[NottaVillager]

Originally Posted by RVRoadie

Unemployment rates don't include people no longer in the work force.

No kidding! BUT...when over 50% of your population is no longer in the workforce it makes competition for available jobs a whole lot less. Hence a much lower overall unemployment number.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by rp001

There's a lot of employees working part time without benefits of course, for minimum wage. All in the name of the all mighty profit.

There have always been a lot of people working part time without benefits for minimum wage. Why do you think that is BAD? Working is much better than being on the dole. I worked for minimum wage, my kids and grandkids did. Then they worked for higher wages as they became educated or climbed up the ladder.

Of course a lot of employers have switched some of their jobs to part time as things were forced upon them. You can't get blood out of a turnip. For profit businesses keep the economy alive. I can't get over all the folks who haven't worked for a for profit business.

[applesoffh]

[QUOTE=Dr Winston O Boogie jr;910386]Of course it's not. It's the AVERAGE weekly wage. People who do menial work earn minimum wage or just above.

What, in your opinion, is menial work? Servers in restaurants work like dogs to keep the likes of people in TV happy, and I can assure you that not many people tip 20% of the bill (not only an observation, but stated by many, even on TOTV). That server often has to share any tips with those who bus the tables. Fast food restaurant workers? Those good folks who clean up the messes left by fellow Villagers in the squares? Really, what is menial? No job is menial to the person doing it.

[applesoffh]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

There have always been a lot of people working part time without benefits for minimum wage. Why do you think that is BAD? Working is much better than being on the dole. I worked for minimum wage, my kids and grandkids did. Then they worked for higher wages as they became educated or climbed up the ladder.

Of course a lot of employers have switched some of their jobs to part time as things were forced upon them. You can't get blood out of a turnip. For profit businesses keep the economy alive. I can't get over all the folks who haven't worked for a for profit business.

Gracie, I worked for many for-profit businesses over the span of my working life. If you, or someone you know, never lost a job because the "for-profit" companies and shareholders didn't think their profits were high enough, than you have been very blessed indeed. Yes, most folks our age did minimum wage jobs on summer break from school or as after-school jobs, knowing that it was, indeed, temporary as we got our education and "climbed up the ladder". In today's economy, thhough, people who have lost good paying jobs knit together a variety of jobs paying minimal wages just to keep their heads above water.

[2BNTV]

I still suffer from anal glaucoma.

"I can't see my a** going to work"!!! Minimum wage or not.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by applesoffh

Gracie, I worked for many for-profit businesses over the span of my working life. If you, or someone you know, never lost a job because the "for-profit" companies and shareholders didn't think their profits were high enough, than you have been very blessed indeed. Yes, most folks our age did minimum wage jobs on summer break from school or as after-school jobs, knowing that it was, indeed, temporary as we got our education and "climbed up the ladder". In today's economy, thhough, people who have lost good paying jobs knit together a variety of jobs paying minimal wages just to keep their heads above water.

Not everyone can....or should be tenured. Of course we have had our jobs in danger and we have weathered financial storms. Those people who are working several jobs will succeed. That kind of industry doesn't go unnoticed or unrewarded. And they are taking care of themselves right now in the only way possible. Good for them. Lost jobs are not always due to greed.

[rp001]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

There have always been a lot of people working part time without benefits for minimum wage. Why do you think that is BAD? Working is much better than being on the dole. I worked for minimum wage, my kids and grandkids did. Then they worked for higher wages as they became educated or climbed up the ladder.

Of course a lot of employers have switched some of their jobs to part time as things were forced upon them. You can't get blood out of a turnip. For profit businesses keep the economy alive. I can't get over all the folks who haven't worked for a for profit business.

First, in the past I was chastised for making a post directed at anyone else, but since you asked...Second, you are kidding , right? You need to put things in context and be honest about it. You know I'm talking about the ratio of part time workers having increased, look at the villages. And while that happens here within industry, the numbers of foreign workers working for less than peanuts has increased, and the there is the little offshore tax issue, you know where the corporations keep the money overseas where they can avoid their fair share of income tax. My points are directed specifically at the companies exploiting the employees and are subsidized with tax breaks. I could go on but you wouldn't listen.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by rp001

First, in the past I was chastised for making a post directed at anyone else, but since you asked...Second, you are kidding , right? You need to put things in context and be honest about it. You know I'm talking about the ratio of part time workers having increased, look at the villages. And while that happens here within industry, the numbers of foreign workers working for less than peanuts has increased, and the there is the little offshore tax issue, you know where the corporations keep the money overseas where they can avoid their fair share of income tax. My points are directed specifically at the companies exploiting the employees and are subsidized with tax breaks. I could go on but you wouldn't listen.

Thank you for clearing that up. I thought maybe you meant something else. I am more worried about the individuals who are conning the government out of money. We each have our worries.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by rp001

First, in the past I was chastised for making a post directed at anyone else, but since you asked...Second, you are kidding , right? You need to put things in context and be honest about it. You know I'm talking about the ratio of part time workers having increased, look at the villages. And while that happens here within industry, the numbers of foreign workers working for less than peanuts has increased, and the there is the little offshore tax issue, you know where the corporations keep the money overseas where they can avoid their fair share of income tax. My points are directed specifically at the companies exploiting the employees and are subsidized with tax breaks. I could go on but you wouldn't listen.

Thank you for posting. Good points. So nice to read something written with some basis in fact.

[Rags123]

Originally Posted by rp001

First, in the past I was chastised for making a post directed at anyone else, but since you asked...Second, you are kidding , right? You need to put things in context and be honest about it. You know I'm talking about the ratio of part time workers having increased, look at the villages. And while that happens here within industry, the numbers of foreign workers working for less than peanuts has increased, and the there is the little offshore tax issue, you know where the corporations keep the money overseas where they can avoid their fair share of income tax. My points are directed specifically at the companies exploiting the employees and are subsidized with tax breaks. I could go on but you wouldn't listen.

Those "subsidized tax breaks" are not sufficient to have these companies bring back the money from offshore obviously.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by Rags123

Those "subsidized tax breaks" are not sufficient to have these companies bring back the money from offshore obviously.

Isn't FATCA supposed to take care of this situation or am I thinking of something else?

[dirtbanker]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Isn't FATCA supposed to take care of this situation or am I thinking of something else?

No - you are thinking correctly, there are a few on here that are a little behind in the financial times...also throw in a couple of generous minded freeloaders and then add the person that is holding out for management wages to do nothing...Anyone that owns a business and makes money is evil

[Rags123]

Someday....Somehow......We may see a complete tax revision which is past due and much needed