That's a different issue.

Jul 15, 2019
8:53:23pm

displacedute All-American

I agree, we need to start talking about minimum guaranteed income, because we're getting close to the point where there will be way too many people and not enough jobs, because of all the automation.

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Disney heiress ‘livid’ after going to one of her family’s theme parks undercover

Kauai

7/15/19 4:57pm

She's a nutjob.

Cougarrr

7/15/19 4:58pm

The big problem is that these poor employees have guns to their heads and have

Niiineteeen84

7/15/19 5:00pm

"Bob Iger is paid too much" says the woman who got $100 million+ for being born

califcougar

7/15/19 5:03pm

Not to mention, if she is a shareholder, Iger has made her boatloads of money.

califcougar

7/15/19 5:19pm

Disney pays well above minimum wage. It’s not their fault CA is so crazy expensive.

SuperTank

7/15/19 5:04pm

I can tell you the guy holding the 68% Food Insecurity sign does not have

darkcoug

7/15/19 5:05pm

If she gets her way, soon tickets will be $1000

Cougar TD

7/15/19 5:10pm

Good grief. Not every job is supposed to be a career.

Carnac

7/15/19 5:11pm

That's just it, everyone wants everything but no responsibility. Just please

Cougar TD

7/15/19 5:13pm

The fact is that compensation is tied to level of stress...

CoachSpeak

7/15/19 5:27pm

I agree mostly, but compensation can only go so high based on stress.

bluecougar1985

7/15/19 5:43pm

Prob true in some cases but not so in others

PortlandCoug

7/15/19 5:50pm

I’m talking about the nature of the job...

CoachSpeak

7/15/19 6:54pm

I remember getting in to a heated debate in one of my BYU classes with a fellow

Nuke

7/15/19 5:31pm

It was originally meant to be for someone supporting a family.

displacedute

7/15/19 5:46pm

Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

BYUfan92

7/15/19 5:59pm

RE: Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

displacedute

7/15/19 6:03pm

I scanned that and do not see that it suggested supporting a family

BYUfan92

7/15/19 6:27pm

Honestly, I may have misspoke. Regardless, it was at least intended

displacedute

7/15/19 6:38pm

RE: Honestly, I may have misspoke. Regardless, it was at least intended

BYUfan92

7/16/19 2:37pm

It's tough

displacedute

7/16/19 3:33pm

“Payroll deductions like Medicare and social security eat a bunch of that”...

CoachSpeak

7/16/19 4:52pm

Probably, but that part's not realistically fixable.

displacedute

7/16/19 5:34pm

What happens to x percent of population that loses work? This is acceptable

coug almighty

7/16/19 7:21pm

Welfare rolls of course...

CoachSpeak

7/16/19 7:24pm

I just don't get how people can be so dead set on something of marginal benifit

coug almighty

7/16/19 7:46pm

Money in the hands of the poor and middle class

displacedute

7/16/19 10:32pm

Middle class aren't benefiting from minimum wage increase.

coug almighty

7/17/19 6:18am

I have to disagree. I worked 40 hours + overtime working various jobs before

Nuke

7/15/19 6:11pm

That's fine, but that's based on a changing expectation.

displacedute

7/15/19 6:17pm

Your missing one more piece to your argument. The standard of living has also

Ryan M

7/15/19 6:25pm

I'd agree with that.

displacedute

7/15/19 6:37pm

Full time jobs that are on the verge of automation

coug almighty

7/15/19 7:10pm

That's a different issue.

displacedute

7/15/19 8:53pm

So minimum wage for everyone with families.... How much do we pay college

coug almighty

7/15/19 6:38pm

replace *stress with abilities & skills

Ryan M

7/15/19 6:20pm

Every person said they had to forage for food in the garbage? She sounds crazy

BYUfan92

7/15/19 5:57pm

I agree that "every person" must be a wild exaggeration.

Homercles

7/16/19 7:58pm

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