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2013-11-14 Africa North

Egyptian govt sets maximum wage at 35 times minimum wage

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Posted by Fred 2013-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Don't tell the city of Seatac; as of tonight the $15 an hour minimum wage ballot proposal has a 19 vote lead; they might want to try to up the ante if they get wind of this. Never mind the jobs that will be lost or the shops that will close.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-11-14 00:53|| 2013-11-14 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Less-than-Part-Time, working NMT 10-12 hours a week like in France while still getting all the benefits + perks of the Soon-to-be-Global Welfare-Nanny State wid little to no change in income tax brackets/rates.

In France their Govt voted to impose a mere 75% tax rate, as opposed to the originally favored 100-114% tax rates, until the Govt. whiz kids discovered that the 100%-n-over rates were effectively the same per the mainstream.

The good news is that Muslims in Marseilles are still vowing to following only Islamic or Sharia law, NOT Secular, Democratic Socialist French law.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-11-14 01:30|| 2013-11-14 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 No wonder western elites hate them

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-11-14 03:09|| 2013-11-14 03:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Does this mean Gov't workers will have to depend on tip money to survive?

Posted by Snavise Cholurt4299 2013-11-14 05:58|| 2013-11-14 05:58|| Front Page Top

#5 If Government workers (HAH) have to depend on "Tip Money: they'll starve. (I Hope)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-11-14 18:30|| 2013-11-14 18:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Tell the Sheiks.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-11-14 18:32|| 2013-11-14 18:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Raising prices at an airport happens all the time, because the airport has a monopoly on air travelers. Raising the minimum wage will just raise prices on people visiting. It is not much different from the extra fees travelers pay on cabs that go to the airport, rental cars at the airport, or hotel taxes.

This is unusual only in that the workers are getting a share of the monopoly profits, instead of the government and businesses.

Posted by rammer 2013-11-14 20:55|| 2013-11-14 20:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Meh, I should have concluded with,

This is unusual only in that the workers are getting a share of the monopoly profits, as well as the government and businesses.

Posted by rammer 2013-11-14 20:57|| 2013-11-14 20:57|| Front Page Top

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