Originally posted by svtcarboy:

The minimum wage is not designed, and should not be designed for someone to raise a family on working 40 hours a week. This belief that all anyone should be expected to work is 40 hours is all nice platitudes, but there is no right to it.



Exactly what I was saying in my post. If you have put yourself in a place in life where you are forced to support a family at minimum wage, then maybe your family planning decisions need to be looked at closer. It is certainly possible for 1 person to make it on $10,000 a year, but like I said, it will take sacrifices including maybe working 2 jobs, finding a roomate to share rent, etc.

As far as welfare goes, there are times in everyone's life that we need help. Thats what welfare is for. However our welfare systems in almost all states rewards you for working less, having more kids, and being a lazy bastard. If we all believed in Moore's way of life, we would all be working to support eachother, no one getting ahead of anyone in life. Communism at its best right there. I think the title of that movie "Michael Moore Hates America" is very accurate. Moore hates what this country was founded on; hard work, making a better life for yourself, and self sufficiancy.

"Moore has also accused the American people of being the stupidest, most naive people on the face of the Earth. And after last weekend, he's got the box office numbers to prove it!"