The US is a ticking time bomb to anyone who looks under the hood.
We have a mass shooting every few days. “Ticking time bomb” sounds like an upgrade.
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The US is a ticking time bomb to anyone who looks under the hood.
Yep. Lots of people with heads in the sand.
And angry. Don't forget angry.
France was basically shut down today by the unions because of the mere mention of trying to reform their ultra-generous and uber-complicated pension system.
Workers wouldn’t take any shit and stood up for themselves?
The horror.
Just wait until workers in the states finally realize just how bad they are being jobbed.And angry. Don't forget angry.
France was basically shut down today by the unions because of the mere mention of trying to reform their ultra-generous and uber-complicated pension system.
Just wait until workers in the states finally realize just how bad they are being jobbed.
The time will come.
Real pay is stuck in a ‘70s time warp.
No real increase in pay during most US citizens life span, but we need to cut taxes for the wealthy.
Trickle down, of course. Just wait, coal is gonna rebound and manufacturing is soon to follow.
You are in some wierd spot that shows an alternative picture. Of course there is relentless upward pressure. Costs are relentlessly upward.That's bullshit. Wages are rapidly rising, especially for the lowest paid. The media isn't reporting this, but I'm witnessing the relentless upward pressure on labor costs.
Of course, the pinch now is on the first-level supervisors. They all want raises because the starting wages of the line staff are rising.
Next will be the middle managers bitching and moaning, even though they're perfectly well-paid.
And on and on it goes.
In any case, the media narrative about wage stagnation is an old story that's simply not true today.
You are in some wierd spot that shows an alternative picture. Of course there is relentless upward pressure. Costs are relentlessly upward.
“... even though they’re perfectly well-paid.”
You have no real insight.
Pay has not gained in real buying power for decades. You are the bull shitter.
Whining about paying the minions a bit more, while corporate laughs and obfuscates...
How many homeless are just down the road from Trad manor? How many die too soon due to unaffordable health care?
You obviously don’t give a squat, so drop the pretense.
The US spends two thirds of a TRILLION dollars every year invading, occupying, (sometimes)destroying and playing overlord to sovereign nations all over the world.
I imagine that kind of money would pay not only for college, but health insurance and a myriad of other niceties as well - like paying down the debt, perhaps?
Oh well, fu*k it........amiright?
You are just another pitiful kid parroting the party line.I'm not talking about over the past decades. I'm talking about over the past 18 months. We've been having to revise our wages scales at a furious pace. Just STFU because you're just parroting crap you read in the media. I read our actual company financials.
It did end for Kurdish people who had been stalwart allies, and you don’t give a shit. What a dip stick you are.Soooo, Make America First?
Trump removed 100 soldiers from Turkey and the left acted like the world was going to end.
You are just another pitiful kid parroting the party line.
The fact that true purchasing power has not increased in decades goes right over your little pin head.
My god man. The terrible burden imposed by a “furious pace” of wage increases is comical in the grand scheme. Your crowd is pretending to be under such stress from the mean spirited workers demanding raises. Are these financials from just this year, or is there any long term perspective?
You are such a clown show telling others to STFU, and acting like you give a fat rats ass about anything but yourself.
Sure, I read the media, but more importantly, I have watched your type operate for a long time now.
It did end for Kurdish people who had been stalwart allies, and you don’t give a shit. What a dip stick you are.
I did not say all of the Kurds died. Paint with a small brush, don’t ya?The Kurds no longer exist?
Do they get health care and retirement benefits?Average wage for a CNA 18 months ago was about $11 an hour.
Today it's about $15 an hour.
Tell me that's not wage "growth".
Hell, we have nurses and CNAs who saw cumulative increases greater than 15 percent this past year.
I did not say all of the Kurds died. Paint with a small brush, don’t ya?
Do they get health care and retirement benefits?
How long had they been at $11 per hour, which is below the poverty level? $15 is barely above that level for a single person in lower cost areas, not in metro situations.
Okay, there is no "victim" class. Does that help?
Always the dip stick.You said "it did end for the Kurdish people"...
Well, no. They just got pushed out of the buffer zone that Turkey wanted to establish.
Imagine if ISIS occupied Tijuana Mexico. Would it be bad to push them back a few dozen miles from San Diego?
Look what they get for the taxes paid. You would love to realize those benefits.1. They have one of the most taxed populations in the world.
2. They have some serious GDP per capita.
3. Their population is the size of the state of Ohio.
Look what they get for the taxes paid. You would love to realize those benefits.
The US spends two thirds of a TRILLION dollars every year invading, occupying, (sometimes)destroying and playing overlord to sovereign nations all over the world.
I imagine that kind of money would pay not only for college, but health insurance and a myriad of other niceties as well - like paying down the debt, perhaps?
Oh well, fu*k it........amiright?
yes for what we spent on the Iraq war we could have national works program, new infrastructure and health care.The US spends two thirds of a TRILLION dollars every year invading, occupying, (sometimes)destroying and playing overlord to sovereign nations all over the world.
I imagine that kind of money would pay not only for college, but health insurance and a myriad of other niceties as well - like paying down the debt, perhaps?
Oh well, fu*k it........amiright?
No, I wouldn't trade 60 percent of my income for those benefits. Are you freaking insane?
$9 per hour (and $11 as well) is comical pay for anyone who breathes, walks, and provides the type of services that your corporation offers. Were you not embarrassed to offer that pay scale?Of course they get those benefits if they choose to participate. We do offer them, but admittedly, many can't afford it even though it's considered "affordable" under ObamaCare rules.
The $11 an hour average was 18 months ago. At three years ago, the average was closer to $9 an hour.
You just made up that number and don’t compare apples to apples based on current costs/gain to all of the benefits furnished in the Swedish situation.No, I wouldn't trade 60 percent of my income for those benefits. Are you freaking insane?
They don’t want to help others, but do want to bitch about them needing better wages and health care options.Low income households love these proposals.
Higher income household don’t want to be the primary finders for these programs.
Why don’t higher income earners want to fund these things via higher taxes: 1. They can already fund these types of things themselves 2. It costs less for them to fund this by themselves 3. They get greater freedom of choices when they fund these types of things themselves.
You just made up that number and don’t compare apples to apples based on current costs/gain to all of the benefits furnished in the Swedish situation.
$9 per hour (and $11 as well) is comical pay for anyone who breathes, walks, and provides the type of services that your corporation offers. Were you not embarrassed to offer that pay scale?
Does your Corp pay for the benefits, or does that come out of the wages?
You guys complaining about the mean spirited workers demanding more are so 18th century.
Jeez man, if they have dependents, your workers qualify for food stamps, but you diss those on the dole.
Compare what you get for your taxes to what they get.No, I Googled that number. You can do it, too.
They don’t want to help others, but do want to bitch about them needing better wages and health care options.
And when they are out of work, they go on the dole.Yet requiring higher pay just might put those
people completely out of a job so you have to ask yourself, what are the consequences of higher pay for lower skilled labor? Then you need to determine if making the change is worth those potential consequences.
You are not taking a hard look at what the taxes in Sweden does for their citizens compared to what US taxes produce for our citizens.It isn’t that they don’t want to help others, these people are often some of the most giving. It’s just that they don’t want to help other families more than they help their own.
I don’t blame anyone for that, it is a natural and very human instinct. And YES if you are paying 60% of your wages in taxes you are likely being forced to help others more so than taking care of your own family.
Compare what you get for your taxes to what they get.
Don’t forget the longer life span, happier citizenry, and healthier life style.
You are not taking a hard look at what the taxes in Sweden does for their citizens compared to what US taxes produce for our citizens.