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Nah, that would make too much sense. Better to take half of what the business earns, set fire to 2/3 of it, and give the remaining third to homeless bums pooping on the streets. (/s)
We're talking about the government here.
I know. And give people unemployment forever. I have a friend. Able bodied. Has not worked since March 2020. Lots of jobs out here. But he won't work until they cut him off. And why give people this extra tax credit for their kids and then let them sit at home. Fine give them that credit if they are working at least 32 hours a week.
You're incorrect, I remember the pre-ACA years, when BCBS was jacking my premiums 15% every year even though I was young and wasn't even filing claims. Healthcare should not be subject to Capitalism, because there's no market there. You basically have people at their most desperate who don't want to die or continue to be sick or injured, so are desperate, and they can't shop around in an emergency like with a consumer good
One problem in the USA is the cost of prescriptions. Very expensive in the USA but cheap in Europe, Canada, Mexico essentially everywhere but here. Why can I not buy my meds and ship them from Mexico, Canada or India? Its not capitalism if the government blocks that. Then you have tort reform and controlling lawsuits.
Health care should not be blocked by state lines. Let any health insurance company anywhere sell people insurance.
If we let medical care work like capitalism instead of socialism it would work just fine.
This labor shortage is going to lead back to ordering my burger in Spanish like it was a few years back. What else are businesses supposed to do? Dos Big Macs, por favor.
You're incorrect, I remember the pre-ACA years, when BCBS was jacking my premiums 15% every year even though I was young and wasn't even filing claims. Healthcare should not be subject to Capitalism, because there's no market there. You basically have people at their most desperate who don't want to die or continue to be sick or injured, so are desperate, and they can't shop around in an emergency like with a consumer good
Pre ACA my deductible was $350/yr and my copay was $25 for a routine office visit.
Now my deductible is $6500/yr and office visits are 100% out of pocket.
it is the type of work that creates the shortages. Not everyone wants to be a worker monkey in some mom and pop shop where everyone can tell you what to do. If these places only hire part time, those wages will cut people off from state insurance plans and there is no getting ahead. The poor monkey is getting paid more, but now can't even afford to buy a banana.
The Seattle area is very expensive. Dick's has always paid higher wages and had perks (and their food is fricken good), but while $19/hr is great in some areas, it isn't in that area. It's "eh....ok".
I left Seattle in 2001. Except for housing in CA, 2001 Seattle is still more expensive than 2021 Texas (Dallas, Plano, Houston), 2021 Florida (Miami), 2021 Maine, 2021 NC, and everything in 2021 CA except the aforementioned housing and car registration.
I was reading the new- order online is creating mayhem in the kitchen. Too many orders besides the walk ins and drive ups in fast food restaurants. Unattainable expectations from the employees.
Yes, I think I saw an example of your point yesterday at Jersey Mike's. The workers were scrambling to get the online orders filled, but they couldn't do it -- not on time, anyway.
Point being is these are people who usually have kids and have to make rent. Not someone looking for some fun money for the weekend. Thank deindustrialization and neoliberalism for that......
50 years ago, most of these people would've worked in manufacturing
Not the kind of job that one can support a family. I have friends who are contractors and landscapers even before the pandemic had trouble finding people who wanted to work physical labor.
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Yes, I think I saw an example of your point yesterday at Jersey Mike's. The workers were scrambling to get the online orders filled, but they couldn't do it -- not on time, anyway.
Dick's has online ordering only with Doordash, and no drive-up windows. They have a limited menu (with great burgers and shakes) with low prices, and everyone has to order at a window, eat in their car or take it home. We have always found their employees to be very efficient, but when you use real ice cream to make shakes from scratch (unlike most fast food shakes) it takes time. Dick's customers know that and are willing to wait. They are working on a new site in Bellevue, and there it seems like it would be harder to find workers than i some other places like Kent or Lynwood with lower housing costs. Bellevue's median family income is $120,450, and average apartment is $2,481. At $19/hour full time that would be $3,040/month, so rent would be about 82% of their income for rent. Using the typical 30% rule, they could only afford rent of $1,000/month, and that would take a commute of well over an hour to a less expensive city.
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