He says ‘living wage’ a lot but never defines it. Anyway, I am wondering if he practices what he preaches. The $15 min wage thingy.
On another note, the Russians meddled in our elections, while Joe was V.P. He said Saturday that that would never happen on his watch. But it did. It is difficult to keep up with the mendacity.
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I am visiting my parents in the state of Washington. I am surprised by how much food costs.
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Which is why it is beneficial for retired Americans to move to poorer countries. You have a much higher standard of living on the same fixed income.
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The democrats, for the umpteenth time in my life, are behind the raising of the minimum wage, like it is going to work in the long run. Well, of course it can't otherwise the minimum wage would not have to be raised a dozen times in 50 years. Doing so offers a brief rise in income that gets eroded by the inflation that was fueled by raising wages which causes price increases and COLA raises for everyone. Only now, everyone is in a higher tax bracket. No wonder why dems love it. The bottom line is, you cannot create something out of nothing by passing this unfunded mandate.
Here's what little 'd'' dems just don't get... if the cause to help the poor is so just, why do they silently stand there when big gov taxes these underpaid people?
You really think they care about poor people? it's all political bull and masks their true intent of assuming more control over people.
@mott-the-hoople saidHe pays his hourly employees at least $15 an hour. Some of his lower level campaign staff accepted a yearly salary of somewhere around $36,000 but are working more hours than they thought they would and want to renegotiate the deal. The campaign is presently working with the union to resolve the issue; he's offered to limit the hours of these salaried workers to 42 or 43 a week which would leave them the equivalent of about $17 an hour. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/07/19/bernie-sanders-campaign-staff-wage-15-hour-union-elizabeth-warren-campaign-wages/1781159001/
Been checking on this thread waiting for the liberals to explain it away.
@patzering saidAnd the stats for that will be easily available.
They raised the minimum wage here to 14 or 15 and all that accomplished was all products went up in price.
Especially food.
So show us.
@wolfgang59 said"How to Lie with Statistics" Darryl Huff.
And the stats for that will be easily available.
So show us.
It's a short read.
As with media, stats are biased, whoever commissioned the stats is looking for a particular outcome. It costs time, money, resources so the criteria need to be shaped to produce the desired results otherwise they don't happen.
@no1marauder saidso all employers have to do is reduce the work week to 30 hrs and bam everyone is making $20 an hour but working 50. got ya
He pays his hourly employees at least $15 an hour. Some of his lower level campaign staff accepted a yearly salary of somewhere around $36,000 but are working more hours than they thought they would and want to renegotiate the deal. The campaign is presently working with the union to resolve the issue; he's offered to limit the hours of these salaried workers to 42 or 43 ...[text shortened]... 9/07/19/bernie-sanders-campaign-staff-wage-15-hour-union-elizabeth-warren-campaign-wages/1781159001/
@patzering saidDo you seriously think food companies gives a shyte about what people make? It doesn't matter to them if the wages are 5 bucks an hour or 25, if they see a rational to raise prices they will.
Raising the minimum wage to help the poor has to coincide with preventing companies from raising prices.
At least for a certain period of time.
If not then raising the minimum wage is essentially pointless.
Also, in my case, before I was laid off a year and a half ago, I was taking in 90K a year, after that with just SS, down to about 30K. It sucks but that the way the cookie crumbles. But there turns out to be low wage drug benefits called Pace and Pace net here in Pa. The drug companies don't give a rat's ass about people's income, prices have gone up exponentially and even with a prescription plan, you run into trouble, called the infamous 'donut hole' in medicare where at some point of money spent by the drug companies, they can double or triple the price because you are in the donut hole.
A few years ago, that happened for us in November, a month of high prices.
Next year it was October.
Next year, September.
Now JULY.
A really sicko plan but Pace Net lets people with less than 37 K a year in income get a card that bypasses the donut hole. We only found out about it a few weeks ago. Instead of paying 400 bucks for my wife's insulin, it is now 25 so that is a big help.
@sonhouse saidwhy did you not have a retirement plan? sounds like you are mad because of bad decisions YOU made.
Do you seriously think food companies gives a shyte about what people make? It doesn't matter to them if the wages are 5 bucks an hour or 25, if they see a rational to raise prices they will.
Also, in my case, before I was laid off a year and a half ago, I was taking in 90K a year, after that with just SS, down to about 30K. It sucks but that the way the cookie crumbles. B ...[text shortened]... w weeks ago. Instead of paying 400 bucks for my wife's insulin, it is now 25 so that is a big help.
@mott-the-hoople saidDo you understand the difference between "salaried" workers and those paid by the hour?
so all employers have to do is reduce the work week to 30 hrs and bam everyone is making $20 an hour but working 50. got ya
If not, try Google.