Posted on Dec 30, 2022
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Americans’ Work Ethic Destroyed by Socialism, Says Home Depot Co-founder

New York Post: The 93-year-old billionaire co-founder of Home Depot blamed “socialism” for Americans lacking the motivation to work and warned that the future of capitalism is in danger. Bernie Marcus told Financial Times on Thursday, “Nobody works.” “Just give it to me. Send me money. I don’t want to work — I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid,” Marcus said about what he perceived as the attitude permeating the country. “Nobody gives a damn.” The longtime Republican backer ticked down a list of people he blamed for standing in the way of private enterprise, including President Biden, “the woke people,” the news media, Harvard graduates, MBAs, lawyers and accountants (New York Post). Daily Caller: Marcus previously spoke out against socialism in 2019 when asked about Bernie Sanders and his left-wing proposals, such as socialized medicine. “He is the enemy of every entrepreneur that’s ever going to be born in this country and has been born in the past,” he said of Sanders and his propositions. Marcus’ business partner Ken Langone seconded his stance, stating, “[Socialism] doesn’t work. It never works” (Daily Caller).
https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/29/home-depot-bernie-marcus-socialism/
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Lt Col Charlie Brown he would have some knowledge for sure being 93 he has seen alot especially in the business world.
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PO3 Justin Bowen
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And likely doesn't read much of anything besides memes and the news crawler on Faux News. The guy doesn't even know what socialism is. The company he founded pays crap wages that result in his workers depending on welfare to make ends meet. He's the poster child for socializing losses and subsidizing profits.
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CMSgt Marcus Falleaf
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And Home Depot was one of the best places I'd ever worked.
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Amn Dale Preisach
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The environment of a couple of million illegal aliens has put the Unions in a future position of being the guards of jobs for Legal citizens' . And the Dues will be much higher. The " steps for joining the unions will be much more stringent to just have an entry level job.
All because of a massive glut of migrants searching for work will be happening.
The whole wage's of any job will then be regulated by the Union. And the dues and membership costs will be much higher.
That is until the migrants start their own Unions.
The wage will then drop, companies will have a choice of Workers/ Unions, Etc., the Unions will be the only thing to secure the Job security... at a price.
I hope those that wanted the illegal aliens in The US will still be happy when the wages drop and You have to join a Union paying the dues and such just to keep an apartment and a bit of food on the table.
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SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell
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I won’t disagree with most of what you said. Unless you are Native American, you are an immigrant. That what made this country what it is, immigrants. I think those that hire undocumented workers should be penalized in such a manner that they will not be inclined to put profit before people. That said, those that wish to come here to work, or be educated or to be naturalized need to do it through a process. You cannot demand punishment for one group breaking the law while not demanding punishment for another.
If I asked you what you would do if you came home and found someone (you didn’t know or did know but was not given permission regardless) in your living room…. What would you do? You would want them removed at the least. That is what is happening at our southern border now…. The immigrants are stepping into our living room without permission and being allowed to stay. Politics aside, I have yet to hear someone explain to me why, if this is truly OK, that the lion share of those entering the US right now are not coming through authorized points of entry.
This is not a partisan issue. Team America needs to come together and fix this issue. Any immigration reform should deal with those that encourage illegal immigration but ALSO deal with those that enter our country illegally.
As a reminder, there were only 19 terrorists that caused one of the greatest tragedies in American history on September 11th….. How many got-aways have we had and how many of those have entered with nefarious intentions?
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Amn Dale Preisach
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PO3 Justin Bowen if you believe i'm blaming the immigrant ,you're dramatically superficial in your comprehension skills. It's the Government that is to blame for not doing a thing , other than what Trump did, to stop the illegal entry of immigrants across the border.
Ever since we had a border, there have been those that jumped it. That being said, since Bush Sr. It has had a dramatic uptick in number. Under Obama, it spiked higher- DaCa , Trump slowed it down, trird to put measures in to at keast slow ghe numbers down. Then Biden pretty much stopped those measures.
And we went back to Catch and Release. Which is continuing to increase dramatically the numbers of illegal crossings.
It it not the fault of the immigrant. It is the fault of our government. Many are the reasons why. The most obvious is cheap labor. The less obvious is amnestied voters. And the most obvious, disruption of all aspects of control and emergency services draining the coffers oof Towns and school systems/ hospitals inundated and not being paid, draining resources and such leaving towns , counties , States in an emergency situation for protecting the citizens and having budgets left void. It is not the fault of any immigrant. It's the fault of the politicians who refuse to deal with the situation or even care about them / or the citizens of this country's safety.
The politicians have done little to stop the flow. In nearly 35 years , not one thing has been done to stop the illegal immigration . Sure, laws have been passed to fine businesses that hire illegals, but that is after they are here.
Joes been in political office for over 50 years. He doesn't seem to think it's a problem. That " the border is closed" .
He's either a moron, or he doesn't care.
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Amn Dale Preisach
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SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell i din't blame the immigrant. I blame the government for lack of protecting the border and keeping illegal immigration at a minimum. Instead, Dem and Republican alike see no real problem or urgency to truly reign in the problem, or even that there is a problem. For nearly 40 years they have done little to nothing to curb illegal entry into the US along the Southern border.
It's not the illegals fault. It is the government.
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