1 day ago by James E. Miller

In another welfare-state praising column, Nobel Laureate and vulgar Keynesian mudslinger Paul Krugman attempts to deduce the real downfall of American society. Forget the fact that Krugman c alled for the creation of the housing bubble in the early part of the decade which has since caused an incred ...

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1 day ago

The most fundamental changes this year include Extending unfair dismissal qualifying times to two years Proposal to introduce fees into the employment tribunal system, effect probable 2013 Tribunal procedure reform Limit on the amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal rises from£68,400 to £ ...

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1 day ago by Walter Brasch

Once, many years ago, in a land far away between two oceans, with fruited plains, amber waves of grain, and potholes on its highways, there lived a young man named Sam. Now, Sam was a bright young man who wanted to work and save money so he could go to school and become an electrician. But the only ...

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3 days ago by Dekker

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3 days ago by Under Cover

This is breaking news. A Florida senate committee in Tallahassee unveiled SPB 7021 on Tuesday, just two days ago. The proposal is to lower ...Florida's minimum wage for tipped workers — now $4.65 an hour — to the federal tipped minimum of $2.13 for companies that agree to guarantee... [[ This is a c ...

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4 days ago by Idiot/Savant

That's the only way to describe the government's 50 cent increase in the minimum wage. Yes, its higher than inflation (unlike last year) - but it shows that they have absolutely no commitment to reducing inequality or raising the living standards of those outside their small clique of rich pricks at ...

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4 days ago by quinersdiner

Imagine the huge impact on the U.S. if we could find jobs for teen age males and engage them productively before they get themselves into trouble. What a boon this would be for America. The beauty is that it doesn't require a government program. It simply requires more freedom, freedom to let each w ...

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4 days ago by jm

Here: When you set minimum wage levels higher than many inexperienced young people are worth, they don't get hired. It is not rocket science. Milton Friedman explained all this, half a century ago, in his popular little book for non-economists, "Capitalism and Freedom." So have many other people. If ...

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4 days ago by Jim Cardoza

Missing a basic understanding. Governor Mitt Romney's statement about not worrying about the poor has been treated as a gaffe in much of the media, and those in the Republican establishment who have been rushing toward endorsing his coronation as the GOP's nominee for president — with 90 percent of ...

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5 days ago by usna1957

The Greek economy shrunk 6% last year, and the creditors the EU, IMF, World Bank) are demanding even more pain from unions that are already rioting over the previous demands for their fat wages and pensions to be reduced. The latest demands of creditors is that the Greek minimum wage be reduced, and ...

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