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Yes, but Madoff stole from the 1%. Banks stole from the 99%.
Yes, but Madoff stole from the 1%. Banks stole from the 99%.
Pay very close attention to the Federal Reserve. Increases in FFR leads to busts.
Sam's Club is pushing their "Scan and Go" app. Use the app, scan your items as you go through the store, and then the exit door greeter scans your "receipt" on your phone. No cashiers needed.
I don't want to link to the story because I don't want to drive traffic to the site, but a Chicago area man is suing McDonald's and the local franchisee for false advertising with regards to its Value Meals. Specifically, the two-cheeseburger value meal is $0.41 more expensive at each and very of the 25 McD's near him than if someone were to order all menu items a la carte. He's saying that they're lying by misuse of the world "value."
heh. Just to mess with people, back in the 80s, a relative of mine with a vegetable farm used to sell cabbages at his roadside stand "10 cents each, or two for a quarter." Said he collected a lot of quarters.....I don't want to link to the story because I don't want to drive traffic to the site, but a Chicago area man is suing McDonald's and the local franchisee for false advertising with regards to its Value Meals. Specifically, the two-cheeseburger value meal is $0.41 more expensive at each and very of the 25 McD's near him than if someone were to order all menu items a la carte. He's saying that they're lying by misuse of the world "value."
heh. Just to mess with people, back in the 80s, a relative of mine with a vegetable farm used to sell cabbages at his roadside stand "10 cents each, or two for a quarter." Said he collected a lot of quarters.....
Their lines can get long. Sounds like a great idea. Do they require that you use their credit card?Sam's Club is pushing their "Scan and Go" app. Use the app, scan your items as you go through the store, and then the exit door greeter scans your "receipt" on your phone. No cashiers needed.
Their lines can get long. Sounds like a great idea. Do they require that you use their credit card?
Their lines can get long. Sounds like a great idea. Do they require that you use their credit card?
Given their self-checkout does, I wouldn't put it past them...
No. I use my bank card at their self-checkout, no issue.
And since I work for the local Sam's, I can tell you that we push "Scan and Go," our Plus program, and our credit card equally. Cashiers and membership are required to generate X number of Plus and credit apps each week, and if they don't, they get a lecture...
Fair enough point with the check cards; there are some of us that still prefer cash, though...
Pushing credit cards is not limited to Sam's Club, as it's seen in quite a bit of retail outlets. I have a friend who works at Sears, and those who don't meet the quota get a bit more than a lecture. It's pretty sad when, as a retail outlet, you're trying to grab interest instead of selling product, although I do understand the difference between monthly revenue and one time revenue...
In terms of our Plus program, we set goals every day. And out in the lot, I can hear the dread from management when we're not getting any Plus memberships on a particular day. It's partly why, if I stay at Sam's Club, I have backed away from wanting to work the membership desk.
Finland to test 'universal basic income' for the unemployed
A group of 2,000 unemployed people in Finland will receive a basic income every month from the state, tax-free and with no strings attached. Proponents hope to prove such schemes boost people's motivation to find work.
Receiving $585/mo. may very well incentivize people to work because they sure as hell can't live off that amount.
Or they'll "commune" with other bums receiving this, and then not work at all. Reminds me of the story of the professor who decides to average everyone's grades and give them all the same thing. Eventually, they're going to run out of other people's money to give out.
Or they'll "commune" with other bums receiving this, and then not work at all. Reminds me of the story of the professor who decides to average everyone's grades and give them all the same thing. Eventually, they're going to run out of other people's money to give out.