making a living wage.
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Comments (18)Hi Eva 55, Sorry you're missing our dad. My Dad left this dimension of life 27 years ago, but I seldom saw him for years prior to his passing, so missed him much less than my farmer brother, who usually saw him weekly. There was 28 years between our ages - so now I'm one year short of his age at death. Having lived in 22 locations during my 84 years, I've never owned a home. During the first part of my career, usually I'd lived in employer-owned housing. But ... realizing that when I retired, I'd have to provide my own housing, I made some investments from time to time. As they were on a fairly long-term time horizon, I made a substantial portion of them in various quality stocks, a number of which have enjoyed fairly steady growth, in both price of the stock and the annual dividend. One, which had grown from $4.17 per share, had grown to about $90.00, and I was about to contribute it to a charity, which would mean that I would have paid no income tax on half of the almost $86.00 of capital gain ... but it was in certificate form, so it would have taken some time to verify its legitimacy., so it didn't get used. Transferred some shares that were held electronically at the stockbroker's office to the agency that serves the charity, instead. I'll have them send most of it to a couple of dozen agencies which I support. One local hospital has some donors willing to match gifts received for the next month or so. Some other agencies have matching supporters, as well so one's support is magnified. Some of the gift is money diverted from income tax - I figure that most of the charities make good use of the money. ole joyful...See MoreWhat IS it about Walmart?
Comments (75)My son works in a small chain grocery store stocking shelves at night, part time. He's definitely not making a living wage, and the "insurance" is a joke. We told him to decline the "insurance" and we put him back on ours via COBRA. It's a hefty chunk of change for us, but he needs good coverage due to eye issues and there's no way he could afford good coverage on his own, given his hours & wages. Frankly, I'd rather he work at Walmart -- better opportunity for advancement, a chance to learn corporate organization & managerial skills. eta: Not sure what the big controversy is here. If you don't like Walmart's policies or their merchandise and if you can afford to shop elsewhere, then there are other options. If you go that route, that's great. But for those who need to watch every penny and find the merchandise satisfactory, it's good there are Walmarts. We're fortunate to have variety and choices in this country. This post was edited by awm03 on Sat, Jul 13, 13 at 20:29...See MoreFrustrated with Remodeling/Addition costs
Comments (136)dan - you're the one being illogical now. your foundation being screwed up is quite high if you hire the grunts to do your weekend work. El Jefe is the one who knows how to use the transit, order the the correct sized rebar, locate the sill bolts correctly, square the thing to the existing house, determine if your soil is sound , epoxy that rebar into the old foundation, ect.... Your cut rate crew isn't going yo do all that stuff or do it properly without expert supervision. And you honestly think you can research and YouTube your way to a recipe and checklist that will allow for success ? Sure , you can with enough time and effort , but you vastly underestimate how long that is going to take and there it's hard to quantify the risk you assume with this scenario. Multiply that by 17 different disciplines on a build and you'll be in the years timeframe, which you spouse isn't likely to tolerate . What'd you leave off of your checklist cause you couldn't find it online. Whats your profession ? How long did it take you to become educated and seasoned enough to be considered worthy of hiring by discerning clients? - or - did you take an internet course or online degree at flybynitedotcom U and watch a bunch of YouTube programming , and faked it til you maked it ? And why should anyone even hire you today if you attended the Ivy league, and apprenticed at top drawer inc. ? I mean, 75% or more of your industry works for less $$$ , and I bet I can have amazon deliver a book on your field to me today from which I could skim the basics this evening and have a go at it for free tomorrow. Just about everyone can do every job for themselves, I could cut my own hair, cook my own gourmet meals, drive myself cross country, and grow/raise my own food. But I chose to go to a salon, eat out at five star food halls, fly on a plane , and shop at grocery stores when I "could" source all of this CHEAPER than the cash flow I burn through obtaining this stuff from others. Why ? Because stuff is generally better and more efficient when provided by people and places who specialize in doing it everyday . Like I said, possible. Just not practical for most people. You also seem to heavily discount the risk this path exposes to most people's largest asset. I do appreciate your everything is possible and it'll all turn out fine and dandy attitude though. Reminds me of all the shills on the remodeling porn shows who are full of energy, and get it spirit . Ever wonder why there's never a follow up show for any of those projects ? Cause 99.9% of all that stuff is crap and needs to be re done in less than five years and you never get close enough to see the wavy tile planes, paint bleed through, crooked lines, and caddy whomped doors that don't close . Any of that happens on a GWers job and there a three threads about why is my shower leaking, would you accept this granite seam, and help , my new jetsons toilet is leaking to which the usual suspects reply that no, it sucks and you hired a hack....See MoreLiving wage growing pains
Comments (25)Businesses face a real conundrum. They don't want to commit to pay the help more or be forced to provide benefits (increase their fixed expenses) but they all need the help to have buying power beyond basic living needs (landlord, groceries, utilities and health insurance) or nearly all of the businesses will close down. In my area when the current commercial property leases are up (lease = fixed expense) the properties are going vacant and the person who is really taking the hit is the landlord. But business vacancy is part of a cycle. I think that the reason that California continues to limp along with a large economy is the fact that we have earthquakes. After earthquakes people absolutely have to spend money to fix things and that puts money that's been tied up in savings back into the economy-at least for a while. The fix it cycle is followed by a longer but slower cycle of keeping up with the Joneses-as people repair their properties, their undamaged neighbors decide that they want to make some changes too. I suspect the same thing may be true in some of the other natural disaster prone states except that some of those disasters are so emotionally devastating (Katrina) that people elect to move instead (often to the Pacific Coast and take their chances with the earthquakes)....See Morejcatblum
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