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minimum wage is price fixing; it mandates the price of labor, and the price is set at an artificially high level/price. if the market rate for labor was higher than min wage level, then there would be no need for a mandated minimum wage. Its a fact, not a conspiracy of the amoral or...

SSI is not double, its just that w/o an employer paying 50%, the self-employed pays the whole amount. I am not sure about the treatment of any gains as income being subject to SSI taxes. Someone here likely knows though.

and manufacturers would look elsewhere for factory locations. Look, too much linear thinking such as "double min wage & more people can afford luxury items. Wages are based upon productivity, value-added & supply & demand... min wage workers have no pricing power & are overpaid... The FACT...

SO you are saying that "everyone from Rand to AEI" says price fixing works... not surprised they don't publish that:cool:

Two great posts in this thread Arnie. I was raised poor by a Mom that lived through the depression. My home is F&C - I took loads of crap for that too & for selling my investment real estate b/w 2004-2007... Some buddys even laughed. Blaming some dead guy is almost as bad as the asshats that...

The income flows through; the LLC doesn't pay SSI.

He's probably already posting & giving advice on the Trading threads:D

I believe they use old style metric - the "old" methodology that the gov't used, before they started "tweeking" the numbers. IF you look at the BLS broadest measure its like 16% or so now. I don't think John Williams is far off. Its ugly either way.

mushi mushi gets his babe home only to find that QBz has sprayed his area first:p

Too bad May didnt have 32 days this year! Nice way to start the month

You should stick to PMs since the ydont require refrigeration.

Wow, 24 and sooo smart & condescending too. I'm guessing you are not married?

Nice day! Way to stick with hit and battle back for the month! :cool:

In some areas, all jobs are part-time. :cool: no FT, no bennies. I have worked through my backlog, but my daughter corrected me, i'm actually a "Discouraged Worker" rather than "Unemployed." New college graduates are gonna have a tough road here in the foreseeable future. Its tough...

Hey, they need you for a loop. I'm basically saying that people have borrowed & consumed, & now that's its a long hard winter there are no acorns stored away. Believe me, I am very frugal & even I'm feeling it. :D :D Just to be clear, if you can't feed yourself, a pet is a luxury you...

I think that's just the Catholics. :confused:

Yeah, with every country exploiting their particular competitive advantage to the betterment of all. Unfortunately, you are dealing with humans, religions, ethnic hatred, grudges, and worst of all non-linear events.

The IT guy in India is solidly & upwardly mobile middle class.

SRS can be a tiger

Please explain how the US "allowed the auto industry to stumble."