GOOD!! Maybe their lawns will be better maintained!IMO that would encourage people to move out of areas that don't deal with it.
Which means California would get alot more poor people.
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They are lawns?!?
Ugh...sorry....They are lawns?!?
I fixxxed it, damn it....go back to your van...No need to be sorry.
But who are lawns?
Yeah? Well, suck it.
Note to self: Never challenge Ohio to a contest of wits, I will lose.
Why? Is he Sicilian?
He studied with Carl who studied with the Dali Lama.
in soviet honduras, minimum wage kidnaps you
i don't follow.
are they a mouthpiece for the gov't or an ngo?
Overseas Security Advisory Council is a State Department program which interfaces Regional Security Officers from embassies worldwide with the local US (and sometimes other third-country) business (and sometimes NGO) community.
They get together every once in a while (RSO and the country reps for the businesses), talk about the general situation, discuss possibilities and/or security recommendations, share information/contacts, etc. The website acts as a summary/clearinghouse of open-source information.
They get together every once in a while (RSO and the country reps for the businesses), talk about the general situation, discuss possibilities and/or security recommendations, share information/contacts, etc. The website acts as a summary/clearinghouse of open-source information.
I am going to utterly reject the idea that businesses have to pay slave wages in order to operate.
I want to see their profit margins, I bet they can't afford to profiteer and pay fair wages at the same time.
Either way, lol capitalism.
It's F*CKIN' HONDURAS!!!!
Which is lucky because they are actually allowed to unionize in Honduras.
Which is doubly lucky...because it's F*CKIN' HONDURAS!!!
I have no doubt in my mind that some plant manager is raping the local workforce blind...The only difference is, Andrew Carnegie did a lot of good things too...
Digging up an old thread because I had an interesting conversation with my lady last night.
So we were talking about the idea of raising the minimum wage like Seattle just did. I thought it was a great thing until she pointed out something. What happens to those who already make $15/hr?
So you have folks in her office that are "dental assistants". They go through a 1 year or so training at some school for $10k or $15k. When finished they typically make about $15/hr. So rather than make minimum wage, they chose to get additional training to make more money.
But now you have people making $15/hr WITHOUT the additional training. So where would the motivation be to do a little bit more to make a little bit more when you can make the minimum @ $15/hr?
I think Scotland is doing it right.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/cap-wages-of-highest-earners-patrick-harvie-urges-1-3401849
So we were talking about the idea of raising the minimum wage like Seattle just did. I thought it was a great thing until she pointed out something. What happens to those who already make $15/hr?
So you have folks in her office that are "dental assistants". They go through a 1 year or so training at some school for $10k or $15k. When finished they typically make about $15/hr. So rather than make minimum wage, they chose to get additional training to make more money.
But now you have people making $15/hr WITHOUT the additional training. So where would the motivation be to do a little bit more to make a little bit more when you can make the minimum @ $15/hr?
I think Scotland is doing it right.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/cap-wages-of-highest-earners-patrick-harvie-urges-1-3401849
Kinda like, what about those that got busted for weed and now, weed is legal?
Will the educated entry level jobs mentioned above start at a higher pay rate now?
It will be interesting to see what becomes of this new minimum wage thing.
Will burgers go up in price? Rent goes up cause the landlord needs more money to buy his cheeseburgers...
Will the fast food joints finally automate their businesses? There is no need for humans to be working inside a fast food joint. I see them becoming giant vending machines soon. Like redbox...
Will the educated entry level jobs mentioned above start at a higher pay rate now?
It will be interesting to see what becomes of this new minimum wage thing.
Will burgers go up in price? Rent goes up cause the landlord needs more money to buy his cheeseburgers...
Will the fast food joints finally automate their businesses? There is no need for humans to be working inside a fast food joint. I see them becoming giant vending machines soon. Like redbox...
Everyone will get a little poorer, with the exception of those deeply in debt. I doubt this inflation will go hand in hand with growth, expect to experience some good old stagflation.
All wages go up, all prices go up, then we sit around wringing our hands because $15/hr is no longer a living wage.
You can't automate sandwich artistry.
Taylorism and associated automation have contributed to the mess we're in. It's like a self-destructive religion. Efficiency per se is not necessarily a Good Thing.
People who make $15 now will end up getting raises, because who the F wants to clean people's teeth all day when you can work as a cashier at Home Depot for the same amount of money? So people at the minimum wage will get a big raise, people between the minimum wage and $15/hour will get a smaller raise, and people making more than $15 will get an even smaller raise, decreasing as the pay scale goes up. People making ~$20-25/hour probably won't see much of any change.
The result will be the poorest people will get the most, then lower-middle-class, and middle-class and up won't get much of anything, other than any economic benefit of poorer people having more money.
Personally as a small business owner I'd LOVE for that to happen here. The possibility of my customers having more money in their pocket to buy my product?? I'd go for that in a HEARTBEAT! Of course, the Republicans in the state legislature passed a bill back in '11 prohibiting any municipality from setting a minimum wage higher than the state's... Yay, local control....
edit: Of course, a higher minimum wage rewards small business owners who actually, you know, WORK for a living instead of just exploiting low-wage workers by telling them to go on food stamps.
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http://gothamist.com/2014/06/05/living_wage_casino_workers.php
so after reading this, i'm wondering: are we returning to 'the good ol days' when a bus driver, a vending machine refiller, a retail clerk, can all be the single household earner & everyone's going to be all right?
i further wonder: if healthcare costs were also restored to 'the good ol days' (i.e., negligible), will this suffice?
i get the feeling the answer is still 'no' all around. hope i'm wrong, or this is the dawn of the day of reckoning for many tens of millions. guess we'll know more in 5-10 yrs.
so after reading this, i'm wondering: are we returning to 'the good ol days' when a bus driver, a vending machine refiller, a retail clerk, can all be the single household earner & everyone's going to be all right?
i further wonder: if healthcare costs were also restored to 'the good ol days' (i.e., negligible), will this suffice?
i get the feeling the answer is still 'no' all around. hope i'm wrong, or this is the dawn of the day of reckoning for many tens of millions. guess we'll know more in 5-10 yrs.
maybe it means the top 1% won't be able to buy their 7th summer home or 22nd sports car
you won't remember, you'll be too busy drinking brawndo and watching "ow my balls"
Just skip this and establish a full regulation of wages across all industries and occupations where a law will tell your employer what you must earn. After all, it worked really great in the Eastern bloc.
Nah, I am here just to stir the pot a little. 
The largest regional airline in the country currently starts mechanics @ 16.06 an hour. Think about that next time you fly.
