Anyone hiring?

[Luther]

I don't think the right jobs are coming back now. If you're a software developer, you're not jumping at the chance to work at Taco Bell.

There just isn't any other jobs but the food industry(Rolling eyes)

 

[The AntiDonald]

Here's a thought....raise the minimum wage.

Bank Of America figured it out. They announced last week that will raise their min wage to $25/hr beginning in increments to be fully implemented by 2025.

I'll bet they're not having any problems finding employees.

 

[Logophile]

Bank Of America figured it out. They announced last week that will raise their min wage to $25/hr beginning in increments to be fully implemented by 2025.

I'll bet they're not having any problems finding employees.

They're factoring in inflation, hence the incremental increases. What's their bottom line now?? The biggest problem I have with employers is not wages. It's the privacy issue. People should not be subject to in depth investigations before they are hired. It's oligarchic in nature, intrusive - which is the antithesis of a free nation - and humiliating. I pursued a part time job recently, but retreated on the basis that they would be doing a criminal check "among other things." I asked, "what other things??"They could not give a definitive answer, using the excuse that it's just a form. I would not sign it. I would not authorize anybody to delve into my life without express parameters. Americans are far too willing to allow authorities to subjugate them. We need to preserve our dignity, and most importantly, our faith in each other, and that means having respect for each other's privacy, which in turn contributes to the preservation of a united and free nation. Thanks!!

 

[Luther]

Bank Of America figured it out. They announced last week that will raise their min wage to $25/hr beginning in increments to be fully implemented by 2025.

I'll bet they're not having any problems finding employees.

Me thinks there never was a shortage of Bankers in the first place(sigh)

 

[bearpoker]

Total horseshit, it's Biden's endless unemployment benefits that pay better than a job, that's the culprit here. Liberals hate capitalism, and don't want to let the market determine anything.

Two can play this game. Conservatives hate workers and don't want them to have any money that should be going to corporations to give out in bonuses to CEOs and their fat cat buddies and corrupt politicians. That's why workers need to work 3 jobs to make the rent and pay the bills. The lazy bastards need to get back to work.

 

[Luther]

Two can play this game. Conservatives hate workers and don't want them to have any money that should be going to corporations to give out in bonuses to CEOs and their fat cat buddies and corrupt politicians. That's why workers need to work 3 jobs to make the rent and pay the bills. The lazy bastards need to get back to work.

Rhetoric alert!

 

[skeptic llc]

Thanks for the reply.

A trailer seems like a pretty cost-effective housing solution. It's the housing in these expensive areas, that seems to be the most limiting feature. Some are lucky to have bought a place before the major housing booms of recent decades, and some inherited property from parents. By eliminate excessive housing costs, you eliminate the major roadblock to expensive areas. Once housings taken care of, everything else can be 'frugalized' - so to speak.

Very accurate comment in my experience. My family got a huge leg up by "discovering" safe trailer parks before SV's professionals did. A decade or so later, everyone caught on and prices spiked. And even then, we were able to help a family who were friends get out of poverty by simply guaranteeing their rent -- didn't cost us a single dollar, but that helped them get a place with many hours less commute, better schools, and so forth. Basically, housing is everything, all else can be navigated, just as you say.

 

[skeptic llc]

Solving that problem, low skill jobs not directly generating a sustaining gross profit for the employer is not a new challenge, but there are only so many hours in the day to work, and everyone needs sleep and a place to do it, so compensation, if not practical, privately, must be public.

I completely agree with this. You cannot legislate a different economic reality for the private market. You can have government step in to address those problems the market does not solve.

 

[skeptic llc]

Well, if you're going to bitch about Mexican immigration the least you could do is understand the cause.
Since the US destroyed millions of small Mexican farmers livelihoods and made their country dependent on US corn then it's only fair they come here to find work. No doubt they would prefer to work on their own farms in their own country but hey, they gotta put bread on the table, too. So yes, it is a moral right because of our corn policy.

Want to understand the border crisis? Look to American corn policy

How NAFTA subsidized American farmers, disrupted Mexican agriculture, and paved the way for today's immigration debate

thecounter.org

U.S. Corn Subsidies Said to Damage Mexico (Published 2003)

Oxfam International report says more than $10 billion that American taxpayers give corn farmers every year in agricultural subsidies has helped destroy livelihoods of millions of small Mexican farmers; argues that subsidies given to American corn farmers allow them to sell their grain at prices...

www.nytimes.com

[/indent]

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with your corn stuff. I don't care about historical corn wars, but if anyone does, good for you to fight that fight. Seems to me like the much more fundamental fight is: who TF is anyone to deny people a chance to work their ***es off and earn a living, simply because they were born somewhere else? Most Mexican immigrants I have known are better, harder-working, more trustworthy and law-abiding people than the typical US-born person like me, and it's not remotely close. What kind of Christianity (or whatever religion they claim to follow) rejects fellow humans based on place of birth? I don't think I have that right AT ALL, and I cannot even imagine the arrogant, superior, flawed mindset required for someone else to think they do.

 

[skeptic llc]

Psst.... Moot

Its now Central Americans coming, Mexicans have been on the decline(wink)

Please explain "(wink)"? I see this a lot when people do posts attacking non-whites. Is there some kind of junior high white supremacist thing going on there?

 

[ttwtt78640]

Here's a thought....raise the minimum wage.

Better yet, acquire skills that are worth more than the MW. I pay my helper(s) at least $20/hour, but do not employ anyone on a full-time basis.

 

[Luther]

Please explain "(wink)"? I see this a lot when people do posts attacking non-whites. Is there some kind of junior high white supremacist thing going on there?

What part of it's not the Mexicans coming here so much anymore that you do NOT understand?

 

[skeptic llc]

They're factoring in inflation, hence the incremental increases. What's their bottom line now?? The biggest problem I have with employers is not wages. It's the privacy issue. People should not be subject to in depth investigations before they are hired. It's oligarchic in nature, intrusive - which is the antithesis of a free nation - and humiliating. I pursued a part time job recently, but retreated on the basis that they would be doing a criminal check "among other things." I asked, "what other things??"They could not give a definitive answer, using the excuse that it's just a form. I would not sign it. I would not authorize anybody to delve into my life without express parameters. Americans are far too willing to allow authorities to subjugate them. We need to preserve our dignity, and most importantly, our faith in each other, and that means having respect for each other's privacy, which in turn contributes to the preservation of a united and free nation. Thanks!!

Yay freedom! Alternatively, maybe your intended employer does not want a child molester wandering the halls of the workplace. Or a person carrying zip-ties who tried to storm Congress on 1/6. Etc. If they hire such a person they live with the consequences (both legal and reputational), so perhaps you should be more understanding of their policies when checking out new hires?

 

[rocket88]

Me thinks there never was a shortage of Bankers in the first place(sigh)

You're a over the place as usual.

Either higher wages make a difference or they don't. You're just mad that people are doing better for themselves and not happy with being slaves. "If we just cut off unemployment, we could force everybody to make less money" - this is why your party still isn't the working class party that you think you are.

 

[calamity]

Exactly. This country can easily deal with a million immigrants a year or even more. The problem with the left is they confuse these criminals circumventing are immigration laws for immigrants. It is an insult to the wonderful legal law abiding immigrants who make this country great to be associated with such lawless losers.

That’s BS, because the Right under Trump tried restricting legal entry as well. They’d take immigrants from Norway though.

 

[skeptic llc]

No it isn't. Only the Left needs to use propaganda to get support. Hypocrisy and lying are a leftwing way of life.

Since your "christian" standard-bearer is a serial liar con-man who pays off sex targets to hush up his hook-ups, this comment is kinda silly. And since your media standard-bearer has to plead in court that no rational person could plausibly believe his commentary is based on reality rather than for entertainment purposes only ... is there anything at all behind your worldview, or does it just have an existence of its own independent of the reality us humans inhabit?

 

[calamity]

No it isn't. Only the Left needs to use propaganda to get support. Hypocrisy and lying are a leftwing way of life.

Irony

Was the election stolen?
How's that payment from Mexico for the wall coming along?

 

[post]

I completely agree with this. You cannot legislate a different economic reality for the private market. You can have government step in to address those problems the market does not solve.

Kroger food stores tend to be supported by customer base close to matching the demographics and "feature" an armed uniformed security guard either all day or at least from 3:00 pm until 7:00 am. Competitor Publix stores are located in 85+ percent white areas and I've never seen a security guard but "sanitizers" are still employed in the lobbies to wipe the handles of shopping carts while Kroger abandoned this practice some months ago.

Neither security guard or sanitizer seems required since two major competitors choose to employ one but not the other. I don't expect anyone to argue that either position pays its own way as far as contributing to gross profit. If no store employed shopping cart "herders", shoppers would probably wheel the nearest cart to their parking space back into the store after they arrive and park.

Republican legislators have "worked" for at least a decade defunding IRS, in reaction to a lie about IRS discrimination in approval of conservative org. non-profit status approval, arriving here.... demonstrating no preference or concern about the economics of federal appropriations related to revenue collection enforcement and recovery, certainly no concern over tax fairness.

Gov. Says Florida's Unemployment System Was Designed To ...​

https://www.npr.org/
Aug 6, 2020 "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, here in June, said this week that the state's troubled unemployment portal was designed to discourage people applying for benefits. The portal launched in 2013 under..."

So, why such concern over the minimum pay of the lowest paying jobs? This thread and the RWE ginned up class warfare memes in reaction to enhanced unemployment benefits in reaction to conservative governed states rendering their unemployment compensation maximums and administration designed not to function, supports how successful the largest Trump party donors have been in accomplishing their personal goals... slashing tax levels on themselves and on corporations they own 84 percent of, neutering IRS tax collection enforcement...

IRS Budget Cuts Cost US Government Billions in Tax Revenue Each Year

President Joe Biden will seek an extra $80 billion to fund U.S. tax collections that would help pay for his plan to bolster childcare, universal pre-kinderg ...

news.syr.edu

04/27/2021
"...A report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization at Syracuse University, shows that IRS budget cuts cost the U.S. government billions in tax revenue each year.
At a time when Americans face growing economic inequality and financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS is letting billions of dollars in tax revenue slip through its fingers because budget and staffing cuts have left the agency incapable of fairly and effectively auditing the 637,212 millionaires now living in the United States.

The report analyzed IRS audit data from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2020 and found dramatic declines in audits and declines in the amount of taxes recovered for the American people:

• The number of IRS revenue agents is down by 43% since 2010 due to budget cuts. Fewer agents means fewer audits.
• Even though the number of taxpayers reporting over $1 million has doubled in the past eight years, audits of millionaires have fallen to just 25% of their previous number. Fewer than 2% of taxpayers reporting over $1 million are audited.
• IRS audits of millionaires recovered $4.8 billion in 2012, but only $1.2 billion in 2020.
• Eight years ago, nearly all companies reporting more than $20 billion in assets were audited, which recovered $10 billion in unreported taxes. In 2020, only a third of those companies were audited, recovering only $4.1 billion.
• Just 533 cases were prosecuted for tax crimes in court in 2020—the lowest on record.

Susan Long is ..A professor in Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, Susan is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) pioneer who has specialized in federal enforcement issues for more than 25 years.."

 

[Lord of Planar]

Exactly. This country can easily deal with a million immigrants a year or even more. The problem with the left is they confuse these criminals circumventing are immigration laws for immigrants. It is an insult to the wonderful legal law abiding immigrants who make this country great to be associated with such lawless losers.

Yes, that is another thing.

The left that protect the criminal aliens are undermining the respect that the legal immigrants have for this nation.

 

[post]

Yes, that is another thing.

The left that protect the criminal aliens are undermining the respect that the legal immigrants have for this nation.

Oh yeah! Legal immigrants separated from their families by an openly white supremacist political actor such as Trump are probably very angry at "the left" !

Trump Cuts Legal Immigrants By Half And He's Not Done Yet​

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...egal-immigrants-by-half-and-hes-not-done-yet/
Jul 21, 2020 The cuts to legal immigration have come in several categories, and it appears the Trump administration is not finished restricting immigration. Reducing legal immigration most harms refugees,...

 

[highroller]

Mexico was food self sufficient until US "corn dumping" put 90% of their small farmers out of business. The US destroyed their jobs in Mexico, so now come to the US to find work...and who can blame them?

U.S. Corn Subsidies Said to Damage Mexico (Published 2003)

Oxfam International report says more than $10 billion that American taxpayers give corn farmers every year in agricultural subsidies has helped destroy livelihoods of millions of small Mexican farmers; argues that subsidies given to American corn farmers allow them to sell their grain at prices...

www.nytimes.com

Yes! This is exactly what happened. It’s also the reason for the rise in the cartels.

 

[PIPEWRENCH]

Oh yeah! Legal immigrants separated from their families by an openly white supremacist political actor such as Trump are probably very angry at "the left" !

Trump Cuts Legal Immigrants By Half And He's Not Done Yet​

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...egal-immigrants-by-half-and-hes-not-done-yet/
Jul 21, 2020 The cuts to legal immigration have come in several categories, and it appears the Trump administration is not finished restricting immigration. Reducing legal immigration most harms refugees,...

From what I am seeing is these irresponsible parents did not even travel here with their children. While most responsible parents are concerned about leaving their children with a babysitter for a few hours these losers sent their kids a thousand miles with no supervision hoping to circumvent our immigration laws. Trump was actually sending these minors back on plane flights as soon as we could locate the parents. I am not sure people this irresponsible should even get their children back. Who knows where they will send them next?

 

[Chomsky]

Very accurate comment in my experience. My family got a huge leg up by "discovering" safe trailer parks before SV's professionals did. A decade or so later, everyone caught on and prices spiked. And even then, we were able to help a family who were friends get out of poverty by simply guaranteeing their rent -- didn't cost us a single dollar, but that helped them get a place with many hours less commute, better schools, and so forth. Basically, housing is everything, all else can be navigated, just as you say.

Yep, agreed. And good move on assisting a family that needed a break.

BTW, what's 'SV'?

 

[post]

From what I am seeing is these irresponsible parents did not even travel here with their children. While most responsible parents are concerned about leaving their children with a babysitter for a few hours these losers sent their kids a thousand miles with no supervision hoping to circumvent our immigration laws. Trump was actually sending these minors back on plane flights as soon as we could locate the parents. I am not sure people this irresponsible should even get their children back. Who knows where they will send them next?

One reason I believe attraction to Trump is an irresistible urge is because if you are not a very wealthy person who will literally embrace any politician willing to drive up the national debt in exchange for political donations, one of only a few other explanations is that you are a white supremacist.

Did the U.S. Government Lose Track of 1,475 Migrant Children?

An official from Health and Human Services reported to a Senate subcommittee that 1,475 unaccompanied migrant children are unaccounted for.

www.snopes.com

TRUE

Lawyers find the parents of 54 more migrant kids separated under Trump

The parents of 391 kids have yet to be reached, down from 445 in April. Lawyers say parents of 227 were deported and parents of 100 are somewhere in the U.S.

www.nbcnews.com

Lawyers find the parents of 54 more migrant children from families separated under Trump​

May 19, 2021
The parents of 391 kids have yet to be reached, down from 445 in April. Lawyers say parents of 227 were deported and parents of 100 are somewhere in the U.S.

 

[skeptic llc]

Yep, agreed. And good move on assisting a family that needed a break.

BTW, what's 'SV'?

Sorry, Silicon Valley.