Seattle agrees to raise minimum wage to $15
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i'm dubious of these studies cause they seem to overlook a lot of things.Fast food: Would a higher minimum wage mean pricier burgers? - Los Angeles Times
The worst case scenario is a 17% rise in fast food prices. On a $1 McChicken that comes out to fukking 17 cents. If you can't scrape together the extra 17 cents......maybe YOUR job isn't paying you enough
Arriving at these numbers overlooks what it takes to even get things to the price they're at now.
Yeah, I take it you don't understand how CEOs work.
Leaving banking out of this.
Just about every F1000 company is run this way.
CEOs are paid because of what it takes to retain talent and reward talent.
finding someone with a good work ethic on college campus is harder then you think breh
this aint a office job, you gotta be able to use your hands. Also you have to understand measurements, which surprisingly a lot of people cant do
Man come on. College kids in this economy will be fighting over a 10/hr job, if you can't find somebody then you're not trying.
I mean in 2014 we have shytty Walmart jobs getting hundreds of applicants and you really can't find anybody decent for a 10/hr job? Shyt is just not believable unless you live in some affluent gated community or something.
So I guess, by your standards, the millions of fast food workers, cashiers, retail workers, etc. who work those jobs long-term are all incompetent.
That's some next-level condescension towards poor people.
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
I agree with @GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! on this subject to an extent but youre fukking wrong with that. CEOs are the LAST people to suffer when a company goes to shyt. Its always the dudes at the bottom that get hurt the most when a company goes south. Who do you think gets laid off
Even if CEOs get fired, they still have great resumes and made the most money during their run. Hell plenty of CEOs get golden parachutes for doing a shyt job.
Why are you confused? Jobs that require little skill attract people with few skills. Overqualified people exist, but are temporary. I pay people more money to grow the business, not maintain the business.
Brady's Artechoke, stop, please. You know that's not why I ask that question. You have complained about the quality of your workers in a few posts now. Why do you think you have an issue drawing competent applicants at that wage level?
I agree with @GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! on this subject to an extent but youre fukking wrong with that. CEOs are the LAST people to suffer when a company goes to shyt. Its always the dudes at the bottom that get hurt the most when a company goes south. Who do you think gets laid off
Do you think CEOs aren't worth their compensation? Regardless of the dollar amount?
Thats a high risk job.
Its easy for ya'll to go at the top people without completely understanding how companies work
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
I've had a small business for a few years now and worked in different small businesses most of life. When you start taking on employees it gets more and more complicated and tax heavy especially in NY. It's almost to the point where it's impossible to make a living unless you have an absurd amount of income coming in every month. Unless you're making millions the cards are stacked pretty well against you. Right now I can thankfully do everything I need to do myself but rely on string of subcontractors who still need to be paid. The government really needs to do more to find a middle ground to take some of the burden off businesses that earn less than 500k-1 million a year imo.
As far as wages go people can't live on 10hr at least not in the NYC area and I would imagine they would struggle most places in the North East if they live alone. When I first moved home from Europe a few years ago I would make between 20-25 an hr and worked between 50-60 hours a week. I was fortunate enough to have a studio that was around 1000 a month(unheard of) save utilities. With no real debt to speak of that could even be difficult.
As far as wages go people can't live on 10hr at least not in the NYC area and I would imagine they would struggle most places in the North East if they live alone. When I first moved home from Europe a few years ago I would make between 20-25 an hr and worked between 50-60 hours a week. I was fortunate enough to have a studio that was around 1000 a month(unheard of) save utilities. With no real debt to speak of that could even be difficult.
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The HL libertarians and Colinomics experts still partying like it's 1999.
"$10 an hour, what more can they ask for?
" - Coli Free Market Expert
"$10 an hour, what more can they ask for?
" - Coli Free Market Expert
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The guy who ran Nokia into the ground and was fired/replaced just received $35,000,000.00 dollars. I'm failing to see the "risk". You tell me.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The HL libertarians and Colinomics experts still partying like it's 1999.
"$10 an hour, what more can they ask for?
Coli is bizarro world with this shyt, most of them are young and or uneducated and just don't grasp how the world works. I honestly also see it done all the time though by small businesses trying to cut corners. It's really setting yourself up for failure at the end of the day. You pay people 10 or less they're not showing up, stealing, late, unhappy at work, bad mouth the company, you're always replacing people it's pointless and the reason it happens is because owners are arrogant and or cheap at the end of the day it ends up costing them more and sometimes their business. 10 an hour is pretty much the bare minimum for finding reliable, competent, and educated staff.
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
I did not say CEOs did not deserve higher pay. As far as their 'worth' I think that depends on the company and CEO.
Where is the risk in being a CEO? Other than shareholders occasionally blaming you and you responding by cutting out the bottom line aka workers to restore profits.
Miss me with your condescending tone.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
The more money a person makes, the more they will spend and the more they will be taxed. How is this a bad thing?
Something's gotta give. Critics assume that when you work at a job that you HAVE to move up or move on to make more money. A lot of jobs have zero upward mobility. It's like society forces people to get a college degree which takes 4 years just to be in a position to possibly earn a good living over time.
When more people spend less its bad for everyone and bad for the economy. The government has to spend more to subside the working poor. Its funny because businesses don't want to pay more taxes but they don't want to pay employees more. You can't have it both ways.
Something's gotta give. Critics assume that when you work at a job that you HAVE to move up or move on to make more money. A lot of jobs have zero upward mobility. It's like society forces people to get a college degree which takes 4 years just to be in a position to possibly earn a good living over time.
When more people spend less its bad for everyone and bad for the economy. The government has to spend more to subside the working poor. Its funny because businesses don't want to pay more taxes but they don't want to pay employees more. You can't have it both ways.
Kings County
Law III | Law XXV | Law XV
the ether of a young nikka leavin his interview at McDonalds with theonly to see a nikka walkin in with a master's degree wearin in a business suit snatchin that job away from him
shyt is gonna be demonic out there
My teenage cousin who works at Popeyes making around 8 bucks an hr says he wants a 15 dollar minimum wage so he can get another job on top of the one he already has.
I'm like nikka, you're lucky if you keep YOUR job
. In fact your gonna be one of the first casualties