Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Obviously, "some" have not lived in other countries or "they" would know that educated professionals in many countries do not make anywhere near what they would make in this country. Lawyers working as security guards at American installations overseas. Doctors working as receptionists, teachers working as maids, etc. Of course, when someone suggests that "1st world" countries pay more "proportionally" then that is also debatable. I've seen how middle class earners live in other countries, including those that I suppose are considered 1st World countries in Europe. It seems that SOME folks are always looking at the grass on the other side of the fence and attempting to make comparisons with what we have here. Out of all the countries I have lived in or visited in my lifetime, I did not see one that I would consider living in permanently. I did see one that might have been decent, had it not had a corrupt and dangerous government, and the criminal element was not so prominent. Just remember that if other countries subsidize transportation, health care, etc. the money has to come from somewhere. Most any country that "GIVES" the most freebies, have the highest tax rates. Our low income and even poverty level folks live a lifestyle equal to many other country middle class earners.
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Some low skilled jobs do not pay a living wage. These are jobs for people to get experience in the working world. ie: show up on time, every day, do what the boss directs, wear a silly smock, what ever. These are not skills taught in schools & rarely taught at home. But they are critical for many to succeed in higher skilled jobs.
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Unequivocally it will if it is raised high enough. For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.
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Raised too little way too late. Free money for loans was ridiculous but that’s what happens when you try to force money into the stock market to prop it up and print money constantly.
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.....What I was talking about is INCOME disparity in the US, which has more of that than Finland, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, and etc, etc. It is a KNOWN FACT that the discrepancy (wages difference) between the US is like 100 to 150 times greater for US CEOs than the average line workers. In JAPAN the discrepancy is about 10 times. And it is similar in Europe and other far east countries. The US has the most dicrepency. it was NOT that way in 1950 or 1960. The US rich have gotten richer and greedier than in other counties. That is part of the reason why costs are rising so much in the US. And the OIL and GAS industry and others are partly responsible because of US pay discrepancies. Tax % and brackets are BIG factor. All these factors are playing into current US Inflation, potential recession, and potential problems for Seniors on fixed incomes. |
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Who do you think helped pay for all of that??? "CEOs"... The new "coral"...
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If you are at Publix you have to be willing to change locations to anywhere within the district. So that $50k/year doesn't really make up for the fact that you have to drive an hour each way, you get no breaks, and if the next shift's boss can't make it, you're stuck there pulling a double - even if it's your kid's birthday and you promised to be home to make supper. Basically your $50/year job has to be your life. You don't get to say no. The only thing you learn about business and economics working at a diner is that some people overtip, and some people don't tip at all, and some people walk out without paying, you get pinched, abused, called "hey you," yelled at because your customer's steak was a shade too pink on the inside, threatened, pushed and kicked by little kids, tripped by "comfort animals," and if you don't smile and bend over and take it however the boss and your customers feel like dishing it out, you can business and economy yourself into a different job. |
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If they do their job, they should be paid a living wage. If they don't do their job they should be fired. |
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Of course there is, and needs to be, a stratification of wages based on responsibilities of the job, and the prerequisite education and experience. But by raising the minimum wage to $15-22/hour, it pushes first time job seekers out of the market. Perhaps that is why you observe all the Walmart workers to be "well over 18"----we have seniors flipping burgers at McDonald's because some are getting paid more than they ever earned in their working life. |
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