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Born N Bled Red

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  1. Only male officers that can apply are ones that are 30+ and have no kids cuz they've been practicing missing the target for years.
  2. Eh... its easy to coach defense. I mean all you have to do is this.
  3. Uhm, because its different for everyone, depending on state, etc. This one is the national average. It's a pretty good well researched number. Unless you've found something better. I mean it might adjust the monthly cash flow by what a couple hundred maybe. That still wouldn't change the fact that a $15 an hour job puts an individual underwater and on the pathway to bankruptcy.
  4. A high schooler that drives for uber???
  5. Getting it back on a refund does not address monthly cash flow, nice try though.
  6. No one is making it on a single $15 an hour 40 hr/ week anywhere without a second job, government assistance, or lots of overtime. If you think they are, you're not seeing the whole picture. Don't know how much more I can break it down for you. So subsidies qualify as government assistance not???
  7. Its awesome you two both have great anecdotes about kids working that buck the national statistics on youth employment. What's more as I said earlier, a summer detasseling or pool job is not the same as regular year round part time employment.
  8. Thats awesome, what do they do?
  9. $15/ hr is $2,400 monthly assuming four 40 hr weeks. After tax, you're looking at $1,801 take home. https://smartasset.com/taxes/nebraska-paycheck-calculator#IT0Rc2fc7R Let's say they pay $500/ a month in rent. Which is about average in the little town of 800 I live in. So now, we have $1301. Let's add in a $200 car payment (on a high mileage vehicle requiring frequent repairs, $50 car insurance payment (liability only), and lets say they fill their gas tank once a week at $35 per pop ($140 monthly). Now we got $911 left. Utilities in this old small town house with terrible insulation run about 300/ month. Now down to $611. Individual health insurance premium $456 https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/individual-and-family/how-much-does-individual-health-insurance-cost. Now we are down to $155. Single line phone bill $60. Now down to $95 for the month for food, entertainment, medical bills, dental bills, eye care, unexpected vehicle, appliance breakdowns, retirement contributions etc. No one is making it on a single $15 an hour 40 hr/ week anywhere without a second job, government assistance, or lots of overtime. If you think they are, you're not seeing the whole picture. Don't know how much more I can break it down for you.
  10. On one 40hr/ week job, no overtime. And without government assistance. No.
  11. When was the last time you made $15/ hr?
  12. If you are taxed with using your vehicle for a job without compensation for mileage would you? Heck no. Would you stop at asking fuel to be provided? Nope. You would need to be reimbursed for wear and tear, maintence and upkeep and hopefully enough to set aside a little for the new car you will need sooner since you're utilizing the life of your vehicle for work. If you don't get all this your use of vehicle for company purposes is costing you. No different as an employee. A job should pay enough to provide fuel (food/shelter to rest) Healthcare (maintenance and upkeep) and a bit extra for retirementand quality of life (new vehicle). If the job doesn't do that then the employee is losing money utilizing their life, their youth, and and their health to provide for the employer.
  13. Do you though? Based on this statement you don't have any employees that deserve a raise because you've already been compensating them for exceeding their value. None that you would gladly pay more to keep of they walked in and asked for a raise, cuz in your mind they're already maxed out value/skill to compensation.
  14. Hey man, good for you! Better for the 18 year old working in your comic book store.
  15. If you're basing pay on market value, then you are not paying them based on the skill and value they add to your company, you're just paying them enough to keep them from taking that skill and value somewhere else. Skill and value suggests equity, the market rate is the opposite of equity.
  16. Where did you pull that number from?
  17. Man, wouldn't it be nice if the gagillionaires that employ your customers would pay them more so that they could afford your product at a higher price, thus allowing you to pay your employees better. That is what I'm getting at here, the entire pay scale across the nation has become so skewed towards the ultra wealthy that they have suppressed everyone's earnings. When the highest paid underling is paid a fraction more than the employee level right below them, then the owners can accumulate all they want without having to deal with the lowest level employees wanting a larger piece of the pie. Each level reinforces the lower payscale upon the level lower than themselves, while the ultra wealthy walk away with everything else. The employees fight over one slice of bread while the ultrawealthy take the whole rest of the loaf for themselves.
  18. Hey man, like I said--- I know there are good employers that treat their employees very well. I called out specifically the Wal-Mart's and Amazon's of the world, who rely on corporate welfare, shipping jobs overseas, pay such a wage that their employees require government assistance to make ends meet. If you don't fall into this category, it wasn't about you. 15 year terms are impressive in this day and age. Kudos again.
  19. Government unemployment isn't the reason jobs aren't getting filled in Nebraska.
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