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The age-old political debates are silly.
12 years ago
The minimum wage?
Raising it doesn't do any good, as the price of goods and services will only rise to meet the new minimum. We lack the scarcity to make the little pieces of metal, green paper, and plastic in your wallet worth any more than they already aren't. A million of nothing is still nothing.
Abortion?
The contents of someone else's uterus has nothing to do with you. There are already over 6 billion people on this planet, and we're not in danger of that number drastically being reduced because people decided to do the smart thing and not bring a child into the world before they felt they were ready to do so. The foster care system is clogged up with enough unwanted children as it is, and there's a good chance those children that don't leave the system via adoption before they grow up will end up back in the system via prison.
Legalization/Decriminalization of Drugs?
If people really want to destroy their minds and bodies, they're gonna find a way to do it. As long as they don't put other people in danger, then why try to stop it? At the same time, why not try to make a bit of money off of it in the process and eliminate the need for the black market? We do it with alcohol, tobacco, and prescribed medications, so why not everything else? It doesn't stop employers from proscribing certain behaviors in their staff, so the worker productivity argument doesn't fly either.
Same-Sex Marriage?
Why is it anyone's business but the committed couple as to how they want to live their lives, file their taxes, and handle their medical Power of Attorney and estate when they eventually die? Nobody's forcing you to get married to someone of the same sex if you don't want to, and it has zero impact on your day-to-day life unless you're the one at the county office that prints, stamps, and files the marriage licenses in the system, or you're the wedding planner. Either way, you're seeing more income from the increase of legally viable couples waiting to get hitched.
Did I forget any oldies?
Raising it doesn't do any good, as the price of goods and services will only rise to meet the new minimum. We lack the scarcity to make the little pieces of metal, green paper, and plastic in your wallet worth any more than they already aren't. A million of nothing is still nothing.
Abortion?
The contents of someone else's uterus has nothing to do with you. There are already over 6 billion people on this planet, and we're not in danger of that number drastically being reduced because people decided to do the smart thing and not bring a child into the world before they felt they were ready to do so. The foster care system is clogged up with enough unwanted children as it is, and there's a good chance those children that don't leave the system via adoption before they grow up will end up back in the system via prison.
Legalization/Decriminalization of Drugs?
If people really want to destroy their minds and bodies, they're gonna find a way to do it. As long as they don't put other people in danger, then why try to stop it? At the same time, why not try to make a bit of money off of it in the process and eliminate the need for the black market? We do it with alcohol, tobacco, and prescribed medications, so why not everything else? It doesn't stop employers from proscribing certain behaviors in their staff, so the worker productivity argument doesn't fly either.
Same-Sex Marriage?
Why is it anyone's business but the committed couple as to how they want to live their lives, file their taxes, and handle their medical Power of Attorney and estate when they eventually die? Nobody's forcing you to get married to someone of the same sex if you don't want to, and it has zero impact on your day-to-day life unless you're the one at the county office that prints, stamps, and files the marriage licenses in the system, or you're the wedding planner. Either way, you're seeing more income from the increase of legally viable couples waiting to get hitched.
Did I forget any oldies?
