So, You Want $15 An Hour?

Concart said:
So they still have cashiers. And those cashiers are being paid starting wages. So your statement was demonstrably and objectively false. And you call ME stupid? Damn skippy, you crack me up.
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Yes, instead of ten cashier's they now have two. So eight $10 an hour employees got shit-canned and two $10 an hour cashier's get bumped to $15 an hour.

Wal-Mart saves a shit ton of money with such a move. They're saving $70 every hour, or $1,190 per operating day. That equates to $8,330 a week, or roughly $433,160 a year. If they do that with all 10,500 of their stores they'll save around $4.5 billion a year. You think they won't do that? The writing's on the wall. According to the General Manager at my local Wal-Mart, they've been told to expect to be 100% self-service by 2025...
 
danielpalos said:
Stop with the ad hominems instead any valid arguments based on economics. With equal protection of our own laws, your bias is irrelevant and with faith execution of our own laws, the Poor would have more chance to move up locally instead of having to emigrant due to safety concerns due to inequality issues.
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consider the economics of the average american worker.

You only consider the economics of large corporations and banks.
 
Street Glider said:
So how do you think a business should respond to a demand for pay which is not commensurate with the job being performed?
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Simplistic and meaningless question. The market sets the price, not an arbitrary decision about how much the job is worth. There are multiple factors that impact that price. Management tries to mitigate the factors that would drive up that price. Hence the opposition to collective bargaining, the reliance on using government benefits to lower the cost, and utilization of part time workers who are not entitled to benefits. Automation also mitigates because it decreases demand. I have no objection to that, but you are obviously trying to make a larger point. Your claim that you'd send anyone who asked for a raise out the door is laughable. Works great until there isn't anyone left working for you.
 
Street Glider said:
Yes, instead of ten cashier's they now have two. So eight $10 an hour employees got shit-canned and two $10 an hour cashier's get bumped to $15 an hour.

Wal-Mart saves a shit ton of money with such a move. They're saving $70 every hour, or $1,190 per operating day. That equates to $8,330 a week, or roughly $433,160 a year. If they do that with all 10,500 of their stores they'll save around $4.5 billion a year. You think they won't do that? The writing's on the wall. According to the General Manager at my local Wal-Mart, they've been told to expect to be 100% self-service by 2025...
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gum in every lazer scanner sounds good.
 
Jack said:
OK. Thanks. A rational understanding of 'immigration'.
(it is 'the number of immigrants'. our only disagreement is the 'number')
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You are incorrect. Our disagreement is about right-wing hypocrisy about being legal to our own laws in border threads.
 
danielpalos said:
Show us that express clause in our federal Constitution.
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Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
 
AssHatZombie said:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
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It says the general welfare not the general malfare.
 
Street Glider said:
Yes, instead of ten cashier's they now have two. So eight $10 an hour employees got shit-canned and two $10 an hour cashier's get bumped to $15 an hour.

Wal-Mart saves a shit ton of money with such a move. They're saving $70 every hour, or $1,190 per operating day. That equates to $8,330 a week, or roughly $433,160 a year. If they do that with all 10,500 of their stores they'll save around $4.5 billion a year. You think they won't do that? The writing's on the wall. According to the General Manager at my local Wal-Mart, they've been told to expect to be 100% self-service by 2025...
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Cool, so the overhead cost of an automated check out line is zero.

Damn, if you run a business, I am the King of Siam. BTW, they were also told that there would be no cashiers by the end of 2021. Ooops.
 
danielpalos said:
You are incorrect. Our disagreement is about right-wing hypocrisy about being legal to our own laws in border threads.
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Dan. You seem to be stuck in 'Red Team/Blue Team' world. You don't seem to be able to discuss a simple Policy like 'Immigration'.
Don't feel bad, many here do the same thing. It's called 'Cheerleading for Your Team'.
 
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