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I had to take a low paying job for a little bit after my divorce.. and I didn't care about the company.. I punched in, did what I had to do to get through the day, and couldn't wait to get home.... they didn't pay me enough to care.
Do you think that maybe the part in blue might have something to do with the part in red?
You don't get the pay of a go-getter until you demonstrate that you actually are one. Everyone starts at the bottom - despite what decades of helicopter parenting and trophies for losers have convinced people of.
If you believe that's true, then bring it up with your elected representatives. You have no right to chastise people for doing whatever they can to reduce their tax burden, as long as it's within the limits of the law. You do the exact same thing, don't you?
No, I can't turn my earned income into capital gains to make their income be taxed at a lower rate and it makes it easier for them to claim that they took a loss and not be taxed at all.
Yes, I started them at $15/hour... and primarily because I know how hard the job is... as I've done it.....
It's not somehting htat is hard to master, per say. Of course, if I find that the person doesn't do what they are supposed to, etc.. they are out. No problem.. I easily can find someone willing to work the job because its' paying that much. But so far, my people have been excellent and to the point where I no longer have to tell them what to do.. they know what to do. And they have friends that want to work with me.
You pay good, you get good people.. AND you give good service. Your company is only as good as the employee that greets them or does the job. Case in point, I had one of my people make a mistake that , although the review overall was good, the mistake was pointed out in that review. And no, I didn't fire that person.. it wasn't major and I'm sure they woudln't do it again.. it was completely unintentional. Kind of an innocent mistake - but she should have used her brain a little bit.
what many here don't realize is that there is NO motivation to be a "good" employee or to care about the company or business you are working for when that work still leaves you poor and dependent on government. There's no pride, there's no motivation to do well and there's only resentment when you're given such low wages. Then people wonder why the check out clerk is so rude or could give two hoots about the service he/she was providing at these minimum wage jobs..
I had to take a low paying job for a little bit after my divorce.. and I didn't care about the company.. I punched in, did what I had to do to get through the day, and couldn't wait to get home.... they didn't pay me enough to care.
So if they paid you $15 an hou at this "low paying job", which is the "new" minimum wage, do you think you'd suddenly start to care?
No, I can't turn my earned income into capital gains to make their income be taxed at a lower rate and it makes it easier for them to claim that they took a loss and not be taxed at all.
yes you can.. you choose not to because you want disposal income..
Thtas YOUR CHOICE..
if you owned a "real" business, you wouldnt say such stupd things..
isnt it sad that so many people want to vote away the taking of other peoples money?
So what you're saying is that when minimum wages were increased, the bottom seen almost no growth in income while those on the top seen huge increases..
Yes, I started them at $15/hour... and primarily because I know how hard the job is... as I've done it.....
So if the min wage burger flippers get their way and get $15/hour ($8 bump) are you going to pay your workers $23/hour because the work you provide is harder than flipping burgers ?
You don't get the pay of a go-getter until you demonstrate that you actually are one. Everyone starts at the bottom - despite what decades of helicopter parenting and trophies for losers have convinced people of.
Bingo.
Which is why my industry is chock full of contract-to-hire opportunities. Companies taking a hedged risk on someone, without all the HR headaches of extending a full time offer up front. Prove you're a go getter and voila, you go from CTH to FTE. Only had one friend ever who failed to get FTE from a CTH gig, and his work ethic and go getter attitude is sorely lacking, and I say that as a friend of his.
And yet it did increase multiple times in 2008 and people seen their incomes fall.. median incomes fell 3.6% on average, despite minimum wage increases
p.s. July 2009 minimum wage increase took effect..
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And they have friends that want to work with me. 
