Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Economics can only function properly when the government leaves it alone. If I have a business that pays an employee $15.00 per hour for a starting position and the government pays them that PLUS an additional $7.50 per hour ($300. per week), how can I compete? I now have to charge the customer 50% more . Do you want to pay the increase.
Unemployment benefits need to be 80% of the actual take home pay. That is enough to get by until you find another job. When unemployed you have less personal expenses such as fuel or fares to get to and from work. That is the problem when the government officials have never been in the private work force. All they know is how to get paid off the backs of the taxpayers who do have to work for a living. This is the prime reason that term limits are a must. Time to end the career politicians. |
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We need about 275 seasonal employees, have about 175.
Last year, we paid $15/hour. Can’t get anyone this year at $20. We also feed our employees for free. Combined with, for example, a 25% increase in the wholesale price of bacon (and other proteins) since January - you’ll be happy when your $7 BLT costs you $12. It’s not natural economics when the government interferes. There are HELP WANTED signs everywhere. |
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My son came to Florida looking for work and found it. He and two partners started a custom cabinet, flooring and handyman business.
My son has a four year university degree and chose to learn a new skill/trade here in the villages. He is working and learning from a master carpenter with 20+ years experience. He was making more than $20/hr with benefits up north. Now he is working for $15/hr with no benefits. He is young and hopes that the business will grow and he can then make a living wage and buy his own benefits. Health insurance is no joke when you are in a trade! Their handyman business is going full throttle! My son is working long hours 6-7 days a week. With 25+ years of building to continue in the villages, no one is going to take their employment away from them if they continue to provide quality work. |
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Simple economics is that when people are paid to stay home they will stay home. When they aren’t paid to stay home they will go to work.
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Let's not forget being in the right place, at the right time and knowing the right people. That's also a big part of opportunity. Too many people ignore that component when they place blame on not working hard enough or just being lazy leaches.
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Great discussion, I just realized some people have to live at poverty level for economics to work properly.
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Well thanks for sharing such an esteemed employment profile, I am certain that you were very valuable.
As you seem to want to defend and praise “the government” for the blessing that they bless upon us, I would challenge that as a capitalist snd an American with business experience. First of all this limp employment report is not a cycle it IS due to government intervention. Just six months ago we had a sustainable and vibrant employment system and outlook. Various and numerous international economists anticipated >900k jobs and there are <300k delivered. Was if the government’s fault, well no to be specific. Regarding REAL job numbers the government cannot do a lot, but what they can to is create an environment that can benefit or damage employment. Neither the Government, the labor unions nor other such entities can create serious job numbers, at least not in our capitalist nation. You may remember, the one that has been so prosperous and generous to its citizens snd the world. The current Congress snd Administration are creating a climate that had businesses pulling back for many reasons. They offer over $600 / week in unemployment checks which is more than minimum wage at 40 hours, why work. They force more dependence on foreign governments, they want more regulation and higher taxes. It is not the technology, it is a Government creating higher dependence on Socialism and shutting down business, especially small businesses because they ARE the backbone of the American economy. |
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It's more the case that if economics is working correctly then there will be a lower level of income which will be defined as the poverty level and there will be some people living there.
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Why on woodcarving topic ? The reason is simple I do woodcarving. It is a hobby. I would not, I could not do it to put food on my table. The word sabotage. Sabot is wooden shoes at one time common. They were hand carved. A machine was invented that could do it faster and cheaper. The workers tried to destroy the machine. Stuff like cigar store Indians, carousel horses, circus wagons. A one time woodcarvers would do all the ornate carvings, that are highly collected today, on ships. It was expensive and added weight. Speed and cost ended that. Carvers, some of course went into other fields, others carved stuff like cigar store Indians, carousel horses and circus wagons. Interesting to me. One of the largest suppliers of carousel horses was in Brooklyn, NY. It was a production, a factory job. The top, most skilled carver did the head. I recall reading about someone who worked in such a place. He carved a head and took a week to do it. He proudly showed it to the foreman who agreed it was pretty good. The foreman then said now you need to do it in a day. Nothing is new. We just assume we have invented the wheel. So much of what we think is new are the same old problems. |
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The last time, I was too old, too tired and had enough saved and invested so that I did not have the will OR THE NEED to do it again. Why, did I do it? Probably the FAULT of my parents. First of all I was taught by example that if you need something or want something, there is a difference, you need to work for it. For too many that seems strange. Secondly, I was born poor. The is quite a difference between reading how tough life is for people on the handout trail and living worse than they complain about and working for what you need and what you want. Also, perhaps my parents fault, I was taught failure is not an option. I was an overnight success. It only took me 45 years of long hours, hard work, and hard saving and investing. There is always opportunity. In every era, the difference between success and failure is seeing the opportunity and acting on it. Ebay or Amazon. Truth is I sort of saw a need to ebay. My idea, truth, my idea, has no value. They did it. I did not. Self responsibility. Good for them. Too many assume we have the right to be a PARASITE on their success. |
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We have raised a generation of lazy, spineless takers.
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How about those claiming people are making too much money on unemployment try to live on unemployment for an extended period of time. People need to be able to pay their bills and deserve a good quality of life in America. If employers don't value their employees enough to pay a wage people can actually live on then they have themselves to blame if employees take other alternatives. It's the basic principle of survival. What is amazing to me is how those who have plenty will take every break they can to pay less taxes and then get ticked off when low income people take unemployment just because those measly benefits pay better than their job.
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#30
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You hit it on the head. Perhaps the Federal Govt is trying to force a minimum wage by setting unemployment compensation levels to incentivize employees staying home until wages increase.
I hear it time and time again. I make more on unemployment so why should I take a cut in pay to work. |
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