Small business will do what BIG BIDNESS does…pass the costs onto the consumer. The consumer will either pay the price or skip the experience. Disney hasn’t lost consumers dispute rising costs. Unfortunately, the rising costs doesn’t even trickle to the workers. Disney Corporate just gets HUGE.
the crane has more to do with the off-shore accounts the big dogs have. not paying back to the country who has helped make them wealthy, while making it harder to get a loan from them. I still don’t see how you can pin the economic woes on the working poor, while the non-working, non-job producing rich move their money off shore and refuse to help. The small business should not be made on the backs of the poor, rather with a hand up from the rich.
I think this issue is a bit more complex than the cartoonist suggests. I’ve volunteered in a free health clinic and many of those that came in were working very hard, for $8 an hour (destroying any illusion that the poor are all lazy freeloaders). Can you imagine taking home less than $300 a week in this day and age? Sadly these folks didn’t have a lot of education or see much hope for improving themselves and were typically not in great health. For them the great depression has no end. What are the social costs of such low paid workers? Some had to get food stamps, housing assistance, etc to eke out a living, or went to ER’s for health care before they found the clinic. We are at a crossroads in my opinion. The working class fell for the trickle down of Raygun, possibly because of his “star quality,” certainly not out of any economics sophistication. But shouldn’t we be building our society from the bottom up and won’t that raise all ships much more effectively, especially the huge yachts of the very wealthy who’s businesses will have more consumers with more purchasing power to buy their products?
The killer in the Cost of Products relative to Wages Paid Mystery is the preset Profit Margarine Businesses have to maintain so their stock prices please Wall Street Investors!
Crabbyrino Premium Member about 8 years ago
Small business will do what BIG BIDNESS does…pass the costs onto the consumer. The consumer will either pay the price or skip the experience. Disney hasn’t lost consumers dispute rising costs. Unfortunately, the rising costs doesn’t even trickle to the workers. Disney Corporate just gets HUGE.
cyzicus about 8 years ago
Living in the real world Breen – this is AFTER we raised our minimum wage….
The state unemployment rate for November declined to 3.0 percent, according to the state Labor Market Information Center.
That is the lowest since 2.9 percent in June 2008.
November employment statewide rose to 441,010 jobs, a modern record. That was about 8,000 more than the high point prior to the recession.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/state-s-economy-strong-as-unemployment-drops-tax-revenues-rise/article_081432d0-db7c-5d63-8e63-98c8d8f74094.html
Happy Two Shoes about 8 years ago
Put congress on minimum wage based on hours worked with no benefits.
Mr. Blawt about 8 years ago
the crane has more to do with the off-shore accounts the big dogs have. not paying back to the country who has helped make them wealthy, while making it harder to get a loan from them. I still don’t see how you can pin the economic woes on the working poor, while the non-working, non-job producing rich move their money off shore and refuse to help. The small business should not be made on the backs of the poor, rather with a hand up from the rich.
StCleve72 about 8 years ago
I think this issue is a bit more complex than the cartoonist suggests. I’ve volunteered in a free health clinic and many of those that came in were working very hard, for $8 an hour (destroying any illusion that the poor are all lazy freeloaders). Can you imagine taking home less than $300 a week in this day and age? Sadly these folks didn’t have a lot of education or see much hope for improving themselves and were typically not in great health. For them the great depression has no end. What are the social costs of such low paid workers? Some had to get food stamps, housing assistance, etc to eke out a living, or went to ER’s for health care before they found the clinic. We are at a crossroads in my opinion. The working class fell for the trickle down of Raygun, possibly because of his “star quality,” certainly not out of any economics sophistication. But shouldn’t we be building our society from the bottom up and won’t that raise all ships much more effectively, especially the huge yachts of the very wealthy who’s businesses will have more consumers with more purchasing power to buy their products?
1941gko about 8 years ago
The killer in the Cost of Products relative to Wages Paid Mystery is the preset Profit Margarine Businesses have to maintain so their stock prices please Wall Street Investors!