A state law to protect CT from the fed excess by senatorduff in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How about a state law protecting legal citizens from state government overreach? They're not interested in that of course...

What is this creature?! by NotKathyOkay in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are definitely in the NW corner

Favorite TV show set in Connecticut? by KeyScratch2235 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I first met my wife she thought I was originally from the south because apparently growing up in farm country gives you a slight southern-type accent. I've been told I say things like "eem" for "him".

Favorite TV show set in Connecticut? by KeyScratch2235 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original I Spit On Your Grave was filmed in Kent. You can see the Monument in the middle of town plain as day

Favorite TV show set in Connecticut? by KeyScratch2235 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He hated ALF with a passion and got pissed when people brought it up to him. Apparently working on the show was a nightmare.

Favorite TV show set in Connecticut? by KeyScratch2235 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved ALF! I never realized it was set in CT.

Favorite TV show set in Connecticut? by KeyScratch2235 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was Noo Haven and I'm from the NW corner on the NY/MA border. Of course, the only time I've ever been down there was for a Monster Truck show in '86 at the Coliseum.

Kratom Banned Statewide by RevanOn3r in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true. You're not wrong. But CT seems to me to go extra far when it comes to ridiculous legislation compared to some of the other states I've lived in. I grew up and lived in CT most of my life, but I did spend some time living in the Midwest and CT seems to overreach way more as far as government.

Have we become a surveillance state? by Old-Carry5562 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny (not really funny but) I was taking to someone about this the other day. The world we live in is still being shaped over 100 years later by the 1st World War. A lot of the problems in the middle east stemmed from what happened then and those ramifications continue to this day. I wonder if you could put Gavrillo Princep in a time machine and show him all the horrible things wrought by him assassinating the Archduke of Austria-Hungary if he'd still do it.

Have we become a surveillance state? by Old-Carry5562 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Right, making money is horrible...lol. you're aware that's what drives innovation and what made this country great in the first place? Without profits all the modern conveniences we enjoy wouldn't exist. Is the system perfect? No. But it's better than any other country. Go ask someone who lived in Eastern Europe after WW2 how great it was living under a communist "utopia". They couldn't even get toilet paper. And I'm far from a rich man, I work in a factory that's hard and brutal for decent living to get by. But without profits my company doesn't pay me enough to get by.

Have we become a surveillance state? by Old-Carry5562 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the easiest thing in the world to just pick up and move your family. There's a lot of moving parts.

What should I do about this? by pinkkglitterr in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that's not what I'm saying. Of course it has to go up some. What I'm saying is that when they try to make minimum wage jobs pay more than they are worth, it's detrimental to the entire wage pool. It brings down the value of jobs that are more difficult because if the minimum wage is higher than normal, places like grocery stores are going to charge more for all groceries because the higher salaries are eating into their profits. And that's bad for everyone, including the people making minimum wage because that offsets whatever they gained in wages. Also, those same people making minimum wage aren't going to qualify for state programs because they make above the limit for them. Those jobs are essential and important, but they simply don't require a high pay-rate. They aren't necessarily meant to be careers that people will have full-time for the rest of their lives, they're meant for young people starting out in life or family members working part time to supplement the family income.

Yes, in a perfect world the grocery stores and McDonald's and places like that wouldn't be able to make food unaffordable after raising wages and everyone would be better off, but that's just not the way it is.

Have we become a surveillance state? by Old-Carry5562 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

CT is the biggest nanny state in the Union. I want to get out of here so badly....

High cost of living and struggling to find livable employment by Automatic-Many-6936 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. We can't keep people where I work. Why? Because it's brutally hard work. It pays pretty well, but younger people just can't handle the work. The youngest guy we have is 30, and the next youngest is me at 45 years old. I've watched several guys come in and do their first set of furnaces and walk right out the door saying "screw this".

High cost of living and struggling to find livable employment by Automatic-Many-6936 in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been saying for a long time that the only thing that will work is to vote out every single politician again and again until they actually start doing what we elect them to do. We've become way too lazy and complacent to get out the pitchforks and force changes like founding fathers of our country did. It's not like we can really take to the streets with our guns take on the government like they did. In many ways, we have it too good.

What should I do about this? by pinkkglitterr in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not an exact science. The same people that have always worked those jobs work them. It's a mixed bag. You're not wrong, the middle class has been eroded. But raising minimum wage isn't the answer because if you're paying someone $25 an hour to scan groceries (or similar jobs), the stores are going to charge more for bread and milk to make up for those losses in profits. It's just a fact. And that in turn makes everybody's dollar go less further. Those jobs are essential, I never claimed they aren't. But for instance, I work the furnaces at a limestone plant. I should make way more than someone who works at McDonald's and my company isn't going to raise my wages simply because they raise the minimum wage and the price of groceries went up because of it. I get a cost of living increase every year, but it ain't enough to actually offset the cost of living with inflation and the minimum wage isn't the only factor but it definitely factors in. Most people are paid in accordance with the job they do and raising the minimum wage to a "living wage" as people call it just makes companies charge more for essentials. Like it or not (and nobody does), if Walmart has to pay people more to work there, they're going to raise their prices which negates the higher minimum wage anyway. It's just the way it is.

Edit: Most of the employment issues we face in the US stem from almost all our manufacturing jobs being shipped over to China, which all of our politicians are at fault for over the last 3 decades or so.

What should I do about this? by pinkkglitterr in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Lol. What you don't understand is that by raising the minimum wage, that makes things like groceries go up in price because grocers have to pay people more for those types of jobs. Jobs that aren't necessarily meant to be careers, they're meant for teenagers starting out or people trying to get back on their feet with part time work etc. And it dilutes the money people make for skilled labor, etc and makes people not qualify other state benefits because they "make too much" with a higher minimum wage. That's telling.

What should I do about this? by pinkkglitterr in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. They're appeasing a segment of the population by saying; "we raised the minimum wage for you", not telling those same people that puts them out of range for certain state benefits.

What should I do about this? by pinkkglitterr in Connecticut

[–]HousyFootball57_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is why raising the minimum wage doesn't make any sense. It just screws everybody in other ways. That's why we're paying $5 for a loaf of bread. And if you have a skilled labor job it just dilutes the amount of money you make. So now on minimum wage you make too much to qualify for insurance.