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If a business tried to pay someone 30 cents an hour, no one would apply and they would be forced to close. The business sets the pay based on its ability to attract workers willing to accept a set wage based on their own economic situation. Businesses compete for qualified workers.
That is hilarious, and only exists in a theoretical world.
TRANSLATION: I can't refute any of it, or even come up with coherent arguments. But I hate it anyway, so I'll call it names and hope somebody believes me somewhere.
I don't mind paying 5% more. A Big Mac is $3.99, a meal is $5.99, I assume they are the regular size. Even 40 cents more won't break the bank.
The smaller companies would have less operating cost, employees could gravitate to larger chains depending on location.
Maybe the higher price will help fight obesity.
For reference, a Big Mac at my local McDonald's per their App is $5.59, want the meal? It's only $10.89. And this is before the increase in the Minimum Wage. So I guess you've already been priced out.
And if anything smaller companies often have more operating costs. They don't have the buying power of the bigger companies because they don't buy as much and can't often get the same wholesale discounts.
And you just confirmed exactly my point. If there are larger chains the employees could go to, it will cost the small mom-and-pop restaurants to pay more to keep them. So all of the liberals saying that it won't affect "small business" are being very misleading in their claims.
The FBI was investigating "parents" who spoke out at school board meetings and threatened school board members with potential violence.
The Department of Education does very little with respect to policy. It's main role is to distribute grants to schools with large populations of lower socioeconomic status children.
Teachers unions vary in power. In Texas, the teacher unions lobby the legislature(with little effect, since the GOP in this state hates public education) and provide support to teachers who file a grievance with the school districts. Texas teachers are not allowed to collectively bargain and it is illegal for them to strike.
Untrue...the FBI as intimidating parents who spoke out againat the school boards, but did NOT threaten anyone:
Since the Dept of Ed was formed, education in the USA has fallen down the global list of countries with the best public education, and now we are spending more per pupil than ever. The Dept of Ed needs to be abolished. The local school districts do not need anything from them. The fed dept of ed is an unneeded financial drain upon the system.
Teachers unions are a conflict of interest, becaause they lobby against parental rights, & protect bad teachers from getting fired.
Since the Dept of Ed was formed, education in the USA has fallen down the global list of countries with the best public education, and now we are spending more per pupil than ever. The Dept of Ed needs to be abolished. The local school districts do not need anything from them. The fed dept of ed is an unneeded financial drain upon the system.
Teachers unions are a conflict of interest, becaause they lobby against parental rights, & protect bad teachers from getting fired.
Teachers unions are not a conflict of interest. They are there to represent workers, just like all unions.
Teachers unions are not a conflict of interest. They are there to represent workers, just like all unions.
Government workers needing a union to protect them against....the government being a bad employer ?
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