Democrats move to finalize new ‘billionaire’ tax proposal, targeting 700 wealthiest Americans

[ph1l]

Nobody lives in the kind of shit we see in America. Cardboard houses and and 1970s pick up trucks. Food banks that cause traffic jams the demand is so massive. The world sees what America hides

People who live in glass houses ...

 

[gkishot]

Nobody lives in the kind of shit we see in America. Cardboard houses and and 1970s pick up trucks. Food banks that cause traffic jams the demand is so massive. The world sees what America hides

People live in card board houses b/c they want to.
What if European person is unemployed. Where does he live then?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...ck-german-train-severely-injures-3-people.amp

 

[Windlesham1]

People live in card board houses b/c they want to.
What if European person is unemployed. Where does he live then?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...ck-german-train-severely-injures-3-people.amp

Unemployment benefits are very good -unlike the shithole US which cuts people off totally and no- people live in cardboard houses because they cost a few pennies. By the way- your gun crime is flourishing and you have 2 million in jail. Good job America.

 

[Windlesham1]

Well done -you can always find that sort of thing but you have over 100 million with no job, and 2 million in prison, while gun crime flourishes and the tax dodging elite are still enjoying the Trumpmonkey transfer of wealth. I wish you well and sincerely hope you are never made homeless or jobless.

 

[gkishot]

Unemployment benefits are very good -unlike the shithole US which cuts people off totally and no- people live in cardboard houses because they cost a few pennies. By the way- your gun crime is flourishing and you have 2 million in jail. Good job America.

Why? Who cares about guns if there are long knives and machetes. Do European criminals roam free? Nice job.

 

[newwurldmn]

the employer employee dynamic has always been one sided: just like the customer vendor relationship. Whoever is paying the money has the power.

The circumstance in wages today has to do with economic demand. Unskilled labor has been in short supply since 2017.

In my opinion increasing the minimum wage will only lead to inflation as you are raising the wage of the lowest denominator worker: typically these are suburban high school kids or people who have no ambition to apply themselves. It’s pretty easy for someone to earn 25 dollars/hour within a year or two of entering the workforce. This is my personal experience.

So from 2012 to 2017, did a single minimum wage employee leaving the company have the same impact on the overall finances of your company as the impact of leaving had on the finances of that single employee? That's the crux of the asymmetry I'm referring to, not if you had the ability to reduce pay which I completely agree is nearly impossible to do. During that time period, I don't think it was legitimate to say that the power dynamic was equal between employers and low wage employees such that everything was an accurate reflection of actual supply and demand.

I would agree that right now the equation has flipped pretty dramatically to the side of demand exceeding supply. And you're right, that due to the difficulty in reducing wages, any increases you make now will probably have to remain frozen until inflation catches up. I would say that's an exceptional circumstance we probably haven't before seen since well before our lifetimes? But I'm still not sure it's an argument against a minimum wage. If employers are already paying well above minimum wage and don't see a viable way to reduce wages, then they would be indifferent to it's existence wouldn't they?

You are right about trades at CC, our CC is finally moving back in that direction after a detour into deciding that only things with the word "cyber" in them would exist in the future. I would like to see high schools do a better job of pushing trades as both a lucrative and honorable profession. I feel like my kid's (public) school at least kind of acts like you either go to college or you're a loser, which is a shame on a bunch of levels.

 

[Windlesham1]

Why? Who cares about guns if there are long knives and machetes. Do European criminals roam free? Nice job.

We don't live in the 19th century where people were locked up for stealing a loaf of bread. That is literally where you are. You imprison hungry people for the crime of being poor. While your wealthy elite scam you every single day. You're locking up the wrong people you just don't know it because FOX 'news' tells you what to do.

 

[ipatent]

Elon Musk tears into author of 'billionaire tax' bill with crude reference

 

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Elon Musk tears into author of 'billionaire tax' bill with crude reference

It's been dead for weeks and he knows it. He's just an immature toddler throwing a tantrum at this point.

 

[gkishot]

We don't live in the 19th century where people were locked up for stealing a loaf of bread. That is literally where you are. You imprison hungry people for the crime of being poor. While your wealthy elite scam you every single day. You're locking up the wrong people you just don't know it because FOX 'news' tells you what to do.

What are you guys locking up people for?