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Question is, then, if a person serving you is making $18 an hour, and you tip them $20, plus other tables’ tips in the same hour, what are we doing? |
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07-12-2023, 12:22 PM | #185 | |
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I think paying a flat $15 wage for these jobs and offering benefits is the way to go (i.e. the one thing that in my mind CA got right w an added service charge of 5%)... but beyond that... 0 tips and it's just a regular job. You can't expect me to pay high prices for subpar food, tip very high and get hit with all sorts of service fees... that means going out soon to a regular bar will be a $50 affair for just a beer and burger. This is an easy industry in my mind to revolutionize... just like Uber did with Taxis.
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07-12-2023, 12:23 PM | #186 |
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That's a super simpleton way of looking at things... isn't that by default what social security and insurance does? i don't care how much anyone makes... but you have to make it fair w appropriate taxes... this country does neither and we will have feudalism soon... its not far off... the moment the middle class gets smaller and smaller... u become a 3rd world country
as a point of reference or so you don't think i am some hippy... i did not vote for the current admin... wouldn't have even dreamed of it
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Secondly, insurance is a risk sharing that people participate in willingly. Not sure how you could call that a redistribution of wealth. Third, redistribution of wealth is not for the benefit of the middle class, so that point makes no sense. Fourth, I never said anything about fair sharing of expenses based on ability to pay. Yes, those with more need to pay more for national defense (for example), as they have more to protect.
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SS currently gets 3x the out for 1x the in. The fear is that SS will run out, so then how is it balanced? By the Govt supporting it with everyone's tax dollars... simple as that. If this system isn't even there in 30 years, everyone paying in now is getting shafted. It is exactly how any tax dollars are divided... whether its to bailout banks, give out PPP loans or anything... this is the definition of redistribution of wealth as opposed to going to say infrastructure or something we could all use now. Insurance - if i pay into a system and my rates go up as a result of other's poor driving / habits... that is redistro of wealth... I am paying for others misfortunes and bad habits... in fact, it's also legal discrimination. 3rd - then what is? lol... any redistro of wealth to any class is redistro... unless again, you have some poor simpleton analogy of Robin Hood stealing from the rich to the poor lol... because I hope no one is thinking that. 4th - whether you said it or not... its happening.
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100%... i'll take my ignorance and run with it... i would recommend you get used to my ignorance because I assure you we will live in a different country in 20 or so years for better or for worse... the way things are headed, i'd say worse.
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Yeah, you Canadians pay way too damn much for everything. That's $90 here in Kansas City.
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