tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post8166163421657677634..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Grand Game: San Francisco EditionMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-28047781096869226082011-12-13T10:51:31.185-05:002011-12-13T10:51:31.185-05:001.) What's a 34 year old doing working minimum...1.) What's a 34 year old doing working minimum wage jobs? If he got hit by the downturn and it's a temporary setback, that's one thing. If he just doesn't want to put the effort into holding a good job, that's a whole different ball of wax and doesn't get any sympathy from me.<br /><br />2.)This sounds like an econ 10 question: If housing prices are high, so you increase the wages of workers, will that raise, lower, or not change housing prices?Hasdrubalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-81900813711482938962011-12-13T08:22:48.874-05:002011-12-13T08:22:48.874-05:00"Karl Kramer... said a decent wage for a sing..."Karl Kramer... said a decent wage for a single adult without children in the city would be $15, and that doubles when you have at least one child ..." It's a complete disassociation between the value of what is given (the labor) and the value of what is received. Pop a rug rat; get more money. Well, I have needs too -- so all the (hated) employers of SF should send me checks. <br /><br />My capcha is "opiner" Really!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-67388217064696099262011-12-13T08:03:34.499-05:002011-12-13T08:03:34.499-05:00Lone Snark wins. Thanks for playing, everybody!Lone Snark wins. Thanks for playing, everybody!Mungowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-29573210096950212782011-12-12T23:55:50.908-05:002011-12-12T23:55:50.908-05:00If they really cared about their workers having a ...If they really cared about their workers having a living wage then they would lower the cost of living by lifting development restrictions. <br /><br />I call bull. Their goal is not to achieve living wages. It is to render the city uninhabitable for the poor.LoneSnarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445290394774025015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-13501548913476814832011-12-12T23:46:27.917-05:002011-12-12T23:46:27.917-05:00Candidate 1:
"The chamber of commerce is call...Candidate 1:<br />"The chamber of commerce is calling on the city to build in a 25 to 30 percent bid allowance for San Francisco companies."<br /><br />Translation: "Yeah, let's attack the symptom. That usually works. I'm an idiot"<br /><br />Candidate 2:<br />"the best studies on minimum wage indicate that the benefits outweigh the burdens placed on employers."<br /><br />Translation: "Yeah, they are the best studies because they confirm what I was taught at Berkeley. I'm an idiot."Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755394462975990835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-14126443490563852182011-12-12T23:25:59.424-05:002011-12-12T23:25:59.424-05:00There is no separate minimum for tipped employees?...There is no separate minimum for tipped employees? In a tourist location?<br /><br />Even the feds get that right.Mikehttp://www.whiterockkitchens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-34516825562063295052011-12-12T20:23:16.493-05:002011-12-12T20:23:16.493-05:00Is there a way we could "excommunicate" ...Is there a way we could "excommunicate" California from the US? Do they contribute anything of value to the country? What parasites!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com