Chicken little did his best to warn South Dakota. Fortunately, we didn’t listen.
Breen and Ramirez birds of a feather….
This is AFTER South Dakota raised its 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
The answer to low wages is develop a skill, industries are begging for pipe fitters, millwrights, welders, electricians, etc.. Not everyone should or needs to go to college, the education industry has definitely sold America one expensive BS plan.
Let’s not get too excited here. N.Y. is phasing in $15 an hour over five years. And California’s is phased in over six years. This could possibly work.Just one thing. No back door deals for labor unions. At least one California union has already been caught(by the media and other unions) trying to make a deal with employers for LOWER wages for their members to encourage businesses to hire union labor.
Massive job loss and the collapse of labor-intensive industries like retail are the fears that are trotted out when the poor ask for more gruel. The past shows this is unfounded. minimum wage hikes barely send a ripple through the business world, even as they increase people’s earning and reduce poverty.
However, those Walmart self-checkouts cause much loss through shoplifting. Some stores had to take theirs out the losses were so great. Which means even longer lines.
Why raise the minimum wage for the working poor and make it a living wage? To get people off the corporate dole. Why should the government support below living wages of businesses? Corporate welfare? Many corporation trying to hide from paying taxes..As far as teenagers living with their parents minimum wage, propose it.
Oregon’s bill matches the minimum to the regional economies within the state, and it doesn’t fully kick in for six more years. The current federal minimum works in very few areas of the country today for a “living wage”, but steps upward DO need to match the economic capabilities, especially of small business. You sell 50 burgers a day, you can’t afford to pay the same wage as if you sell 1,500 a day, that’s called economic reality.
Don’t disagree.But I can live with conservative (with a small ‘c’). Thrive, maybe.
Being conservative is not anti-science, not anti-education, not in favor of voter suppression, not anti-data.
A city that I know of voted out a conservative mayor and city council majority in the 60s. It happened over a few elections and the conservative minority tried several legal maneuvers to thwart the majority.Finally, the conservative mayor said ‘enough!’ and that everyone was bound by the actual election results, not some other outcome, even if his side could ‘win’.
That kind of conservatism, I equate with honesty. It has no relation to Rafael Cruz and the other so-called ‘Conservatives’.
Let’s give it a try. If things go bad, maybe the politicians will be lynched. If things go good, that’s nice. Your state go first. I will watch the cost of living go up in your state while my state remains stable.
Oooooo-kay. So, Communist = Conservative in your world. .Sorry, NG, in the real world both the Fascists AND the Communists are offshoots of Uncle Karl. (Marx, that is). Leftists, each and every one.
ROFLMAO. Just one post up you deny saying that Communists are conservative and here you are making the exact same statement..Do try to keep your delusions straight..
I’ll make it simple for you: Communists are International Socialists. Nazis were National Socialists…. See the common thread? Both were Socialists and hence Left Wing..Yes, they hated each other… eventually. Stalin and Hitler got along just fine in the beginning. Much like the Communist USSR and Communist China got along initially.. then hated each other. Leftist dictators don’t tolerate rivals well. That does not mean they are not leftists.
magicwalnut Premium Member about 8 years ago
I can just see all those fast food franchisees flipping their own burgers. And, are there enough Waltons to man all those cash registers?
cyzicus about 8 years ago
Chicken little did his best to warn South Dakota. Fortunately, we didn’t listen.
Breen and Ramirez birds of a feather….
This is AFTER South Dakota raised its 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
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 8 years ago
The answer to low wages is develop a skill, industries are begging for pipe fitters, millwrights, welders, electricians, etc.. Not everyone should or needs to go to college, the education industry has definitely sold America one expensive BS plan.
manteo16nc about 8 years ago
Let’s not get too excited here. N.Y. is phasing in $15 an hour over five years. And California’s is phased in over six years. This could possibly work.Just one thing. No back door deals for labor unions. At least one California union has already been caught(by the media and other unions) trying to make a deal with employers for LOWER wages for their members to encourage businesses to hire union labor.
Mr. Blawt about 8 years ago
Massive job loss and the collapse of labor-intensive industries like retail are the fears that are trotted out when the poor ask for more gruel. The past shows this is unfounded. minimum wage hikes barely send a ripple through the business world, even as they increase people’s earning and reduce poverty.
msgreymare about 8 years ago
However, those Walmart self-checkouts cause much loss through shoplifting. Some stores had to take theirs out the losses were so great. Which means even longer lines.
PainterArt Premium Member about 8 years ago
Why raise the minimum wage for the working poor and make it a living wage? To get people off the corporate dole. Why should the government support below living wages of businesses? Corporate welfare? Many corporation trying to hide from paying taxes..As far as teenagers living with their parents minimum wage, propose it.
Dtroutma about 8 years ago
Oregon’s bill matches the minimum to the regional economies within the state, and it doesn’t fully kick in for six more years. The current federal minimum works in very few areas of the country today for a “living wage”, but steps upward DO need to match the economic capabilities, especially of small business. You sell 50 burgers a day, you can’t afford to pay the same wage as if you sell 1,500 a day, that’s called economic reality.
oneoldhat about 8 years ago
When the federal minimum wage first became law in 1938, it was 25 cents. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth $4.19 today.
braindead Premium Member about 8 years ago
Don’t disagree.But I can live with conservative (with a small ‘c’). Thrive, maybe.
Being conservative is not anti-science, not anti-education, not in favor of voter suppression, not anti-data.
A city that I know of voted out a conservative mayor and city council majority in the 60s. It happened over a few elections and the conservative minority tried several legal maneuvers to thwart the majority.Finally, the conservative mayor said ‘enough!’ and that everyone was bound by the actual election results, not some other outcome, even if his side could ‘win’.
That kind of conservatism, I equate with honesty. It has no relation to Rafael Cruz and the other so-called ‘Conservatives’.
matt28 about 8 years ago
“$15 an hour to flip burgers you say? Say hello to R2-D2, your new replacement.”
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member about 8 years ago
Let’s give it a try. If things go bad, maybe the politicians will be lynched. If things go good, that’s nice. Your state go first. I will watch the cost of living go up in your state while my state remains stable.
Anweir88 about 8 years ago
Oooooo-kay. So, Communist = Conservative in your world. .Sorry, NG, in the real world both the Fascists AND the Communists are offshoots of Uncle Karl. (Marx, that is). Leftists, each and every one.
Anweir88 about 8 years ago
ROFLMAO. Just one post up you deny saying that Communists are conservative and here you are making the exact same statement..Do try to keep your delusions straight..
I’ll make it simple for you: Communists are International Socialists. Nazis were National Socialists…. See the common thread? Both were Socialists and hence Left Wing..Yes, they hated each other… eventually. Stalin and Hitler got along just fine in the beginning. Much like the Communist USSR and Communist China got along initially.. then hated each other. Leftist dictators don’t tolerate rivals well. That does not mean they are not leftists.