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Business, Economics, and Taxes: Capitalism. Yay? >=(

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Kepler said:
I would love to go there, it's my favorite kind of terrain.

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Dr. Mrs. went out to the Navajo Nation to visit a friend when she was in her teens and it changed her life. She was so infuriated by what we had done to those people she has been an axe-wielding SJW ever since and I love her for it.

Look up The Long Walk sometime if you ever want to make your blood boil.
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One fact that is the undeniable is the beauty of the landscape in the U.S., and quite possibly in more diverse ways than anywhere else. Yes I get there are other countries out there - I travel and I also get what was stolen that's not the point. But when people talk about beautiful places in the world I think for variety alone the U.S. gets short shrift.
 
Crypto is crashing again. Doge is below 20 cents for the first time since April 14.

Bitcoin looks to be nearing the 30k mark, which it hasn’t been below for six months.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Crypto is crashing again. Doge is below 20 cents for the first time since April 14.

Bitcoin looks to be nearing the 30k mark, which it hasn’t been below for six months.
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China nuked mining. They stopped like 90% of it. Now all those miners are looking to come here...one of the places they are looking (and I am not making this up) is Texas! You thought the Texas grid was strained before...if mining hits Texas all hell is going to break loose!

Florida is courting them as well...they have no idea what they are in for.
 
Nope. I sold half after Elons monolog and wasn't going to buy again unless it tanked which I still might do now that I am completely out. I bought at six and that was it.
 
Every time I see a sign at some place I know pays crap wages and fights tooth and nail to prevent livable wage increases about how they can't find workers I smile. Free Market baby pay a better wage or stop whining.
 
Handyman said:
Every time I see a sign at some place I know pays crap wages and fights tooth and nail to prevent livable wage increases about how they can't find workers I smile. Free Market baby pay a better wage or stop whining.
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This. I'm at the point where when I see they're hiring, I tip 30% and write "PAY YOUR STAFF" on the back of the check. Just did that at a diner in Trumplandia this past weekend.
 
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Pssst .... Kep ... JR Ewing wasn't a real person. ;-)
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Nope, but sadly the character was and still is a perfect amalgamation of unscrupulous businesspeople and nasty uncles throughout America who are very much real and strong in number. They run the gamut from sole proprietor contractors all the way up to leading many of our multinational corporations. There's pretty much one in every family.
 
Handyman said:
Every time I see a sign at some place I know pays crap wages and fights tooth and nail to prevent livable wage increases about how they can't find workers I smile. Free Market baby pay a better wage or stop whining.
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Exactly. It's like when GOP Members b-tch that unemployment pays too much.

Go fuck yourself. Pay more.
 
Kepler said:
Exactly. It's like when GOP Members b-tch that unemployment pays too much.

Go fuck yourself. Pay more.
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This. Unemployment replaces just a fraction of pay, and the GQP whine like it's a total salary replacement.

For Michigan: Take your best three consecutive months of pay over the last year, multiply that number by 0.041, and round that down to the nearest whole number. That is your weekly benefit amount. Max pay per week is capped at $362 (not including the temporary government bonus).

For Illinois, take your two best quarters of pay over the last year, add them together, multiply that number by 0.47, then divide that number by 26. Max pay per week is capped at $471.


So, a line cook in Michigan being paid $9.25/hr got laid off during the pandemic. She's only making $19,240 before taxes. Take home is ~$14,000. Best quarter is $4,440. (That's *three months pay*). On unemployment she's now getting $182 a week. That works out to ~$4.50/hr.

A sales associate in Illinois making making $29/hr also was laid off during the pandemic. He made $60,320 before taxes. Take home is ~$42,200. Two best quarters equal $30,160. Under Illinois math, that's a weekly amount of $545. Max weekly benefits of $471. That works out to ~$11.78/hr.


*edit* Don't forget to take taxes and social security out of your unemployment insurance payout, because that's technically income. So lop off 20%? $140/$370 take home per week for these two respectively?

And on top of that, they now have to pay for healthcare. Because that's somehow fucking tied to employment, and fuck the unemployed.
 
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Of course these people are elected by morons who don't get the freeloaders are them too. Their unemployment is legit...everyone else (especially Dem Darkies!!!1!1!) are just stealing while they sit on their lazy butts getting rich!

One great thing about Trump screwing up COVID and bombing out the economy is that now workers are being more discerning with what they do for what pay. A lot of restaurant and retail workers realized it isn't worth making meager crap wages when there are jobs out there they will get paid better at and likely treated better at. They are forcing the changes...

Well except at Amazon...

Speaking of Amazon...people who buy crap on Prime Day are suckers. Yes, you are.
 
Handyman said:
Of course these people are elected by morons who don't get the freeloaders are them too. Their unemployment is legit...everyone else (especially Dem Darkies!!!1!1!) are just stealing while they sit on their lazy butts getting rich!

One great thing about Trump screwing up COVID and bombing out the economy is that now workers are being more discerning with what they do for what pay. A lot of restaurant and retail workers realized it isn't worth making meager crap wages when there are jobs out there they will get paid better at and likely treated better at. They are forcing the changes...

Well except at Amazon...

Speaking of Amazon...people who buy crap on Prime Day are suckers. Yes, you are.
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My daughter's used Fire tablet we got for $20 at a garage sale is dying. We waited till Prime Day to replace it because they're half off.
 
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