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Ned Hamford

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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2011, 10:24:22 AM »
Quote from: brimic on June 16, 2011, 08:46:23 AM
cannibalism rawr!

Which will lower the supply of labor, causing wages to increase.  =D
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2011, 10:25:18 AM »
Quote from: Ned Hamford on June 16, 2011, 10:24:22 AM
Which will lower the supply of labor, causing wages to increase.  =D

EXCELLENT economic reasoning. Bravo!
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2011, 01:37:26 PM »
Eat your co-workers, get a pay raise.
I like it.
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2011, 01:14:31 AM »
I'll be nomming.
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2011, 01:54:03 AM »
Quote from: De Selby on June 16, 2011, 02:30:46 AM
What happens when the market wage for most jobs drops below that required to sustain decent nutrition?

Do we all stand around saying "free market!"? 

Hopefully, yes - with pitchforks - until we get one.
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2011, 10:19:10 AM »
Quote from: Tuco on June 17, 2011, 01:37:26 PM
Eat your co-workers, get a pay raise.
I like it.
 :cool:


I may try this......
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #31 on: June 18, 2011, 02:24:20 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on June 18, 2011, 10:19:10 AM

I may try this......

Don't forget the fava beans.  I hear that chianti might be nice, too...
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2011, 04:10:29 PM »
$9 per hour's not much even here. Menial labour pays $4-6 per hour, costs $6-8 per hour in Czech Republic. Considering everything in the US, save education, housing and healthcare is cheaper than here.. makes me wonder
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #33 on: June 18, 2011, 04:18:29 PM »
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$9 per hour's not much even here. Menial labour pays $4-6 per hour, costs $6-8 per hour in Czech Republic. Considering everything in the US, save education, housing and healthcare is cheaper than here.. makes me wonder

You can live on $9/hour, 40 hrs a week here in the US in most reasonable areas (i.e, not NYC or other cities with insane costs) Making about 18K a year before taxes. Careful budgeting and constantly seeking bargains is the key...you won't be driving a new car, have a new TV, have new electronics, or a bunch of other fashionable consumer goods (well, you won't if you are a responsible consumer) and you'll live in an OK (but not spectacular) place.

And many a time you can pick up a second part time job to supplement your income...



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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2011, 09:36:08 AM »
I don't get his live to work idea. My aim in life is to arrange things so I'll only need to work less than 40 hours a week to pay all the bills and save some.. preferably over the internet, so I'll be able to live in some remote mountain valley in central Slovakia.

I don't think anyone *needs* new and shiny stuff to live. Used stuff works fine, and is usually a bargain.. I mean, I got this bike..



second hand, for half the price, and it only had 1000 miles on it. That halved the price...

Fashion, to me, seems mainly as a way to profit on the weak-minded and gullible. Why should anyone let others dictate what to wear? Only a submissive, authority loving person can think that fashion is not something to revile..
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Re: Apple employee wants to start union
« Reply #35 on: June 20, 2011, 11:13:07 AM »
We used to fantasize about eliminating corporate VPs and splitting their salaries up like hyenas at a kill
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