Seattle Passes Ordinance For $15 Minimum Wage

Dbl holy shit everyone is here !!



HBMurphy




Whats up Murph ?? long as time

 

Its raining outside i cant work on the Taco

 

From my experience, the entitlement culture is strong in the Seattle area. Not saying everyone is that way, just that it is a bit more pervasive there. This minimum wage thing is a good example.

 

Now that I am here, everyone is here. How can I save the day, folks?

 

Man,,good answer.. I can't use it , its sunny as fuck & 90...


Wait I CAN use it... its too hot outside... thanks dude

 

By leaving ???.....




had to say something you understand....

 

Well it was sunny out earlier but i was still in my PJ's and also been drinking the same cup of coffee for like 4 hrs thank you microwave

 

The poorest minority with the highest rate of alcoholism and drug dependency seems like a winning combination for success. Especially when your stuck on a reserve. It's not a surprise the cycle keeps happening.

 

its not a surprise agreed but if all the stuff that we have to help those helpless people is not helping what would be your answer.

 

I think the point is the babies cant really do anything but live it out they cant move obviously. but i do agree with you

 

I think the $15 minimum wage is a reaction to all the overpaid fatcat CEOs that people read about in the news. Not that long ago CEOs only got paid several hundred thousand dollars a year, but now CEOs rake in tens of millions, which just seems obscene. The super-rich in this country have been steadily stacking the deck in their favor more and more every year and maybe the little people who actually do all the work feel like they deserve their fair share of the pie. If a company can pay its CEO tens of millions, it can afford to pay its employees a living wage regardless of their education or background.

People talk about minimum wage workers having an over-inflated sense of entitlement, well I think that applies to super-rich CEOs even more. I realize that small companies do not have rich fat-cat CEOs, but those rich fat-cat CEOs are the ones who got too greedy and ruined it for the small business owners.

 

They worked for there pie if they dont then the people making their pies lose there job a good business plan is to save overhead where you can so if i get people to work for a dollar so i can make 10 million dollars its a good business plan.

 

Because Ballard is just so cool?



Love how many folks not from Seattle are experts on our local economic and social dynamics. Please folks, keep on spouting about women not having additional babies, ghettos, and other random unrelated BS as the humor is really helping me digest the whole $15/hour thing that is actually happening in my town. Keep up the good work.

 

Morality Honesty and Fairness are nowhere to be seen in a healthy business plan. that said i choose to buy things from people that deserve it that are not trying to make millions and putting those values into their business like 90% of the vendors here.

 

Native Americans are immigrating into the US?

 

Uhhh maybe because it's these kind of people who are complaining that they need to be paid more? Come on dude use your head.

 

People discussing stuff on the internet...I know right. I also know my state gets it's share of inaccurate sentiment.

So, clue us in... Tell us your take on your town and the new minimum wage.

 

What I'm saying is that when you have a kid growing up in that situation you have two choices. You can pay now. Or you can pay later. Honestly, I'm really not big on welfare. I do believe in trying to give people equal opportunity.

You could fund more to give them better schooling, give them career counselling, help them deal with addiction problems and whatever else.

Or you can wait until they are another alcoholic who is just a drain on society.


What I was talking about originally economic inequality. It's not just super poor people who are getting fucked over it's the middle class of America that is consistently shrinking.

 

For the record I do agree the 15$ minimum is stupid.

 

Many people with this type of opinion about CEO's have not idea what a CEO's job is. A CEO's job is to increase shareholder's wealth. This is done by improving the company's performance. Increasing revenue and keeping costs down.

Say that under a CEO's leadership his company's share price increases by $10 over a 1 year period. I'll use my company as an example, we have about 100M shares outstanding. That $10/share uptick in the stock price increased the value of the company by $1B. Our CEO earns about $5M/year all in. This means his pay is about 0.5% of the value he created for the shareholders.

Taking it one step further, assume you are a salesman for my company and you produce $1M in sales for the year. At the same rate of pay you would earn $5,000 for the year. Still think CEOs are grossly overpaid?