INTERESTING: “Should all bars have breathalyzer machines?

Friday, February 21, 2014

Dear CNET members, 

I just came across this interesting blog from Chris Matyszczyk titled, “Should all bars have breathalyzer machines?” In his blog, it explains a U.S. congressman from Utah is proposing that more of his state’s bars should have breathalyzer machines, so people can check whether they’re safe to drive home. The thinking being that it will help keep the streets safer by keeping some drunk drivers off the road.

It’s a simple concept. There’s a breathalyzer machine installed in the bar. After you’ve called it a night drinking with your friends, before you leave the bar, you go to the breathalyzer, blow into the machine and within a few seconds, the screen in front of you displays the results of your blood alcohol level and tells you whether you failed the test (recommending that you shouldn’t drive) or you’ve passed. Now what happens after that, is up to you; whether you take the recommendation that it is unsafe for you to drive, or blow it off (pun intended). 

Currently there are already breathalyzers installed in some bars, but they are for entertainment/novelty only. However, do you think the breathalyzer should be installed in all bars and taken more seriously than just a novelty machine? 

I ultimately think everyone is responsible for their own actions and installing these breathalyzers in bars may help some folks who lack better judgment, but ultimately I think it will remain a novelty. I know some people, especially when intoxicated, won’t let someone tell them what to do, let alone allow some machine tell them what is best for them. However, I do believe it’s better to have breathalyzers around, and if it can help one drunk person to not drive, it is one less drunk driver on the road.

Read up on Chris’ blog, and tell all of us how you feel about these breathalyzers. Would you like to see these in your local bars? Do you think it will help prevent drinkers from hopping into their cars if they’ve had one too many? Or do you think people will just blow it off and it will just remain another entertainment device, like dartboards on the walls?

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Yes.

With protection for the owners who have them and the drivers that use them.

They should be immune to the perdition of the ruling class.

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RANT: It makes a difference

Thursday, February 20, 2014

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IMHO it makes a BIG difference.

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CLOUD: Important Kickstarter Security Notice

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

 


On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers’ data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.

No credit card data of any kind was accessed by hackers. There is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on your account.

While no credit card data was accessed, some information about our customers was. Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Actual passwords were not revealed, however it is possible for a malicious person with enough computing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, particularly a weak or obvious one.

As a precaution, we strongly recommend that you change the password of your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password.

To change your password, log in to your account at Kickstarter.com and look for the banner at the top of the page to create a new, secure password. We recommend you do the same on other sites where you use this password. For additional help with password security, we recommend tools like 1Password and LastPass.

We’re incredibly sorry that this happened. We set a very high bar for how we serve our community, and this incident is frustrating and upsetting. We have since improved our security procedures and systems in numerous ways, and we will continue to do so in the weeks and months to come. We are working closely with law enforcement, and we are doing everything in our power to prevent this from happening again.

Kickstarter is a vibrant community like no other, and we can’t thank you enough for being a part of it. Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. You can reach us at accountsecurity@kickstarter.com.

Thank you,

Yancey Strickler
Kickstarter CEO

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RANT: “Your” woman

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Anyone find some of the valentine’s day commercial infuriating?

Listen for the implicit, or in some cases explicit, implication that someone is “your” woman.

Now I may follow Grok the Paleo diet and my knuckles may drag from time to time …

… but …

most of the women I know are not “MINE” or anybody’s.

Fastest way to get “curbed” is even think of ownership of another human being,

And as a little L libertarian, that’s unthinkable.

argh!

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MONEY: A “delaying action” to keep the Ponzi scheme going

Monday, February 17, 2014

http://www.deviantinvestor.com/5492/17-questions-that-deserve-answers/

17 Questions That Deserve Answers
Posted by Deviant Investor on February 11th, 2014

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The U.S. believes in paper dollars and an unbacked debt based currency. Such currency can be created with little more than a few keystrokes on a Federal Reserve computer. Would the Fed and the U.S. government sell gold into the world market to slow the inevitable weakening of the U.S. dollar? Would the Fed and the U.S. government ship (via intermediaries) substantial quantities of gold to China to prevent dumping of T-bonds and dollars? Are gold sales a “delaying action” to extend the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar?

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Certainly, you can not trust the bankers, crony capitalists, politicians, and bureaucrats!

So what should we put out trust in?

Bullets, bandaids, and beans. 

When you have all those — nickels, silver, and gold!

My favorite test what posted in 2009.

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2009/10/09/money-pirates-chest/

And the answer is still the same — gold is better than anything else.

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CLOUD: EDITORIALLY closes

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Goodbye

Today brings some sad news: Editorially is closing its doors. The application will remain available until May 30, at which point the site will go offline. We encourage all users to export their data.

We’re proud of the team and tool that we built together and incredibly thankful that so many of you were willing to give it a try. And we continue to believe that evolving the way we collaborate as writers and editors is important work. But Editorially has failed to attract enough users to be sustainable, and we cannot honestly say we have reason to expect that to change.

We wish that were not the case — we’ve spent much of the past two years working on the hypothesis that the reverse was true — but today we must be honest with ourselves, and with you: this isn’t going to work.

We know many of you have spent time and energy making Editorially a tool you use every day, even going so far as to evangelize it to your friends and colleagues. For that: thank you. We’re sincerely sorry to have let you down.

 

You can’t depend upon the cloud. Even if you pay for it.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: Loss of a “friend”

Saturday, February 15, 2014

http://ncc-1776.org/tle2014/tle757-20140209-02.html

On the Loss of a Friend
by L. Neil Smith
lneil@netzero.com
Attribute to L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

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My old friend Ambrose has died.

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We have two younger cats now—I think that they kept the Old Guy alive longer by annoying him and stirring up his circulation—but I will miss my Ambrose as I have missed no other, possibly excepting Eris. I am no “animal lover” per se. I am a hunter (like Ambrose), an enthusiastic meat-eater (also like Ambrose), and PETA’s worst nightmare in the flesh, an articulate, widely-published, and outspoken opponent of the idiotic concept of animal rights. But Ambrose was my friend.

And now he’s gone.

And I’m not sure I feel any better.

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I have “lost” many people and one pet. I don’t think I could express it as well.

Guess that’s why he’s a “writer” and I’m a “wanna be”?

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INSPIRATIONAL: A Valentine’s Day YOUTUBE

Friday, February 14, 2014

http://youtu.be/zUrqEoeJ1DA

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INSPIRATIONAL: A crow solve 8 complex puzzles?

Friday, February 14, 2014

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/watch-a-genius-crow-solve-8-complex-puzzles-in-perfect-1520343494/@caseychan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

Watch a genius crow solve 8 complex puzzles in perfect order!

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Crow is “smarter” than most humans?

My question is was this a “trained” bird. Or had it just done it several times?

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RANT: Making it up as we go?

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Obama Delays Health-Insurance Requirement for Some Employers
A batch of employers won’t face a fine next year if they fail to provide health insurance to their workers, the Obama administration said Monday.

In regulations outlining the Affordable Care Act, the Treasury Department said employers with between 50 and 99 full-time workers won’t have to comply with the law’s requirement to provide insurance or pay a fee until 2016.

Companies with 100 workers or more could avoid penalties in 2015 if they showed they were offering coverage to at least 70% of their full-time workers, Treasury said.

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POLITICAL: “New” Federal “Rights”

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Same-Sex Spouses to Get New Federal Rights

The Obama administration will give same-sex couples who are legally married the same status as other married couples in federal legal matters—including bankruptcy proceedings, prisoner visitation and death benefits for slain police officers, Attorney General Eric Holder said.

The Justice Department, Mr. Holder said, would issue new instructions to its employees on Monday to extend the same protections historically afforded to heterosexual married couples. He made the announcement at a speech in New York to the Human Rights Campaign, a major gay-rights advocacy group.

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Excuse me, but “rights” don’t come from the Gooferment!

“Rights”, which the Gooferment grants, can be taken away just as quickly!

Argh!

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RANT: Debt Ceiling; what joke!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

House Votes to Suspend Debt Ceiling Until March 2015
The House voted to suspend the nation’s borrowing limit until March 16, 2015, without any policy conditions, a tactical retreat by Republicans stymied by their internal divisions.

The bill cleared the House in a 221-201 vote, relying on the support of a majority of Democrats and pushing the next debate over the issue until after the 2014 midterm elections. Most Republicans opposed the debt-ceiling suspension, which came to the floor without any of the policy proposals they hoped would sweeten its sting for conservatives.

The measure now heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where leaders have expressed optimism it will soon pass.

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Hope all the youngsters appreciate being screwed! 

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GUNS: An armed robber killed by the RKBA

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

http://bearingarms.com/sc-homeowner-kills-armed-robber-armed-with-stun-gun/

SC Homeowner kills armed robber armed with stun gun
Posted by Bob Owens on February 9, 2014 at 12:21 pm

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A sad result, but good for the homeowner.

This is the second effect of the RKBA!

The primary reason is to keep the Gooferment, politicians, and bureaucrats in check.

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POLITICAL: OBAMACARE nukes incentives

Monday, February 10, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579367143880532248

The Economist Who Exposed ObamaCare
The Chicago professor examined the law’s incentives for the poor not to get a job or work harder, and this week Beltway budgeteers agreed.
By JOSEPH RAGO CONNECT
Feb. 7, 2014 6:30 p.m. ET

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Another way of putting it is that taking away benefits has the same effect as a direct tax, so lower-income workers are discouraged from climbing the income ladder by working harder, logging extra hours, taking a promotion or investing in their future earnings through job training or education.

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The bad news just keeps rolling in.

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LIBERTARIAN: MYOB & fiscally conservative and socially liberal

Sunday, February 9, 2014

http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2014/02/rise-of-the-libertarians-10-reasons-why-slate-salon-and-the-progressive-media-are-afraid/

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/rise-of-the-libertarians

Rise of the Libertarians, 10 reasons why Slate, Salon and the progressive media are afraid
By Nick Sorrentino on February 7, 2014

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1. Libertarianism is the new “center.” At the risk of raising the hackles of the hyperanalytical, consider this: Most people think of Ds as being on the left and Rs as being on the right. Remember: It’s about popular perceptions. And when we think in terms of those perceptions, most people think of Rs as being fiscally and socially conservative and Ds as being fiscally and socially liberal. The old center was once about being either squishy in both departments, or about being fiscally liberal and socially conservative. But a new “center” is emerging. As people become disaffected with all the bad economic policies of the Obama administration and all of the preachy moralisms of the Republican status quo, most are gravitating to a position that looks decidedly more libertarian—that is, fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

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It’s even more fundamental than that: I don’t want to pay for anything I don’t want. And, I don’t care what you do as long as you don’t hurt anyone else.

Golden Rule: I want you to be as free as I want to be.

Argh!

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RANT: Leno Wrap; me too

Saturday, February 8, 2014

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/07/jay-leno-wraps-his-the-tonight-show-run-with-14-6-million-viewers/235483/?utm_campaign=WP%20%3E%20Twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

Jay Leno Wraps his ‘The Tonight Show’ Run With 14.6 Million Viewers; Most Since 1998
Categories: 1-Featured,Late Night TV Ratings,Network TV Press Releases

Written By Sara Bibel
February 7th, 2014

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Well, that’s a late night wrap for me. No reason to stay up late now.

But then, NBC wasn’t after the fat old white guy injineer demographic anyway.

Argh!

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FUN: Huge Bear Surprises Crew

Friday, February 7, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryxAcsTcOA

Huge Bear Surprises Crew on EcoBubble Photo Shoot in BC

Check out what happened to this crew on a photoshoot for the EcoBubble washing machine. They were near Manning Park, BC.

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INTERESTING: Goal-Setting Limits

Thursday, February 6, 2014

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/05/oliver-burkeman-antidote-plans-uncertainty/

Stop Making Plans: How Goal-Setting Limits Rather Than Begets Our Happiness and Success
by Maria Popova

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The effectualists include the cook who scours the fridge for leftover ingredients; the chemist who figured out that the insufficiently sticky glue he had developed could be used to create the Post-it note; or the unhappy lawyer who realises that her spare-time photography hobby, for which she already possesses the skills and the equipment, could be turned into a job. One foundation of effectuation is the “bird in hand” principle: “Start with your means. Don’t wait for the perfect opportunity. Start taking action, based on what you have readily available: what you are, what you know and who you know.” A second is the “principle of affordable loss”: Don’t be guided by thoughts of how wonderful the rewards might be if you were spectacularly successful at any given next step. Instead — and there are distinct echoes, here, of the Stoic focus on the worst-case scenario — ask how big the loss would be if you failed. So long as it would be tolerable, that’s all you need to know. Take that next step, and see what happens.

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I find this fascinating. Perhaps one can succeed without a plan?

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POLITICAL: Gooferment rules apply universally, automatically, and unavoidably

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

http://www.strike-the-root.com/rules

Column by Paul Hein.

Exclusive to STR

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The fact that certain rules, of, say, a sport, or a social organization, no longer apply to you does not mean that you are thereby exempted from ordinary ethical and moral behavior. It only means that you have separated yourself from the organization whose rules you formerly voluntarily accepted.

Ah, all except one organization: government. Our Rulers assume that you are on their team, and subject to their rules, which they have drawn up, and frequently modify. The Cardinals, or Ford, or the Knights of Columbus can draw up whatever rules they want, and change them as they see fit, but so what? If you don’t belong to those organizations, it’s moot, as far as you’re concerned.

But the rules laid down by the Rulers, which they call “law,” are thought, as least by the Rulers, to apply universally, automatically, and unavoidably. And any attempts at withdrawal will be dealt with severely: consider the Confederacy.

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Yup, the King’s subjects: have to pay for “services” they don’t want, can’t use, and can’t afford!

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MONEY: Fig Leaf for retirees

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTc4Mzk0OTA=

Social Security Trust Fund: Fig Leaf For New Retirees
By JED GRAHAM
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY

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Those who live to the average life expectancy, now past 84 for new retirees, will outlive the trust fund by more than four years, according to Congressional Budget Office projections.

At that point, Social Security could pay only about 75% of benefits, resulting in a 25% across-the-board cut to annual benefits if Congress doesn’t act.

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And when something bad happens, who do we hold accountable?

Gooferment, politicians, and bureaucrats long gone!

The little guy gets the weenie.

Again.

I am more cynical that the article. I think it could happen to everyone. Me included.

I’ll be too old to do anything about it. And, part of a declining minority with no clout.

Have to get to a better state.

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RANT: How many more have to die?

Monday, February 3, 2014

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead
Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday afternoon in his New York City apartment, a law-enforcement official said.

The cause of death is under investigation. The official said Mr. Hoffman, 46 years old, was found dead at his apartment in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

Mr. Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 film “Capote.”

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The “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs” doesn’t ensure that folks have pure standard products.

Imagine if WalMart was in charge, then the drugs would be pure and of a known strength.

I believe, as an article of faith, that drugs would no longer be “kool” because anyone could buy them anywhere. 

And, we would save a lot of lives and redirect our attention to this as a medical problem.

Insanity!

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TINFOILHAT: An extra pristine bullet?

Sunday, February 2, 2014

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/was-mystery-bullet-at-parkland-hospital-supposed-to-be-the-original-magic-bullet_022014

Was “Mystery Bullet” At Parkland Hospital Supposed To Be The Original Magic Bullet?

Jurriaan Maessen
ExplosiveReports.Com
February 1st, 2014

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One of the first nurses present at Parkland Hospital to receive the fatally wounded Kennedy has very recently told an audience she observed a bullet lodged between the president’s ear and shoulder. This bullet, or any mention of it, later completely vanished from the autopsy-reports.

As the Sunday Mirror reports, the nurse recalls a “mystery bullet” lodged in the president’s body ” between his ear and his shoulder”.

“It was pointed at its tip and showed no signs of damage.”, Hall noted. “There was no blunting of the bullet or scarring around the shell from where it had been fired.”

“I’d had a great deal of experience working with gunshot wounds, but I had never seen anything like this before. It was about one-and-a-half inches long – nothing like the bullets that were later produced.

Hall also said, “It was taken away but never have I seen it presented in evidence or heard what happened to it. It remains a mystery.”

A mystery indeed. What’s especially mysterious is the fact that Hall describes the unusual bullet to be in pristine condition- showing no signs of being ejected from a firearm. This reminds us somewhat of the next to pristine bullet found on the stretcher at Parkland, later known has the magic bullet- one of the three supposed bullets fired by Lee Harvey Oswald from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository. This mention of yet another bullet (quite different from the other bullets supposedly fired from the mail-order Mannlicher Carcano)

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When will we, if ever, get all the stories aligned?

It’s clear that there are some “facts” that need exposure. 

And why are some records still sealed?

Argh!

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RANT: Watch a Bud commercial about a vet coming home

Saturday, February 1, 2014

http://youtu.be/wuSjsLA9Jdo

 

While I am glad he’s home …

…i think of all the girls and boys who are not home.

 

 

And what about those who don’t?

 

Or come home broken beyond repair?

 

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GUNS: “Help will be there is a few minutes.”

Friday, January 31, 2014

http://youtu.be/I3HlbgYQLE0

best line is: “But I don’t have a few minutes.”

Argh!

Technically, I guess she should have waited until he broke in. 

But, if I was on the Jury, I’d wink at that distinction. 

Not like he was there to sell Girl Scout cookies.

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INTERESTING: “chastity” versus “continence”

Thursday, January 30, 2014

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When I went through Kothlic Skrule, it was “chastity”; nothing about “continence”.

As I get older and take diuretics, maybe I was misinformed?

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POLITICAL: SOTU is a crock

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/111537-seven-big-lies-obama-told-in-his-state-of-the-union-speech/

Seven Big Lies Obama Told In His State Of The Union Speech

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2) Raising minimum wage will help families

Obama sayeth, “[We] have a bill to fix that by lifting the minimum wage to $10.10… This will help families. It will give businesses customers with more money to spend… So join the rest of the country. Say yes. Give America a raise.”

It’s not hard to believe that Obama, who has never run a business, doesn’t understand that artificially forcing a business to pay someone more than their wage is worth will put more people out of the labor market. Making job creation more expensive leads to fewer jobs.

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I’m sorry that I believe that the “minimum wage” is essentially a tax on the poor and “middle class”. As, if  there was a difference.

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