tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post740873797664796652..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Misguided Movement For The $15 Minimum Wage Hits FloridaSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-19486089745189948562020-11-01T10:40:52.342-05:002020-11-01T10:40:52.342-05:00Our dear Republic is accelerating to self destruct...Our dear Republic is accelerating to self destruction. I believe the root causes are stupidly and greed of the American people, which are easy manipulated by the Communist propaganda machine which includes the fake press and media. Trumps election in 2016 is only a delaying action for the inevitable, which is a Communist USA. If we overcome the massive communist election fraud and return Trump to the White House some will get time to prepare for life under communism, and others hopefully will prepare for the fight of their lives to preserve our Republic and the freedoms the Constitution provides, most importantly the Second Amendment. 4 years goes by quickly, and If we dont fight to preserve our Republic and freedoms now, it’s unlikely we will ever be in a position to do so in the future. <br /><br />Obamas insurgents are in control of the DOD, the federal Intelligence Agencies, the BATFE, the DOJ, and every other agency of the federal government. Some of Trumps cabinet members may be loyal to him, but the SecDef and CIA dir. and FBI dir. are not. Should Biden win the Obama loyalists will be leading Bidens operations to disarm Americans of their lawfully owned firearms. Once disarmed, we will become servants to the tyranny. Which means if Americans want to remain free, they must never surrender their arms to anyone. The colonists learned this So did the people under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. <br /><br />Floridas last Republican Governor is Ron Disantis. The invasion of Northeastern liberals into Florida will insure that. Which also means a changing state legislature and Florida quickly adopting the laws of. NY and NJ. Fladavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27125168442155788922020-10-11T23:10:36.361-04:002020-10-11T23:10:36.361-04:00You're missing the Cloward-Piven point:
We sho...You're missing the Cloward-Piven point:<br />We should fight to push the minimum wage to $50/hr, and in short order, most of the idiots will starve to death.<br />Win-win.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-66082854916021691252020-10-08T15:53:40.235-04:002020-10-08T15:53:40.235-04:00I don't know or care who quoted it first, but ...I don't know or care who quoted it first, but it is a fact of life. Regardless of laws, the minimum wage *everywhere* is ZERO.<br /><br />What these stupid laws do is enact a minimum *COST* to any employer who wishes to hire employees.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108430731483801350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-31473315276914148422020-10-08T14:50:08.059-04:002020-10-08T14:50:08.059-04:00I thought it was Thomas Sowell, but I don't ha...I thought it was Thomas Sowell, but I don't have a reference to point to. Good quotes like this are almost always either claimed by someone else or disputed. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-79769392514408795652020-10-08T12:13:58.898-04:002020-10-08T12:13:58.898-04:00If I might shamelessly suggest my own piece on thi...If I might shamelessly suggest my own piece on this, "Deconstructing the 'Fight for $15'"?<br /><br />https://redpilljew.blogspot.com/2019/10/deconstructing-fight-for-15.htmlNITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-5254576324429388872020-10-08T11:58:32.923-04:002020-10-08T11:58:32.923-04:00I believe it was Walter E. Williams that stated in...I believe it was Walter E. Williams that stated in a true free market economy, the proper minimum wage is $0.00 and that an employer pays an entry level employee no more than what he is worth. Anything else is government interference in a free market economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-10135777478892891102020-10-08T10:49:19.855-04:002020-10-08T10:49:19.855-04:00This issue is driven by the unions. Most of the P...This issue is driven by the unions. Most of the Public Employee unions have contracts with pay tied to minimum wage plus a percent uplift.<br /><br />Of course, public agencies don't follow the laws of supply and demand.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12559550142222683332020-10-08T09:13:13.627-04:002020-10-08T09:13:13.627-04:00Not if it's market driven. The problem with m...Not if it's market driven. The problem with min wage laws is they have the effect of denying that supply and demand apply to labor like they do to everything else. The law of supply and demand is one of the very few laws outside of the physical sciences that is almost as hard (inviolable) as physical laws. <br /><br />What will happen if that handful of companies pay significantly more than the competition is that they'll get more applicants and be better able to select the best people, but they still need to manage their costs and will need to get more out of those workers. <br /><br />The "also ran" applicants will work for the competitors. <br /><br />Everyone gets hurt by a min wage law increase because the cost of everything goes up. The people hurt the most are those people who worked their butts off to get well above minimum wage. They won't get a wage increase to match the increase in expenses of everything. Every year, under Florida's ballot initiative, will kick off a round of inflation as the price of labor goes up for every place paying less than the new min wage. Every year, more people will lose their jobs. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-67028712493639941722020-10-08T08:38:22.676-04:002020-10-08T08:38:22.676-04:00Maybe so, but there are a lot more burger-flipper ...Maybe so, but there are a lot more burger-flipper jobs in (MyTown) than there are Walmart door-greeter jobs.<br />Walmart can absorb a $15 door greeter for longer than Fred's Burger Shack And Takeaway can absorb a crew of $15 burger flippers. Entry barrier?Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461448300880085907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27831749977153168192020-10-08T08:07:06.720-04:002020-10-08T08:07:06.720-04:00If McDs , Target , Walmart and others pay $15 an h...If McDs , Target , Walmart and others pay $15 an hour ( As they do or will soon) doesn't that become Min wage regardless of what the US Govt or State govt says ?John Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708866657173222842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-17225395940046458802020-10-08T03:28:48.151-04:002020-10-08T03:28:48.151-04:00the Swiss city of Geneva has just voted to enact a...<i>the Swiss city of Geneva has just voted to enact a minimum wage of $25/hr</i><br /><br />Ah, but do they have laws demanding employers hire people who produce less than they cost, and laws paying welfare to chronic non-workers? Because if they don't mandate other means of support for the low-producing...then they've just banned dumb people and the dysfunctional homeless from cluttering up their nice clean Swiss city. It will be like a college town, where every cashier has 20 more IQ points than it actually takes to press the hamburger picture button, and is cheerful and makes pleasant conversation to pass the day.<br /><br />So in Florida, you can have all the pot products you want, tempting you to drug yourself into a state of peaceful nonproductiveness, but you will only find employment and feed yourself if you (a) do something useful, and (b) have enough character to resist the pot and work on a schedule for an employer. Meanwhile tax collection reductions from covid will reduce welfare payouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-54816552326768985802020-10-08T01:28:21.373-04:002020-10-08T01:28:21.373-04:00Too many people forget, or never knew in the first...Too many people forget, or never knew in the first place, that minimum wage jobs are entry-level jobs. You're supposed to, you know, "better" yourself with education so you're worth more to your employer, or another employer.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-64576154653602271392020-10-08T00:41:23.356-04:002020-10-08T00:41:23.356-04:00The main finding of economic theory and empirical ...The main finding of economic theory and empirical research over the past 70 years is that minimum wage increases tend to reduce employment,” the Cato Institute concluded in a research review.<br /><br />Without any highbrow research, wouldn't it just be great if SOMEONE had tried this in recent years? Ohhh, wait,, New York decimated their restaurants,, <br />Everybody has a value, in a given job. A burger flipper better be slapping enough burgers together, every hour, to create sufficient profits to pay his own wages, and his part of the business overhead, AND still put something in the boss's pocket, for taking the risk and opening a business.<br />It's beyond idiocy to believe it's possible.Justin_O_Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861281459306259415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-14208555087800119602020-10-07T22:43:02.606-04:002020-10-07T22:43:02.606-04:00hell , dont be shy . they could mandate US all to ...hell , dont be shy . they could mandate US all to be multi millionaires before the end of the year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com