Steve Litt, just stop. Seriously. What's tired old crap is cavilling
without understanding. 1) A "purple squirrel" doesn't exist, so it's
sometimes used to describe the 'perfect' I/T contractor who can do
everything for almost nothing. 2) Increased payroll MUST be offset by
higher income or by expense cuts or both. That is not opinion, it is not
arguable, it is not a factionalized political talking point. I will leave
it to you to figure out HOW higher income and/or expense cuts potentially
- and often actually - affect everyone connected to a company in any way.
This isn't the place, and now I regret my own participation in the subject
here.
- Vara
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www.facebook.com/vara.lafey
On Dec 8, 2016 1:23 PM, "Steve Litt" <
slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 12:56:16 -0700
> Vara La Fey <varalafey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I sympathize on what a friend calls "the purple squirrel syndrome".
> >
> > Min wage laws make everything worse. Look at CA. Everyone's expenses
> > go up, so everyone lays off or tightens budgets.
>
> Oh, come on, not that tired crap again!
>
> You like not having to spend money to hire your own private army? You
> like not having your car broken into or stolen once a month? You like
> not having to tote an AR-15 everywhere you go because there's war on
> the streets?
>
> If you like those things, you'd better make sure life doesn't get too
> miserable for too many, because insurrection follows. And one great way
> to limit misery is to pay a wage that puts a roof over the head and
> food on the table, and that's the job of a minimum wage.
>
> I know, I know, you purple squirrels whip out your elasticity curves to
> claim that unemployment goes up with a minimum wage, creating even more
> misery. What is more likely, especially given the last 4 decades'
> suppression of unions, is that repeal of the minimum wage sends the pay
> of convenience store clerks and construction laborers down to $2.00/hr.
> Back in 2003 I had a buddy who worked construction, and he said several
> of his coworkers did contruction by day and robbed houses by night.
> Imagine how much such "moonlighting" would increase if workers got only
> $16.00 for a full day shift's work, when their part of the rent is $400.
>
> A full time job that can't keep a person fed and out of the rain isn't
> a job at all. Morally it shouldn't be legal, and practically allowing
> such jobs brings societal breakdown.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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