I know I’m in the greys, but what the heck. I don’t find Ford credible.

What’s the difference between black pudding and blood sausage?

Mitt owns Bain?

Is there a reason that any Ripley needs to be a part of the Alien franchise? Can we dispense with the notion that we have to include a familiar name in order to get press?

I’m sure that people made similar arguments in 1600 England and 1800 America.

Why do you find the claims credible?

Again, necessity is the mother of invention. Why push automation when you have cheap, pliant works?

Any word on who the shooter was? Or a description? Was it death by cop?

Way back when your daddy was a glimmer in your grandpa’s eye, farmers managed ~100 acres

Necessity is the mother of invention. If you can’t get cheap labor, you find a better way. That way has traditionally been automation. Most industries have been effected by it.

There may be a shortage of unskilled labor at the price point employers want, but I see no need to maintain a pool of poorly paid workers.

Are you saying that you pay more than required for your groceries? Rent?

Exactly. And if I don’t like the amount (s)he’s paying me, or how I’m treated, I will leave and find another job.

So you want to pay extra for housing?

For some, probably.

It’s almost like we should limit the amount of unskilled labor we allow to immigrate into the country.

Well, one difference is that they reported the rape the next day.

“Any company’s main goal in terms of employees is to pay them as little as possible while still keeping just enough around to do the work. “

That level of job security isn’t going to last.

Profit vs people. If we allowed zero imports, or limited them to things that we cannot produce (coffee, bananas, etc.), then offshoring wouldn’t happen. However, that keeps people in these countries in extreme poverty. Offshoring to China, Vietnam, India, etc. has increased their standard of living. That is little…