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2004-05-15 Fifth Column

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Posted by tipper 2004-05-15 2:55:38 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is there anyone over there who's not on the government tit?

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-15 3:06:34 PM|| 2004-05-15 3:06:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Allow me to engage in hate speech. Mandated full benefits for the movie house popcorn vendor is a bad idea. A healthy society should have some entry level jobs so that there is a place for teenage kids to enter into the employment arena. Mandating full benefits and a "living" wage of $20K or more a year locks out kids. Nobody is going to take a chance and hire a kid with purple hair and a pin through his eyebrow for $20k with the sincere hope that he will be a reliable employee for $20k and benefits.
I, personally, wouldn't hire any employee with that type of pending investment without a resume demonstrating that somebody else took a chance on him/her. It's just survival for an employer that you don't blindly roll the dice and start chunking out a change to a goof that may or may not start dropping the F-bomb on every third customer because its extremely hard to fire a $20K employee with benefits.
The results of a mandated "living" wage pay scale is social disaster. The Mandate removes the impetus for people to strive for more challenging jobs. The mandate throws a roadblock in front of those who want to enter the workforce to start their resume and earn some quick cash. In the end the mandate rewards the first company that can bring the automatic popcorn vendor to market quickest.
If you want to tax me for an extra stipend for a working single mom's benefits, I prefer that.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-15 4:29:47 PM|| 2004-05-15 4:29:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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