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Minimum Wage For The Win

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    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
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    tee hee hee Naturally Camouflaged [slangily complete this slumberer]
    Stupid minimum wage made the price of chicken go up in my store, 3$/kg!!!!
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    Sancho Tuskegee Airman
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    apric0t Houston
    How long has Walmart, Target, INSERT GROCERY STORE HERE etc had self cash out registers at their stores? 10+ years now? And theres still only 4-8 of them and they are constantly not working or because the general populations IQ is below 60 user error causes a lot of fuck ups/waiting. People who "run" registers now will probably become loss prevention or "spot fix" register technicians that wouldn't require anymore work/brains than now.


    One, this was always going to happen no matter what. You're a fucking idiot if you really think the only thing stopping companies from automating as much as possible was the minimum wage. It's called progress. Second, you're even more fucking retarded because you think the worlds going to magically become automated and fuck poor people overnight because they dared to ask for living wages. You come off as bitter and incredibly ignorant.
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    My state's minimum wage is the same as the federal minimum. $7.25

    In reality, nobody actually pays employees minimum wage. My brother is a banker, and said there's only one employer in the county that currently pays new hires at 7.25. I know her, she's nice.

    Employers around here generally start people no lower than 9 (we're talking first job, part-time, in highschool) and that's rising quickly.

    The economy is booming, and employers can't find enough bodies to fill positions. I could get a job tomorrow at my pick of places, at a lot better pay than I've ever gotten before.

    If I applied to be a cashier at walmart, I'd probably get at least $12 considering my experience. If I looked for factory work, I would looking at about $16-21/hr to start with a $500-1500 sign on bonus.

    Keep in mind, where I live is literally one of the cheapest places to live in the country (besides perhaps the DEP SUTH), so wages are naturally lower here. I'm sure you can raise these numbers in more populated areas.

    You cannot TELL me that minimum wage is keepin' a nigga down. Some companies will pay for your friggn' college if you commit to work there.
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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Minimum is $15/hr here.
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    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    Originally posted by -SpectraL Minimum is $15/hr here.

    And your liquor costs twice as much as does in the US.
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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by mmQ And your liquor costs twice as much as does in the US.

    $29.99 for a 26'er of Crown Royal Whisky. That's not too bad.
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    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    How much for a liter of cheap wodka?
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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by mmQ How much for a liter of cheap wodka?

    You can get a nice 26'er of Silent Sam Vodka for $26.70. Or a 26'er of Smirnoff for the same price.
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    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    Dang see. It's like 9 dollars here for 150% of that amount.
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    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by -SpectraL You can get a nice 26'er of Silent Sam Vodka for $26.70. Or a 26'er of Smirnoff for the same price.

    WTF is a 26'er?
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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    Amazon's been working to demolish Walmart (specifically in price - cutting costs in everywhere possible) for the last few years; minimum wage has little to do with it
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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker WTF is a 26'er?

    26 ounces.
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    apric0t Houston
    Originally posted by DietPiano My state's minimum wage is the same as the federal minimum. $7.25

    In reality, nobody actually pays employees minimum wage. My brother is a banker, and said there's only one employer in the county that currently pays new hires at 7.25. I know her, she's nice.

    Employers around here generally start people no lower than 9 (we're talking first job, part-time, in highschool) and that's rising quickly.

    The economy is booming, and employers can't find enough bodies to fill positions. I could get a job tomorrow at my pick of places, at a lot better pay than I've ever gotten before.

    If I applied to be a cashier at walmart, I'd probably get at least $12 considering my experience. If I looked for factory work, I would looking at about $16-21/hr to start with a $500-1500 sign on bonus.

    Keep in mind, where I live is literally one of the cheapest places to live in the country (besides perhaps the DEP SUTH), so wages are naturally lower here. I'm sure you can raise these numbers in more populated areas.

    You cannot TELL me that minimum wage is keepin' a nigga down. Some companies will pay for your friggn' college if you commit to work there.
    In reality, you're fuckin retarded.

    Sure, you can inflate those numbers that you've completely made up and unilaterally claim it must be easier somewhere else more populated just cuz, but then again that just shows how fucking stupid you really are. See, theres this thing in the world called Cause and Effect. There's more people, demand is higher, supply is lower, shit cost more. Your low populated faux min. wage works fantastic in the "DEP SUTH" but when rent is upwards of 10-15x higher, even your faux min. wage numbers you pulled from your butt wouldn't cut it out here. You don't get to live alone out here in a 1 bedroom or better until you start seeing about 50-60k a year, if you still wanna eat and have a car and some semblance of a life.
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    Originally posted by -SpectraL 26 ounces.

    why such an odd capacity ? thats like more than 75cl, right ?
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    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by -SpectraL $29.99 for a 26'er of Crown Royal Whisky. That's not too bad.



    Originally posted by -SpectraL 26 ounces.

    Got it so .750 ml for $30 Canadian. In my state, which has insane liquor tax, it goes for $22.99. With the current exchange rate of 1.29 I could buy with the US dollar up there for almost the same price. If you cam to the my state it would run you just about the same $30. Either way it seems like your getting hosed.
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