Comments on: Wage and hour roundup

By: Ian Random

Ian Random — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 11:33:30 +0000

In reply to Rxc. Apparently, they are channeling that money to lobbying and wouldn't give my brother a written budget, just some approximate numbers. They got kicked out of the university because people had 4 years to notice their BS while working on their BS. They are still at the community college. Students too busy working and studying to notice it.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:44:54 +0000

@ David C ” The extra taxes would be coming from the lower-waged people, and that’s not really what they want.”
Your innocence in endearing. I feel like having a quilting bee and a shindig both in the same evening. You should come over.
These are mercenary politicians at the top of their game. And it’s an election year.

By: David C

David C — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:15:00 +0000

In reply to Canvasback. Eh, I doubt it. The extra taxes would be coming from the lower-waged people, and that's not really what they want. And I doubt they've thought far enough ahead to the middle-class tax increase that would result from inflation. Not everything is a plot.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:49:53 +0000

I’m pretty convinced there’s no business case for the $15 minimum wage. But imagine how much more tax money can be skimmed off a higher wage. I think that’s big part of the Progressive push here.

By: Rxc

Rxc — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:39:54 +0000

I seem to remember that PIRG gets a large amount of its funding from college students who are assessed a few dollars to support it. They can just raise that “donation” and teach the students a valuable lesson in economics.