Posting Towards Gomorrah

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by taxwonk
They have Moose and Squirrel?

Razorbacks. Bear. Where the Red Fern Grows is set in Arkansas.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Razorbacks. Bear. Where the Red Fern Gromws is set in Arkansas.

Fearless Leader will not be happy!!!

[SlaveNoMore]

taxwonk
They have Moose and Squirrel?

Whassamatta U?

Rocky:"Do you know what an A-bomb is?"

Bullwinkle: "A bomb is what most people call our show."

Rocky: "I don't think that's funny."

Bullwinkle:"Neither do they, apparently."

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Whassamatta U?

Rocky:"Do you know what an A-bomb is?"

Bullwinkle: "A bomb is what most people call our show."

Rocky: "I don't think that's funny."

Bullwinkle:"Neither do they, apparently."

I love Bullwinkle Moose like kin.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
#4 is funny, but the guy is not an idiot a la the others.

I agree. In fact, I thought it was a pretty cool idea.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by taxwonk
They can afford to pay managers big coin because they pay the hired help scraps.

Of course that didn't stop me from applying for a position as an AGC-Tax.

My former boss works in the Wal-Mart legal department. When traveling for Wal-Mart (which he does frequently), if he is traveling with a team member of the same sex, they have to share a hotel room. Fuck that.

eta: Plus he has to live in Bentonville.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
My former boss works in the Wal-Mart legal department. When traveling for Wal-Mart (which he does frequently), if he is traveling with a team member of the same sex, they have to share a hotel room. Fuck that.

eta: Plus he has to live in Bentonville.

but if you're making the big bucks you can get a second room at the Red Roof- $20 bucks each- cheap! ORRRRRR he should just arrange to only work with women.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
My former boss works in the Wal-Mart legal department. When traveling for Wal-Mart (which he does frequently), if he is traveling with a team member of the same sex, they have to share a hotel room. Fuck that.

Twin beds or queen?

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
And, of course, the real truth is that both sides are right to a large extent.

S_A_M

It occurred to me that part of the problem is that Wal-Mart is avoiding the minimum wage by hiring part time employees. It doesn't need part time employees but hires them as an end run around providing a living wage. I could be wrong but I think I heard that a lot of part time Wal-Mart employees are on welfare, which is in essence the US government subsidizing Wal-Mart. Hiring people that still have to remain on welfare doesn't do the American tax payer, the economy or the person being hired much good. The problem is how you force them to hire full time employees without causing too much market dislocation.

Then it occurred to me. How about raising the minimum wage for part time work? In other words, if you hire someone full time you can hire them at the current minimum wage, but if you only pay them part time you have to pay them two dollars more an hour.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Spanky
It occurred to me that part of the problem is that Wal-Mart is avoiding the minimum wage by hiring part time employees. It doesn't need part time employees but hires them as an end run around providing a living wage. I could be wrong but I think I heard that a lot of part time Wal-Mart employees are on welfare, which is in essence the US government subsidizing Wal-Mart. Hiring people that still have to remain on welfare doesn't do the American tax payer, the economy or the person being hired much good. The problem is how you force them to hire full time employees without causing too much market dislocation.

Then it occurred to me. How about raising the minimum wage for part time work? In other words, if you hire someone full time you can hire them at the current minimum wage, but if you only pay them part time you have to pay them two dollars more an hour.

I know you're kinda persona non grata as it is, but I think the GOP keeps extra stakes on hand to burn heretics who write shit like this.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Spanky
It occurred to me that part of the problem is that Wal-Mart is avoiding the minimum wage by hiring part time employees. . . .

Then it occurred to me. How about raising the minimum wage for part time work? In other words, if you hire someone full time you can hire them at the current minimum wage, but if you only pay them part time you have to pay them two dollars more an hour.

The wage is a wage. What are they avoiding?

The issue, if any, is that by not paying health benefits, they impose a cost on society generally to pick up the health care cost through medicaid or emergency room visits.

As for increasing the wage for part time work, that would completely screw someone trying to get into the workforce. Part-time jobs are often a way to show you can do it--why discourage employers from hiring those people?

[SlaveNoMore]

Spanky
Then it occurred to me. How about raising the minimum wage for part time work? In other words, if you hire someone full time you can hire them at the current minimum wage, but if you only pay them part time you have to pay them two dollars more an hour.

Parents will never go for it, as this will ensure that every high schooler working a part-time job would get fired.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

As for increasing the wage for part time work, that would completely screw someone trying to get into the workforce. Part-time jobs are often a way to show you can do it--why discourage employers from hiring those people?

I am not buying that. We can hire and fire at will this country, why does someone have to be hired part time to see if they can do a job. Why can't they be hired full time for one day or two days. A test period does not have to be part time.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Parents will never go for it, as this will ensure that every high schooler working a part-time job would get fired.

The political feasiblity is another issue. But what is better, two teenagers hired at part time so they can buy Justin Timberlake CDs or one adult so he can feed his children.

From a policy standpoint I don't think it is a difficult decision.

We want to bring unemployment down, not disposable income for teenagers up.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The wage is a wage. What are they avoiding?

Then why do they hire so many part time workers? Obviously some sort of benefits come with full time work that they are trying to avoid. We just need to make it as expenisve to avoid whatever it is they are trying to avoid.