secretary was straight and a Republican we wouldn't have heard a peep out of you. BTW 40 House and 8 Republican Senators voted in favor of the legislation while 2 GOP senators didn't have the spine to vote at all.
If he was straight and a Republican we wouldn't have this issue.
 

Netsua 3:16

AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE
There is this thing called the Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Your comments prove conclusively that what's really grinding your grits is that the secretary is gay and a Democrat. If the secretary was straight and a Republican we wouldn't have heard a peep out of you. BTW 40 House and 8 Republican Senators voted in favor of the legislation while 2 GOP senators didn't have the spine to vote at all.
His masters told him to be mad, so he’s “mad.”
 

bbsam

Moderator
Staff member
The labor shortage isn't caused by lack of personal. If you're getting the milk for free, why work to buy the cow?
Laying on your ass, eating Cheetos, looking at a big screen, waiting on another Biden check seems to kill the motivation factor. He looks at the guy working and laughs.
Lower expectations? It's no expectations.
Please take me socialist commies! Baby, I'm yours!
Lol. You’ve described American companies that are dead set against rising wages. Why pay what it costs to meet commitments when people will, do and have lowered expectations?

And by the way, what president signed into law the bill that paid people to stay home?
 

Box Ox

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If China tries to take Taiwan by force we could end up with the biggest naval battle since WWII. Cheap consumer goods from China could be very hard to find if there are any at all.

Not just cheap consumer goods. The whole world will be mega:censored2:ed if TSMC's semiconductor plants are seized (after Chinese military forces have taken hundreds or thousands of casualties) or destroyed by the Chinese. Anything with a chip in it will become difficult to find. Cars, appliances, computers, etc etc.

I think the US and its allies will have to either defend Taiwan with everything they've got or not defend it at all.



"Taiwan dominates the foundry market, or the outsourcing of semiconductor manufacturing. Its contract manufacturers together accounted for more than 60% of total global foundry revenue last year, according to data by Taipei-based research firm TrendForce."

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vantexan

Well-Known Member
Lol. You’ve described American companies that are dead set against rising wages. Why pay what it costs to meet commitments when people will, do and have lowered expectations?

And by the way, what president signed into law the bill that paid people to stay home?
Passed in March 2021 by Democrats to give an extra $300 a week in unemployment, signed by Let's Go Brandon.
 

bacha29

Well-Known Member
If he was straight and a Republican we wouldn't have this issue.
And you call yourself a "Christian"? LOL. It's so called "Christians" like you is why pews are empty, buildings are closing while Dioceses and Conferences are downsizing. And BTW do you ever hear of a little word called "discrimination"? I will commend you for admitting the fact that you are
Not just cheap consumer goods. The whole world will be mega:censored2:ed if TSMC's semiconductor plants are seized (after Chinese military forces have taken hundreds or thousands of casualties) or destroyed by the Chinese. Anything with a chip in it will become difficult to find. Cars, appliances, computers, etc etc.

I think the US and its allies will have to either defend Taiwan with everything they've got or not defend it at all.



"Taiwan dominates the foundry market, or the outsourcing of semiconductor manufacturing. Its contract manufacturers together accounted for more than 60% of total global foundry revenue last year, according to data by Taipei-based research firm TrendForce."

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I like this response. This is good sound information. The company Taiwan Semiconductor is the biggest among many of the spoils of war China is clearly after. Reports out last week showed that for the first time ever Japanese fighter planes landed on U.S. aircraft carriers as well as U.S. air tankers refueling UK aircraft. All of which took place in the Philippine Sea. In addition there is an accelerated effort being undertaken to bring back to the U.S. as many of those semiconductor foundries as quickly as possible.
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy

With our supply chain currently slowed down and store shelves lacking products, a columnist for the Washington Post thinks we Americans need to lower our expectations. What say you?
The supply chain would flatten out if people would just stop ordering stuff.
Spending over the last 8 months has been at record pace.
 
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