Ray From Cleveland
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Now this is something I can get behind. 100%. The government shouldn't be forced to help YOUR employees because your uber rich ass wants to play cheap and not pay them well enough.This is a fascinating idea. Our biggest economic problem is stagnant wages. Could this be an answer?
Update: September 6, 2018: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday introduced a bill that would tax corporations with more than 500 employees for the full amount employees receive in government assistance. The bill's title, "Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act," or "Stop BEZOS," is an open jab at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Sanders had previously criticized Amazon after a study found that some fulfillment center employees relied on a federal food assistance program. Sanders' criticism drew a heated response from Amazon, which prompted another detailed critique from Sanders' office, one that included testimonials from Amazon employeesabout working conditions.
Bernie Sanders introduces 'Stop BEZOS' bill
How about the more simple solution get rid of welfare benefits to those that work?
If a employee can't live on those wages they won't be able to work for them...the companies would have no choice but to raise wages or go out of bussiness ..
What we are doing is enabling the companies and employees
.
I think it would be far better for the government to assist those that work
than those that don't.
Help those that are working and trying, fuck the one's that don't work.
The problem is if you work hard and take care of yourself, the government says F those people, they are doing fine.
It's just like Commie Care. If you make french fries 28 hours a week, you can get a good healthcare plan for under 100 bucks a month. For middle-class people who lost their insurance because of Commie Care? 800 a month and it's a shit plan to boot.
That's how Democrats work.
Yeah...but my point was...don't help the one's that don't work. Only help
those that do.
I understand, but people can work and still not be doing nearly enough to improve their plight.
For instance several of our customers use temporary services. They do so to try people out before offering them a full-time job. Hiring and firing people gets to be time consuming and expensive.
When things get busy, they ask the temps if they could work more hours? Most of the temps refuse. Working more hours interferes with their government stipend. They can only make X amount of money a month. Anything after that is like working for free.
I have HUD people next door to me. They have people pulling in and out of the driveway all kinds of hours at night. When I wake in the morning, their cars are parked in the lot. When I get home, their cars are still parked in the lot. I know they have to work because HUD only gives them a voucher so they have to come up with the rest of the rent, and they are living in the suburbs.