It's the electronic version of a Tommy Hilfiger Tshirt (back in the day), or a Starbucks coffee. You are paying a status symbol premium.
I hate Republicans, and I hate that I feel that way. A conundrum.i'm ashamed that the left raised the income limits (in a most sneaky fashion) for the $1400 Stimulus checks..two on the left who shall remain unnamed lied on the Senate floor (i watched live) when the right kept raising the question about why the income limits are so high..i listened to them; to the right.
make no mistake; the income limits were raised..math doesn't lie..but those Senators did and i'm sptiting mad.
now it's supposed to go back where it belongs $75K with phase out at $80k.
A couple earning $200k is not in need of the Stimulus. if you wish to cite child care, that excuse works to age 5..you don't even go to work anymore- you're sitting on Zoom and saving commute costs.
You could have more than 1 stimulus check. Here's how you may get 3 payments
The third stimulus check is just one of three ways you and your family could get direct payments from the government over the next year. Here's every way you benefit.www.cnet.com
A goodly amount of my neighbors are not just GOP, but Trumpkins. RIU is the only place I can truthfully talk politics without real world repercussions. Like if I were to tell the guy from the county who comes around and sprays for skeeters what I really thought of his views, I would be over run with skeeters.
Some jobs are not worth $15 an hour. Fast food jobs are not a career and do not warrant anything more than what people are getting paid now. They might not be living wages but it's work that can be done by high school students or increasingly automation. What's going to happen to these people when it's cheaper to invest in robotics than it is to pay $15 and hour? Where are these people that have no skills and refuse to gain any going to work then?
I completely agree with you that the left is demanding too much when now is the time for us to come together. So, let's just stop letting the virus dominate us, get on with our lives, work for whatever wages they offer and stop demanding that the rich give us free stuff.
You make a lot of assumptions.
Here is the flaw
I entered the full time job market in 1972. I took a job at the minimum wage of $2.20/hr. I could not live on that alone, so I stayed home. According to Dollar Times, the inflation of that wage is now $13.94. That doesn't consider the rise in the cost of living, only inflation. It's like pulling teeth to get a $15/hr. wage, when it should be about $19/hr., or more, considering the higher cost of living now.
Yes says me. I worked fast food jobs when I was in High School. It's not a $15 an hour job. If people want to make more than some teeneager then they need to get some job skills. Even back then I was able to move up into management and was an Assistant Manager at a Burger King when I was 18. All the lazy employees with no motivation were jealous. Making comments like X has been here longer and should have gotten the promotion. Well X was a lazy ass with no desire to taker on any additional responsibility so X continued to work the fry station while I sat in the back office counting the tills and interviewing prospective new employee's.
No assumptions. Just a lifetime of observations. $15 an hour minimum wage is just plain stupid and would do more harm to the economy than good. That added cost would be passed onto the consumer or many businesses would close their doors. Some businesses are operating on extremely low profits. Raising the minimum wage would wipe them out. FACTS not assumptions.
I don't believe in trickle down. But I also don't think that a $15 an hour minimum wage is appropriate. Industries that require skilled labor already pay more than that. Those that don't require skilled labor like fast food, landscaping, and others should not be forced to raise their base pay to $15 an hour.
i agree as long as the wealthy pay their fair share.
someone who has a full time job and works 40 hours weekly should be entitled to:
'if men were Angels we wouldn't need Government' -James Madison
when I go to McD website they have a whole tab that says 'CAREERS'.
kids don't think of it in that way and that's who Adidas marketed it to..look at phone company ads do you see your wife in any of those?
Do you think that a teeneager working part time at McDonalds taking orders at the drive-thru should be getting paid $15 an hour?
"Full time job market" Try to keep up.
i would tell you if i could EM you..i was really impressed with your knowledge of 'shorting' a few weeks ago. i didn't know what you did for a living in the past..funny how we're all not just 'hippy stoners' that people think of us.and evidently never took an Economics class!
It’s fun to watch you flaunt your ignorance with pride.
