Originally posted by BackFire
I think it depends on the state. $15 an hour for minimum wage in California is the least they should be paid. Honestly it should probably be higher here because of how expensive it is to live here. Where as somewhere in middle america it could probably be less.
If Minimum wage gets raised to a living wage or something much higher than now, capitalism will run it's course and these jobs will be, rightfully so, automated.
It will help us move more quickly into the automation territory when it comes to fast food.
It creates a financial incentive for these companies to automate to a less costly solution. When you have an ROI that is now sub-5 years, that's a strategic initiative that you can sell to shareholders and get board approval. It's what happened with the QSR Kiosk model (Quick Service Retail where you use a Kiosk instead of a human to make your orders, completely).
Originally posted by Stringer
All this education talk I wonder who paid for it. Mommy or daddy?
I paid for my own and some of it was paid for by the University because I won academic scholarships because I was so awesome. No, I'm not kidding.
This is not even a humble brag: it is a brag-brag. I earned it. I did it. Me.
I WISH I had rich parents to fund a start-up, though.
Originally posted by Impediment
Flipping patties and submerging potato sticks into hot grease doesn't take much brain power.Please don't misunderstand me: I'm not acting high and mighty. I'm not judging McEmployees. I'm no better than any human being.
I'm just saying that my years of studying and busting my ass to become the Level 2 Non-Destructive Testing Technician that I am warrants the hourly rate that I have is because I WORKED FOR IT AND DESERVE IT.
Title doesn't necessarily dictate behavior, but I firmly believe that a person who works with radioactive isotopes deserves to make more than a burger flipper based on merit, education, and the will to advance.
I think everyone who works full time deserves to not have to live in poverty, on government assistance, etc. is your point that skilled labor is typically underpaid, often grossly? I can certainly agree with that, I just don't agree over punishing the little guy for it
Originally posted by Bashar Teg
I think everyone who works full time deserves to not have to live in poverty, on government assistance, etc. is your point that skilled labor is typically underpaid, often grossly? I can certainly agree with that, I just don't agree over punishing the little guy for it
Do you prefer a Universal Basic Income instead of adjusting wages, if given the choice?
Originally posted by BackFire
Yeah you always hear about a lot of people leaving for Texas or Oregon or whatever, but there seem to be new people coming to take their place. At least the insane traffic levels suggest that. It's worse than ever as far as I can tell.
New people coming to California?
hmm
awesome
Originally posted by BackFire
Yeah you always hear about a lot of people leaving for Texas or Oregon or whatever, but there seem to be new people coming to take their place. At least the insane traffic levels suggest that. It's worse than ever as far as I can tell.
To be fair people are leaving Illinois too we have the highest property taxes in the country I think.
This state is run by a-holes they wanna tax you extra for weed edibles.
Originally posted by BackFire
Yeah you always hear about a lot of people leaving for Texas or Oregon or whatever, but there seem to be new people coming to take their place. At least the insane traffic levels suggest that. It's worse than ever as far as I can tell.
Undocumented immigrants?
Or ultra rich New Yorkers who's vast wealth couldn't buy properties that were occupied?
Originally posted by BackFire
Point is I think Sanders would run into a lot of stuff like that. Resistance within his own party, probably more so than Trump has.
This, almost definitely. Because of corruption and phony, powerful "liberals."
So I honestly wouldn't expect to see much of what Sanders is fighting for to actually happen anytime soon. But it would at least be a step in the right direction.
I've heard that California is losing far more people than they are gaining. From what I've heard, people are leaving in droves, and yes, many are moving (or have already moved) to Texas which, coupled with illegal immigration, is why Texas is in danger of becoming blue in the near future. SJW snowflakes wanna bring the failed policies of the left to Texas.
God help us if they succeed because if and when Texas turns blue it'll probably be all she wrote for republicans in any future presidential elections.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnaedur
I've heard that California is losing far more people than they are gaining. From what I've heard, people are leaving in droves, and yes, many are moving (or have already moved) to Texas which, coupled with illegal immigration, is why Texas is in danger of becoming blue in the near future. SJW snowflakes wanna bring the failed policies of the left to Texas.
Originally posted by BackFire
Not true at all.He campaigned a ton for Clinton after she was the nominee and now SHE'S the one talking shit about him.
Warren seems to be the one to me who is acting chicken shit towards Sanders at the moment by blabbing about some private conversation they had and spinning it in the shittiest way possible in an effort to hurt him.
Sanders was also mathematically eliminated in March and stayed in the race until July, which damaged Clinton going into November. During that time, he raised money for himself, but no down-ticket Democrats, and danced around whether he would endorse Clinton, or urge his supporters to vote for her. He campaigned for her in the end, but he was not a good sport about it.
Warren, on the other hand, has good policies, but is a bad politician. She has a tin ear, and poor political instincts, like recently calling black women "pushy," or publicizing her DNA ancestry test. She tried to criticize Buttigieg for holding a fundraiser that not only was not improper, but the same sort of fundraiser she held while running for the Senate; and for trying to accuse Sanders of making a sexist remark through innuendo. Those hits missed their mark, and it made her look desperate and ineffectual.