NYT endorses Obama's minimum wage proposal, but called for scrapping it in 1987....

Quote from DJPlayer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales as silly as this conversation may be.. it's all coming back to me now after reading this. Scrooge is always either protecting his wealth or going after some mysterious treasure that he has information on. When he goes after it... One of the villains is always there trying to beat him to it, or stop him from acquiring it. "Wealthiest duck in the world" he should be ashamed of himself.. I wonder what his effective tax rate is.....

Nobody is saying anything half as interesting as we are.

Yea, the Magician Chick episodes are boring even though the Beagle Boys are mildly entertaining. I tune those out. Glomgold is my favorite character. He's Scrooge without the nephews and their conscience. My daughter loves Webby, naturally.

It's kind of an interesting show. The takeaway for me is that Scrooge would be absolutely horrible if not for the people around him tempering him. Money lust doesn't cast Scrooge in a good light. And it's not like Scrooge is a particularly endearing character throughout Disney lore. Ms. Beakley's entire purpose is basically to call out Scrooge.

Quote from DJPlayer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales as silly as this conversation may be.. it's all coming back to me now after reading this. Scrooge is always either protecting his wealth or going after some mysterious treasure that he has information on. When he goes after it... One of the villains is always there trying to beat him to it, or stop him from acquiring it. "Wealthiest duck in the world" he should be ashamed of himself.. I wonder what his effective tax rate is.....

It's funny how some people can watch something as simple as a cartoon and what they are seeing in their head differs from what is actually happening in the show. It's pretty enlightening.

Quote from andyfico : It's funny how some people can watch something as simple as a cartoon and what they are seeing in their head differs from what is actually happening in the show. It's pretty enlightening.

Wonder what they get out of NEWer cartoons???

Quote from loop610bob : Nobody is saying anything half as interesting as we are. Yea, the Magician Chick episodes are boring even though the Beagle Boys are mildly entertaining. I tune those out. Glomgold is my favorite character. He's Scrooge without the nephews and their conscience. My daughter loves Webby, naturally. It's kind of an interesting show. The takeaway for me is that Scrooge would be absolutely horrible if not for the people around him tempering him. Money lust doesn't cast Scrooge in a good light. And it's not like Scrooge is a particularly endearing character throughout Disney lore. Ms. Beakley's entire purpose is basically to call out Scrooge.

Not to mention the obvious allusion to Dickens.

Quote from andyfico : It's funny how some people can watch something as simple as a cartoon and what they are seeing in their head differs from what is actually happening in the show. It's pretty enlightening.

I watched it this weekend. The first four, just because they're my favorites. They really went off the rails about halfway through the 1st season and the 2nd is just a hot mess.

When was the last time you watched a full episode of Ducktales, hmmm?

Right. Shush then.

Quote from thikthird : i've misconstrued nothing. i pretty plainly said back to you what you've said and it seems you're ashamed or angered by your own words.

No, I'm annoyed that you can't seem to offer up a simple definition of what you think the word "exploit" means and instead insist on dodging and deflecting.

Now you come here acting accusing me of being angry or ashamed. This reeks more of an attempt at a personal attack rather than any kind of discussion.

Quote : no one is willing to work for zero dollars. this is not a supply issue.

Do even you understand the concept of supply-demand? Labor is a commodity and like all commodities, pricing sends valuable information as to the relative availability of that commodity. When there is an oversupply of labor, like during a down-turn in the economy, people become willing to work for less because otherwise they work for nothing. When the economy is booming, the price of labor goes up because the supply becomes more limited.
To deny this is incredibly naive. Even the most liberal economists would agree. If you disagree, instead of trying to make a new personal attack, how about if you provide a link to demonstrate your position is correct.

The best thing we can do to increase the pay that entry-level workers get is to fix the economy.

Quote from thikthird : no one is willing to work for zero dollars. this is not a supply issue.

http://www.econoclass.com/economi...rkets.html

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_...-9781.html

http://yourbusiness.azcentral.com...-1805.html