Minimum wage in mathematical terms

Dr Kynes said:

for you and all the gimmee gimmee squad:

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MD914 said:

Yesterday I saw a chrome camaro...it was pretty sweet

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burgertime2010 said:

I am disabled but far from retarded. Did you attend an Ivy league school on a merit scholarship....I doubt it. Your economy and mine are nothing alike, just swallow that. Your lectures are boring and Narcissus peeks out every time. I am playing the epilepsy/neuropathy game asshole and cannot work or drive. 150 a week is my economy, I live upright because of people who are not like you...people who know what is right and have courage to act on it. GO PLEASE!

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Dr Kynes said:

you live on your knees, begging for handouts.

IF you graduated from an ivy league school on a "Merit Scholarship" (see that would be an ACADEMIC Scholarship, as opposed to an Athletic Scholarship...) then you should be well situated to do any number of jobs which do not require you to drive, or even leave the house.

IF you actually are disabled, and not just by Internet Munchhausen Syndrome, then you should qualify for far more than $600 a month in disability handouts.

methinks i detect the telltale scent of a deceptive poltroon.

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burgertime2010 said:

I would happily bet 600 dollars on the 1st day of January. Put your wad up....lets throw in this site as well. If I win you never return and if you do I am gone. How about it?

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Pinworm said:

I used think that I could not go on......but, now I know the meaning of true love.....

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burgertime2010 said:

I would happily bet 600 dollars on the 1st day of January. Put your wad up....lets throw in this site as well. If I win you never return and if you do I am gone. How about it?

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Pinworm said:

That's an awfully interesting bet.

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Dr Kynes said:

not to me, i am forbidden from wagering and games of chance.

a duel would be acceptable though.

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burgertime2010 said:

At least with your tail between your legs the void where your balls were will stay warm on this cold morning. I like grandiose........claims I have no reason for. Lemme know if you change that beefy brain.

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Dr Kynes said:

not to me, i am forbidden from wagering and games of chance.

a duel would be acceptable though.

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Dr Kynes said:

so, your unfounded assertions, desperate need for attention, and incredible lack of understanding of what really drives economic activity has pushed you into pathetic internet toughguy statements and foolish declarations of victory. The

this is why the left fails.

every debate turns into a pissing match and plaintive squealing.

I, a lowly labourer with no university, who DOES qualify for disability, yet continues to work, am somehow a threat to your "superior" humanity and your intellectual prowess.

sounds like you got bigger problems than (alleged) epilepsy, which didnt stop Gaius Julius Caesar from leading armies in the field, gaining the accolade Imperatus, and receiving the Grass Crown, nor did it stop him from being elected Consul, and eventually Dictator.

and he didnt even have an Ivy League education.

might wanna check yo-self before you riggedy riggedy wreck yo-self.

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Dr Kynes said:

actually i contemplated Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees, but didnt think anybody would clock the reference.

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burgertime2010 said:

This is where you negate a lifelong disability of mine when you don't have any leg to stand on, call me a bully in the meanwhile, and behave like a coward......this is Dr. Kynes, a true cunt if there ever was.

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UncleBuck said:

do you even have one single example of a business that had to close due to minimum wage going up?

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Pinworm said:

Oh, Kynes you old so and so, I would narry a notion of your songbird ways, thinking you but a captain of industry, and a king among men. You dirty old fool you, top drawer, sir, I say, top drawer........Can we try a bit harder? I will venture....

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Dr Kynes said:

so, not wanting to "stick it to the man" by drafting new laws to penalize a company for being larger than the approved size means im "talking big"?

you cannot solve systemic issues by targeting the symptoms. our economy is suffering because of the following problems:

Lack of Tariffs: there is no penalty for importing products, so it is always cheaper to export production to places without restrictive regulations of confiscatory taxation
Free Trade: exporting production to foreign lands where cheap abundant disposable labour is easy to use and abuse, which means those employees are NOT part of our economic merry-go-round, so their wages are spent in foreign lands
"Insourcing" Greencards: even if you keep your production in the US, if you dont want to pay the wages demanded by americans, you can import cheaper foreign workers easily, and pay them whatever you like
Open Borders: illegal aliens can, at their pleasure, flood in when the economy is strong, driving down wages across the board, who then export those wages to foreign lands
Usury Taxation: progressive tax rates create a disincentive for success. when your increase in profit/income hits the edge of a tax bracket, you face "marginal rates" which force you to decide whether to take home less by making more, or take home more by making less.
Onerous Regulations: when the EPA can shut you down without even trying very hard, why not move your plant to mexico, thailand or china?
Government Favouritism: the current ideal in government circles is the "Service Economy", where low environmental impact retail and service jobs are preferred to manufacturing or resource extraction. wal-mart and other retail businesses get sweetheart deals to open new stores in cities and towns, while established businesses dont get the tax breaks and subsidies, thus giving the New Hotness the edge over tired old played out smaller shops, and manufacturing gets cornholed with fees, taxes, zoning regulations and endless injunctions.

as long as the government continues encouraging the exporting of US economic activity to foreign lands, open borders, free trade and "service economy" bullshit, capital will continue to see the US as a place to sell shit, not a place to actually do business.

these are MARKET FORCES too. they variously drive up costs, drive down wages and generally ensure that burger flipping becomes the next occupation of the future.
when the debts catch up to us, and we no longer have vast stores of money to send overseas the flow of sweet "Consumer Goods" will stop, and we WILL be left holding an empty sack.

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qwizoking said:

So I've seen this thread up for a bit...and been wondering...........
I went around town...went to mcdonalds and they said they made 8.50 an hr. I went to heb and walmart, walmart paid 10 an hr and heb 8.50..went to jiffy lube and they start at 9. Dishwasher at applebees and at a local college made 8.50.....8.50 seems to be the lowest pay I could find and it went on like this with most jobs about 9
I'm not into politics and don't venture round here..have no real opinion on this matter

Just curious as to who actually makes minimum wage?
I know I've never made minimum wage..or anyone I've ever met

I tried Googling what jobs actually pay minimum wage, but wasn't much help...as every job listed as paying minimum wage payed a decent bit more

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