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    From Johnny@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 9 07:26:40 2021
    By Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D
    Published 2 hours ago

    In a midsized warehouse along the Kansas-Missouri border, a hard
    reality hit home. There, workers, exhausted after working 10- to
    12-hour shifts six days a week, said to me "We need help. Why are you
    paying people so much to stay at home? It's not fair, it's not what
    this country is about." 

    This message was as profound as it was saddening. As someone who has
    long railed against the burden of government taxes and regulation, it
    was these workers who exposed the danger of federal spending.

    With the government giving people the same money they used to get from
    a job, people don’t have to work to get things they used to get. Not
    only do the rest have to work harder, but their hard-earned money no
    longer works as hard for them.

    Americans recall in early 2020 our economy was enjoying record low
    unemployment rates and poverty along with record highs in wages and
    household incomes. But when COVID hit, a 3.5% February unemployment
    rate hit 14.8% in April while GDP in Q2 dropped by 31.2%. To sustain
    the purchasing power of Americans during the shutdown, Congress passed bipartisan targeted legislation. 

    Our nation rose up, churning out masks, protective gear, ventilators
    and plastic shields while pharmaceutical firms worked to produce
    vaccines in record time. This response slowed the pandemic, the economy surged 33.8% in Q3, and unemployment dropped to 6.7% by year’s end. 

    As vaccinations began, the economy reopened and jobs came back – but
    workers didn’t. By spring 2021, businesses had 9.3 million job openings
    but 9.8 million Americans remained unemployed.

    Every businessman across America knows why they couldn’t get workers:
    their paychecks for working simply couldn’t compete with bigger
    government checks for not working. 

    Nationally, some 60% of all workers could earn more in unemployment and
    extra cash bonuses than from a job. While Democrats continually deny
    the role of overspending, workers know exactly what happened.

    Most people work because of things you can buy with a paycheck. You
    might take a job to raise children but now, with the $15,600 monthly
    child credit, you don’t need a job. 

    You take a job to pay rent or a mortgage, but with the government
    giving enough to cover that and banning evictions, no one needs a job
    to keep a roof over their head. 

    And now, the administration announced a 27% increase in food stamp
    benefits – more than the typical family’s food budget – so you no
    longer need a job to feed your family. 

    The looming socialist budget will make most of this permanent.

    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/american-workers-vs-socialist-state-anger-sen-roger-marshall

    Another thing is a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. This is more than
    twice the amount apprentices get when entering a trade union.

    It takes away a person's incentive to better themselves. Why should
    they spend four years training for a trade, when they can start off at
    15 dollars an hour, and get it anywhere they go to work?

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  • From Peter Nelson@21:1/5 to Johnny on Fri Sep 10 10:23:44 2021
    Johnny wrote:

    By Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D
    Published 2 hours ago

    In a midsized warehouse along the Kansas-Missouri border, a hard
    reality hit home. There, workers, exhausted after working 10- to
    12-hour shifts six days a week, said to me "We need help. Why are you
    paying people so much to stay at home? It's not fair, it's not what
    this country is about." 

    This message was as profound as it was saddening. As someone who has
    long railed against the burden of government taxes and regulation, it
    was these workers who exposed the danger of federal spending.

    With the government giving people the same money they used to get from
    a job, people don’t have to work to get things they used to get. Not
    only do the rest have to work harder, but their hard-earned money no
    longer works as hard for them.

    Americans recall in early 2020 our economy was enjoying record low unemployment rates and poverty along with record highs in wages and
    household incomes. But when COVID hit, a 3.5% February unemployment
    rate hit 14.8% in April while GDP in Q2 dropped by 31.2%. To sustain
    the purchasing power of Americans during the shutdown, Congress passed bipartisan targeted legislation. 

    Our nation rose up, churning out masks, protective gear, ventilators
    and plastic shields while pharmaceutical firms worked to produce
    vaccines in record time. This response slowed the pandemic, the economy surged 33.8% in Q3, and unemployment dropped to 6.7% by year’s end. 

    As vaccinations began, the economy reopened and jobs came back – but workers didn’t. By spring 2021, businesses had 9.3 million job openings but 9.8 million Americans remained unemployed.

    Every businessman across America knows why they couldn’t get workers:
    their paychecks for working simply couldn’t compete with bigger
    government checks for not working. 

    Nationally, some 60% of all workers could earn more in unemployment and
    extra cash bonuses than from a job. While Democrats continually deny
    the role of overspending, workers know exactly what happened.

    Most people work because of things you can buy with a paycheck. You
    might take a job to raise children but now, with the $15,600 monthly
    child credit, you don’t need a job. 

    You take a job to pay rent or a mortgage, but with the government
    giving enough to cover that and banning evictions, no one needs a job
    to keep a roof over their head. 

    And now, the administration announced a 27% increase in food stamp
    benefits – more than the typical family’s food budget – so you no longer need a job to feed your family. 

    The looming socialist budget will make most of this permanent.

    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/american-workers-vs-socialist-state-anger-sen-roger-marshall

    Another thing is a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. This is more than
    twice the amount apprentices get when entering a trade union.

    It takes away a person's incentive to better themselves. Why should
    they spend four years training for a trade, when they can start off at
    15 dollars an hour, and get it anywhere they go to work?


    None of the above is true. This has been proven in many advanced
    countries in Europe. What doesn't help the economy is giving trillions
    of dollars to the rich.

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