And You Wonder Why Trump Won
Seattle employees ask for REDUCED hours so that "jacked-up" minimum wage won't cost them subsidized housing: Gee, who could have seen this coming?Now this is downright funny. They scream for a higher minimum wage, then, when they get it they complain because they make too much money to qualify for the free stuff, go figure. By jacking up minimum wage, Seattle has provided a valuable lesson in liberal economics. The plan has now backfired.
Nora Gibson, executive director of Full Life Care, told Seattle 's KIRO 7 TV she saw a sudden reaction from workers when Seattle 's phased minimum-wage ordinance took effect in April, bringing minimum wage to $11 an hour. She said anecdotally, some people feared they would lose their subsidized housing so they have asked that their work hours be reduced to remain eligible for all government subsidies.
It doesn't stop at $11/hour. The law puts it up to $15 starting January 1, 2017, they will have to reduce their work hours even more to remain eligible for handouts. Good thing the minimum wage wasn't raised even higher, most would not work at all, they prefer to be spoon fed and remain on the government plantation.
So now workers work fewer hours, but for the same take home pay, business' labor costs increase so prices increase, buyers (workers) pay more and no one is better off.
Remember free market capitalism? Under that system, the harder and smarter you worked, the higher your standard of living. But that was found to result in income inequality, so now we have a system where wealth is bestowed by bureaucrats, and working harder doesn't always make sense.
Just a little bit at a time until America is gone, and turns into Venezuela next...
AND YOU WONDER WHY TRUMP WON?!?!
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These changes that are initiated, I hope will make the country better.
Maybe Putin will send some foreign aid soon.
Do you honestly believe that Putin or Trump are calls the shots ...
Having access to higher education is the real solution...Americans need to forget the coal jobs...
Raising the minimum wage is not a bad idea but I would not be content with that promise alone...
Is that going to make America great again?...lol...
Low paying jobs are created by greedy corporations like Walmart who sell American cheap goods that are made in China...or Vietnam...
Too bad unions are not formed as they once were...that is what helped the middle class flourish...
What is worrisome is that some polititians are ignoring scientists regarding climate change...the odd list of candidates that Trump picked as cabinet members...
The restructuring of Obama care that would potentially leave 24 million Americans without coverage...fortunately it was struck down...
Trumps' in over his head look and his empty speeches...tells the tale...
What future are you giving your children?...cheap labour...poverty...and ill health...your natural environment destroyed...but don't worry...the top 1% people will be living away from all that nastiness...including Trump...
Money is your God...
Is that a simple plan?...lol...
No doubt your speaking about manufacturing...hard to compete with automation or foreign cheap labour...surely the US can forge a great future in other endeavors...technologies...just don't give it away to the Japanese...lol...
If Trump is planning to increase spending on defence...seems like war is not too far away...just need a scapegoat...
Just cannot fathom that healthcare is not as important...banning Muslims or other brown people at the American border...
The chaos is purposeful?...as some are suggesting...
It can be turned around by not patronizing foreign cheap products.
America. He could launch from one of his
subs, or just put one or two in a shipping
container
Something else is going on here..............
It's been speculated that such a strike would leave 90% of Murkuns dead within three months.
Comforting thought.
We won't have to worry about unemployment or much of anything else if nuclear weapons are involved...why is Trump increasing the defence budget?...is it to build a wall and xecure your borders or is something else happening that we as the public unaware of...
I hear Iceland is a nice country...lol...
Weather can hardly be beat.
Geothermal energy...not a whisp of exhaust over Reykjavik.
Folks are friendly.
Downsides...
Geothermal energy comes with occasional volcanic eruptions.
I was there shortly after such an event & took a bus from Reykjavik to Keflavik.
Part of the trip went through a recently laid down lava field that looked like a moonscape.
Folks consumed alcohol at a rate I'd have thought impossible if I hadn't seen it.
Also...
The Northern Hemisphere may not be so good in a post-nuke world.
Might want to look into Tristan de Cunha
You may search it...
until Obama.I voted the same as many who've had to chose between 2 polarizing candidates,my vote was in hope one would rescind Obama/Bush's orders on Presidential power and cleanup Congress.