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Originally Posted by tony286
yep it's better for tax payers subsidize companies expenses. Also $15 a hr isnt a crazy min wage. But wages have been flat for so long now that's good money when I made $11 an hr in 1984.
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I would argue that point based on the fact, that I know what the market is for direct labor. I also see our parking lot and parking lots of a lot of business. There are lots of nice cars out there. I hear about nice vacations the people are taking. No one I see looks like they are lacking in the food department. Truthfully, a lot of them could lose a few LB's.
The one thing that government stats can't publish is the underground economy. How many people out there make money they don't ever report. No checks..just cash.
I know retailers that have had notax tuesday for years. Maybe it's notax tuesday and thursday now? Contractors work for cash a lot. Lawn maintenance. I think the underground economy must be huge. Because as I said, I see with my own eyes people living a good life on $12 an hour.