quote:

ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub

quote:

ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour. I understand the American equivalent is much lower. How lower-paid workers in the US get by is not something I understand - it must be a never ending struggle just to keep one's head above water.

I'm told that even long term workers at Walmart get considerably less than $16.50 per hour. I also understand that the owners of Walmart are one of the richest families in the world. It's not too difficult to figure that one out is it? I also hear that Walmart is very antagonistic to unions and union organising. Again, child's play to work that one out.

Not much to do with principle and everything to do with greed.

I was amazed by that minimum wage, until I found this.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Australia

If those are correct numbers regarding the cost of living, I think the wages are about equal in reality.

I know numbers lie sometimes, but, that is some high dollar costs to just survive.

quote:

ORIGINAL: ElChupa

Reasonable, rational people think, "you know, when the left sees their crazy policies fail every time, they will learn." But that isn't how it works. The left just doubles, triples, and quadruples down on stupid. Of course, that makes the problem even worse. But you never have to say you are sorry if you are a leftist. You just say you are for women and birth control, you are for "choice" (you know, smashing the heads of partially born babies), but you are AGAINST choice when it comes to schools (too much chaos in doing that!), and of course the "rich" (that means anybody with any income) has to pay MORE because everybody knows government knows how to spend your money better than you do. Face it, leftists are not rational, they find being logical "constricting" so it is impossible to work with them. Compromise to them is YOU give up. But it's for the children!

quote:

ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub

quote:

ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour. I understand the American equivalent is much lower. How lower-paid workers in the US get by is not something I understand - it must be a never ending struggle just to keep one's head above water.

I'm told that even long term workers at Walmart get considerably less than $16.50 per hour. I also understand that the owners of Walmart are one of the richest families in the world. It's not too difficult to figure that one out is it? I also hear that Walmart is very antagonistic to unions and union organising. Again, child's play to work that one out.

Not much to do with principle and everything to do with greed.

I was amazed by that minimum wage, until I found this.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Australia

If those are correct numbers regarding the cost of living, I think the wages are about equal in reality.

I know numbers lie sometimes, but, that is some high dollar costs to just survive.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Moonhead

You can have him, dearie. He's all yours...

quote:

ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Got any idea what kind of subsidies the State of California puts up for illegal immigrants, Lucy? If you did, you wouldn't be nearly so impressed with your pic from Facebook.

$86 million? That's less than what LA County spends in a couple months on welfare to the undocumented. That's one county.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

these people are WORKING LEGALLY.

quote:

ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

these people are WORKING LEGALLY.

Right. That's why they cost so much less.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Moonhead

FR:
This is a thread devoted to people bragging about going into a chain where a lot of the staff are out on strike to buy stuff in order to encourage the management to treat their staff even worse?