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

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It was always a scam. Alarm bells should have been going off in everyone's head when you started to see ads for Bitcoin everywhere. They needed new bag holders so the whales could get out. I'm just tickled pink it was the MLM dudebros type
 
Good.

Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to unionise, forming the tech giant's first retail union in the United States.

The employees of the shop in Towson passed the measure 65-33, with about a dozen abstentions.

After the result came in, the group tweeted: "Now we celebrate… tomorrow we keep organising."

It is the third Apple store to launch a union drive this year, but the first to successfully hold a vote.

The new Apple Core union - short for the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees - penned an open letter to Apple in May, saying its bid was "about us as workers gaining access to rights that we do not currently have", but that it did not want to "go against or create conflict with our management".

Other Apple stores in Atlanta and New York, have also made moves toward unionisation. Staff in Atlanta, however, have delayed their planned ballot, with the union involved - the Communications Workers of America - alleging anti-union activity by the company.

Unions are less common in the US than in many European countries, but are still protected in law. Forming one involves either the company voluntarily recognising a union, or workers gathering signatures from at least 30% of employees so that the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) can hold a formal election.

News outlets have alleged that Apple has hired a law firm known for its union expertise, and collated "talking points" for its management teams to dissuade employees from signing up to one.

In April, Motherboard released an audio recording of retail vice president Deirdre O'Brien telling employees that while she recognised the right to join a union, "it's equally your right not to join a union".

"I'm worried about what it would mean to put another organization in the middle of our relationship, an organization that does not have a deep understanding of Apple or our business," the released audio says.
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Sounds like Fed government is going to suspend gas tax. Idiotic idea that will benefit gas companies and not consumers.
 
Drew S. said:
Sounds like Fed government is going to suspend gas tax. Idiotic idea that will benefit gas companies and not consumers.
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I agree with this.

There goes the infrastructure/transportation funding. *grumbles*


No one is going to see the decrease at the pumps anyway, gas companies are gonna keep the prices the same anyway. It's 0.18 per gallon. So.... three dollar discount per fill-up? Six if you have a lifted pickup truck with a giant gas tank?
 
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It's only idiotic if you don't realize it's a big stupid talking point the republicans are going to bash the democrats over the head with. Set it to expire 12/31/22
 
Drew S. said:
Sounds like Fed government is going to suspend gas tax. Idiotic idea that will benefit gas companies and not consumers.
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$0.18 / gallon x 20 gallon max fill = $3.60 saved.
Whopper.

Maryland
$0.36 / gallon* x 20 gallons = $7.20 saved.
​​​​​​Now we're talking!

* indexed to inflation. We'll see a whopper of an increase on 7/1/23 unless the presumed D governor and his rubber stamp legislature intervene.

Here's a handy dandy calculator:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...liday-use-this-calculator-to-find-out/3083901
 
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joecct said:
$0.18 / gallon x 20 gallon max fill = $3.60 saved.
Whopper.

Maryland
$0.36 / gallon* x 20 gallons = $7.20 saved.
​​​​​​Now we're talking!

* indexed to inflation. We'll see a whopper of an increase on 7/1/23 unless the presumed D governor and his rubber stamp legislature intervene.

Here's a handy dandy calculator:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/...liday-use-this-calculator-to-find-out/3083901
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x 15 fillups (estimate) over the next 90 days? = $54. On $1200 spent ($4 avg x 15 fillups x 20 gal).

(Or $150 if Maryland also does a fuel holiday in conjunction with the Federal relief.)

Congratulations on the savings?





Meanwhile... $10 Billion (now at the latest estimate) would be lost in this, and Biden is proposing that gets made up in a separate bill. Likely to be torpedoed by Republicans because "where are we going to fund it?" (Despite the government deficit being 1.6 Trillion less than it was this time last year...).
 
Late stage capitalism:

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