California nurse viral paycheck: $155 an hour paycheck or $19,954 for two weeks work (wage, health care)

[Bureaucat]

Originally Posted by T-310

That left coast micro economy will eventually collapse. It is not sustainable. And I will laugh.

Trump's coalition is not sustainable (shrinking by the year); it will eventually collapse, and the rest of us will laugh.

[craigiri]

Originally Posted by shadowne

This was a silly thread as presented. However, I enjoyed the first article and found it interesting. If I were a nurse and a bit younger I would travel regularly to the Bay Area to pick up per diem work.

I just paid a straight $150 an hour to an HVAC company.

My accountant is about $200 (plus)...and the attorney who did a biz settlement was $400 per hour.

I wonder what they are making in the oil fields of ND and Alaska? Alaska has among the highest incomes in the USA and it's not because they are educated.

I wonder what all the "contractors" in Iraq and Afghanistan made? 100's of thousands per year is what I heard and that doesn't include corruption money. Same dude or woman in a military uniform made less than 1/3 that.

I wonder what the political point is here? Maybe that we shouldn't have mercenary armies?

[craigiri]

Originally Posted by T-310

That left coast micro economy will eventually collapse. It is not sustainable. And I will laugh.

Right- like the 5th largest country in the world is "micro". You must have big hands like Trump. HUGE.

We already know you can't count. But what can you do to actually add to a debate or subject??

"California's economy is now the 5th-biggest in the world, and has overtaken the United Kingdom. New economic data puts the California economy at $2.747 trillion — bigger than most nations. The ranking puts in fifth in the world, just ahead of the United Kingdom, which is on $2.625 trillion"

Micro?

[Bureaucat]

Originally Posted by craigiri

Right- like the 5th largest country in the world is "micro". You must have big hands like Trump. HUGE.

We already know you can't count. But what can you do to actually add to a debate or subject??

"California's economy is now the 5th-biggest in the world, and has overtaken the United Kingdom. New economic data puts the California economy at $2.747 trillion — bigger than most nations. The ranking puts in fifth in the world, just ahead of the United Kingdom, which is on $2.625 trillion"

Micro?

Maybe he’s made one too many trips to a micro brew before he composed his post.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by lovecrowds

Wonder how universal health care is going to work for them with nurses showing off $155 an hour pay-stubs.

I just looked and by contrast nurses pay in South Dakota and Mississippi is a very fair and reasonable $27 an hour which seems like a good, strong fair wage.

That's an incredibly stupid comparison.

The Cost-of-Living in the US varies tremendously.

Should you take an IT job in White Plains, New Jersey for $100,000 or an IT job in Cincinnati, Ohio that pays $44,000?

The stupid person takes the job that pays $100,000.

The intelligent person takes the job that pays $44,000, because it pays $4,000 more annually than the job in New Jersey that pays $100,000.

That's just one example of how vastly different the Cost-of-Living in the US really is.

It's not how much you make, it's how much your money will buy.

Even though the job in Cincinnati pays $56,000 less, that person has a higher Standard of Living and better Life-Style than the person getting paid $100,000. They can buy a bigger house, another car, travel to Europe and elsewhere, buy more clothes, or spend it on night-life and entertainment.

It's sad really, that so many Americans are too stupid to be able to wrap their brains around that.

$127/hour might sound like a lot, but when you compare it to other places in the US, it might be nothing.

At $127/hour in Cincinnati, four hours will pay for a nice one-bedroom apartment.

How much is a nice one-bedroom apartment in San Fransisco? Zillow showed one that was $2,295/month.

That's 18 hours of work at $127/hour to pay for an apartment, compared to only 4 hours in Cincinnati.


Geez, in Cincinnati, $2,000 will rent you a 5-bedroom 2-bath 2,800 square foot luxury apartment.


How's that work for SNAP benefits?

You think a family of three in White Plains or San Fransisco receiving $520/month in SNAP benefits is buying the same amount of food as a family of three in Cincinnati?

Better guess again.

That demonstrates the harm the federal government causes with its one-size-fits-all programs.

[ditchoc]

If you had any idea of the responsibility and how hard nurses work …. you would probably say this is not enough.

[texan2yankee]

I find it scary that a nurse, who has much responsibility for patient care, is allowed to work 16 hours straight for several days in a week. very scary.

[Donna-501]

Originally Posted by texan2yankee

I find it scary that a nurse, who has much responsibility for patient care, is allowed to work 16 hours straight for several days in a week. very scary.

In Florida, it is common for nurses to work 12-hour shifts. Work 3 days and off 4 days.

[don1945]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

They?

So the OP cloned himself ?

Yep, we see evidence every day that Trumpees are like Steppford wives........."Donald Trump can do no wrong.........Donald Trump is wonderful..........Donald Trump walks on water.........Donald Trump can fly".


When we see posts that slam California, we know the real reason, California does not walk in lockstep with Donald Trump, they stand up when they see he is wrong. That offends his cult and they look for anything they can to post about how California is ready to go into the sea.

[texan2yankee]

Originally Posted by Donna-501

In Florida, it is common for nurses to work 12-hour shifts. Work 3 days and off 4 days.

a 12 hour shift provides for travel time, a shower, and 8 hours of sleep. a 16 hour shift does not allow for adequate rest, mentally and physically.

Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for nearly 250,000 deaths each year, just after heart disease and cancer.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...-mistakes.aspx