Who do you support for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in 2010?

[Pro-American]

The Enemy Within wrote:

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You don't run a business do you?
The cost of the employee is a black and white variable included in the overall cost of the product that is being manufactured. ANY change in that is and always will be passed on to the consumer.
That is an absolute.

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[Pro-American]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

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What is the excuse when they don't apply?

LMAO

[Pro-American]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

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The key is to not live above your means...

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[Allen]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

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"Work Opportunity Tax Credit - This incentive is available to employers hiring welfare recipients and people from other groups, including food stamp recipients and some veterans, vocational rehabilitation clients and people receiving Supplemental Security Income. Employers can earn up to $2,400 per employee in federal income tax credits."
Key word is "can" which means the company could participate in that program...if they wanted too. Not required to.
http://www.suncoastworkforce.org/employers_in...

If you are unwilling to hire these people to help them get off welfare, then you have no dog in this fight and need to shut up.

[Allen]

emlu wrote:

<quoted text>Although the goals of the minimum wage are widely accepted as proper, there is great disagreement as to whether the minimum wage is effective in attaining its goals. From the time of their introduction, minimum wage laws have been highly controversial politically, and have received much less support from economists than from the general public. Despite decades of experience and economic research, debates about the costs and benefits of minimum wages continue today.[The classic exposition of the minimum wage's shortcomings in reducing poverty was provided by George Stigler in 1949:
Employment may fall more than in proportion to the wage increase, thereby reducing overall earnings;
As uncovered sectors of the economy absorb workers released from the covered sectors, the decrease in wages in the uncovered sectors may exceed the increase in wages in the covered ones;
The impact of the minimum wage on family income distribution may be negative unless the fewer but better jobs are allocated to members of needy families rather than to, for example, teenagers from families not in poverty;
Forbidding employers to pay less than a legal minimum is equivalent to forbidding workers to sell their labour for less than the minimum wage. The legal restriction that employers cannot pay less than a legislated wage is equivalent to the legal restriction that workers cannot work at all in the protected sector unless they can find employers willing to hire them at that wagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Minimum_wage

http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/jobs...

[Pro-American]

Mike Du wrote:

<quoted text>If you are already paying your employees nine an hour, then no increases needed.
Also, there are other ways to cut costs thus keep prices competitive.
I know you black and white people only think there are only two answers to a situation, but in the real world, there is grey.

Again, you act as if everyone earns min wage.
Most businesses operate on small profit margins, if there are other ways to cut cost, I'm sure they've been explored.
In your world of employee, grey areas probably do exists but in the world of business owners, when dealing with govt regulations, OSHA, the IRS, etc..., its ALL black and white! Try explaining a "grey area" to the IRS or OSHA!
Another fine example of the fact that you've never owned a business.

[emlu]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

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"How many hours is full-time employment? How many hours is part-time employment?
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not define full-time employment or part-time employment. This is a matter generally to be determined by the employer. Whether an employee is considered full-time or part-time does not change the application of the FLSA."
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/014.htm
"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not define full-time employment or part-time employment. This is a matter generally to be determined by the employer. Whether an employee is considered full-time or part-time does not change the application of the FLSA, nor does it affect application of the Service Contract Act or Davis-Bacon and Related Acts wage and fringe benefit requirements."
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/full-t...
"Full-time employment is employment in which a person works a minimum number of hours defined as such by his/her employer"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-time

Thank you. I wasn't sure if it was up to the employer. So the business owner makes that call. Novel idea.:) Why did I know you would have the answer?

[emlu]

How many hours should a person work to earn say.....$550,000.00 Just asking an opinion. Somewhere I think I read that's "middle of the road" pay for today.

[The Enemy Within]

emlu wrote:

How many hours should a person work to earn say.....$550,000.00 Just asking an opinion. Somewhere I think I read that's "middle of the road" pay for today.

$550,000.00 would be a salary position in my world. A salary position in my industry is typically 55 to 60 hours a week at the office and accessible after hours via cell phone is a must.

[Pro-American]

Mike Du wrote:

<quoted text>The little man getting a bit more cash goes instantly back into the economy. Unlike the cash made by the wealthy. They are notorious for hourding up cash thus stifling the economy.
The little man is the one buying the products being made. It keeps the wheels turning. This is a basic economic truth.

Your ideology is backwards because in order for the little man to earn more, he must spend more. Example; since most businesses operate on small profit margins, in order for the owner to warrant a pay increase, he must raise the price of goods and services. By raising the price, the pay increase is actually a wash for the employer and the employee but the end result is an increased tax revenue for the govt, which is why they push the issue!
In 1960, min wage was $1 and a gallon of milk cost .49. Today min wage is $7.25 and a gallon of milk cost $3.65.
It's all relative!
They wealthy you refer to hoarding money are those corporations that move jobs overseas. Why? Because the labor, the taxes, etc...are cheaper but they must also pay a tariff on the goods that are sold in the U.S.(unless they're made in Canada or Mexico, thanks to NAFTA). Also, they must pay a tax on the money (profits) when it's brought back to the U.S. which is why that money is kept out of our economy. There's a reason there's 602 banks in the Caymans! You want to increase jobs and pay, reduce the tax rate on that money that is brought back and allow those companies to re-invest that money into the economy. For those who choose to bring it back and not invest, hit them with a large enough fine (tax) to where they'll think twice next time!
It's not rocket science!

[Pro-American]

emlu wrote:

How many hours should a person work to earn say.....$550,000.00 Just asking an opinion. Somewhere I think I read that's "middle of the road" pay for today.

That depends on the career. The free market dictates what one deserves. Example; a surgeon who saves lives is priceless although he/she may earn $500k a year while working days on end, after 12 years or so of schooling with massive tuition debt but a professional athlete playing football may earn $10M for 24 weeks worth of work, that's $416k a week, after receiving a free ride to college while only attending 3 years of that free ride!

[Pro-American]

TSF wrote:

One was. But its the same horse , different saddle because they are all republikans, realtors and contrators. They all fall over themselves giving out money (incentives) claiming they are creating jobs. They play monopoly with the taxpayers money but never show a profit. For instance, they buy property to use as a water source for $1.6 million dollars AND THEN SELL IT FOR $600 THOUSAND DOLLARS. They don't run their own real estate companies like that, so you tell me what is happening.
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Its no different here. The liberal politicians get together and form an investment firm, buy up a bunch of real estate on the cheap, then push legislation to build a road right through their property while the state (taxpayers) pay them top dollar for the property providing them with hefty profits!
Or better yet, they condemn property and buy for pennies on the dollar, use taxpayer money to improve the properties, then sell the property for a profit while using taxpayer money to finance the loans for the private buyers!
Politics at its finest!

[waco1909]

R.Lee Ermey was fired by Geico for expressing criticism of the president.Free speech? Not a chance.

[waco1909]

Pro-American wrote:

<quoted text>Its no different here. The liberal politicians get together and form an investment firm, buy up a bunch of real estate on the cheap, then push legislation to build a road right through their property while the state (taxpayers) pay them top dollar for the property providing them with hefty profits!
Or better yet, they condemn property and buy for pennies on the dollar, use taxpayer money to improve the properties, then sell the property for a profit while using taxpayer money to finance the loans for the private buyers!
Politics at its finest!

You seem surprised.Almost every politician I've seen, seems to benefit from being in office.One of the best jobs a person can get these days is as a so called"public servant".The medical insurance is fantastic! The pay is excellent, but the money you can make on the side, is unbelievable! Not to mention the"perks"!!

[Silvercoastcorks]

Allen wrote:

<quoted text>If you are unwilling to hire these people to help them get off welfare, then you have no dog in this fight and need to shut up.

No company, big or small, ever makes decisions based upon what's in the best interest of the employees. I know you guys don't like it but it truly is about turning a profit so your stakeholders, shareholders and investors are more free with their money to invest and grow the company.

If you truly believe otherwise I have a hole in the dirt in Arizona called the Grand Canyon I'd like to sell you...

Cheap.

[Silvercoastcorks]

emlu wrote:

<quoted text>Thank you. I wasn't sure if it was up to the employer. So the business owner makes that call. Novel idea.:) Why did I know you would have the answer?

No sweat

[Silvercoastcorks]

The Enemy Within wrote:

<quoted text>$550,000.00 would be a salary position in my world. A salary position in my industry is typically 55 to 60 hours a week at the office and accessible after hours via cell phone is a must.

Cell phone, pager, GPS locator and the bat phone...lol

[Silvercoastcorks]

waco1909 wrote:

R.Lee Ermey was fired by Geico for expressing criticism of the president.Free speech? Not a chance.

Saw that...craptola

[The Enemy Within]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

<quoted text>Cell phone, pager, GPS locator and the bat phone...lol

Isn't that the truth......I have been found in places when even I didn't know where I was.

[emlu]

Silvercoastcorks wrote:

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Cell phone, pager, GPS locator and the bat phone...lol

The president earns a $400,000 annual salary, along with a $50,000 annual expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the... Think he earns it?