Minimum wages
by bob/medhat 
, medicine hat, alberta, Sunday, October 02, 2016, 18:51 (3696 days ago)
Any reality to this Info?
Search mexico, it note that the info is as of january/16.
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by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Monday, October 03, 2016, 08:36 (3695 days ago) @ bob/medhat
Any reality to this Info?
Search mexico, it note that the info is as of january/16.
Not sure what your question is. The salario mínimo in México is 73.04 pesos per day after the 4.2% increase our overpaid federal legislators granted that took effect as of Jan. 1st of this year.
So yes, there's more reality to this info than most folks from north of the border can even begin to imagine. Just another layer of the onion skin that makes up México. It's one reason why so many workers seek temporary and seasonal work in the States.
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by bob/medhat , medicine hat, alberta, Sunday, October 09, 2016, 15:24 (3689 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Any reality to this Info?
Search mexico, it note that the info is as of january/16.
Not sure what your question is. The salario mínimo in México is 73.04 pesos per day after the 4.2% increase our overpaid federal legislators granted that took effect as of Jan. 1st of this year.So yes, there's more reality to this info than most folks from north of the border can even begin to imagine. Just another layer of the onion skin that makes up México. It's one reason why so many workers seek temporary and seasonal work in the States.
Increases in minimum wages sooner or later drive up the cost of products! Or do we expect the business owner to absorb the increased costs?
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Sunday, October 09, 2016, 19:42 (3689 days ago) @ bob/medhat
Increases in minimum wages sooner or later drive up the cost of products! Or do we expect the business owner to absorb the increased costs?
Sorry to see you fall for the false narrative. I suggest you read up on just how this is working in contrast to your statement in most other developed countries. The USA is impoverishing its own people just so fat cats can get fatter. Contrary to accepted conservative U.S. logic, rewarding greed is not good for the economy. Here in Mexico we have no such illusion. Our products are not cheaper for us even when our wages are low.
Increasing one's purchasing power means one will have more disposable income which in turn creates more demand for more goods and services. THAT'S how economies grow. Not by allowing folks to amass and horde huge fortunes.
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by midalake , Sunday, October 09, 2016, 19:48 (3689 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Increases in minimum wages sooner or later drive up the cost of products! Or do we expect the business owner to absorb the increased costs?
Sorry to see you fall for the false narrative. I suggest you read up on just how this is working in contrast to your statement in most other developed countries. The USA is impoverishing its own people just so fat cats can get fatter. Contrary to accepted conservative U.S. logic, rewarding greed is not good for the economy. Here in Mexico we have no such illusion. Our products are not cheaper for us even when our wages are low.Increasing one's purchasing power means one will have more disposable income which in turn creates more demand for more goods and services. THAT'S how economies grow. Not by allowing folks to amass and horde huge fortunes.
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by bob/medhat , medicine hat, alberta, Sunday, October 09, 2016, 22:10 (3689 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Increases in minimum wages sooner or later drive up the cost of products! Or do we expect the business owner to absorb the increased costs?
Sorry to see you fall for the false narrative. I suggest you read up on just how this is working in contrast to your statement in most other developed countries. The USA is impoverishing its own people just so fat cats can get fatter. Contrary to accepted conservative U.S. logic, rewarding greed is not good for the economy. Here in Mexico we have no such illusion. Our products are not cheaper for us even when our wages are low.Increasing one's purchasing power means one will have more disposable income which in turn creates more demand for more goods and services. THAT'S how economies grow. Not by allowing folks to amass and horde huge fortunes.
I suppose we will see,here in alberta as our pie in the sky new provincial government is moving to a $15.00 an hour min wage. Many business owners have stated that their increased cost will result in lay offs and costs being passed on to the consumer.
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by Mexalberta , Sunday, October 09, 2016, 23:34 (3689 days ago) @ bob/medhat
Some places are also going to ordering at the bar or counter and eliminating wait staff. Low income earners will end up with less
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It's already happened in the US, failed and not going to get any better. Fast food places are replacing order takers with do it yourself key pads. It takes your order and credit card payment, eliminating a $15 an hour job. And then to make matters worse, some workers have lost government subsidies because the $15 wages put them in too high of an income bracket to qualify. What ever happen to letting market condition control these things instead of big government trying to fix it. They continue to screw it up. You want higher pay, educate and better yourself.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Monday, October 10, 2016, 08:29 (3688 days ago) @ upnortnick
It's already happened in the US, failed and not going to get any better. Fast food places are replacing order takers with do it yourself key pads. It takes your order and credit card payment, eliminating a $15 an hour job. And then to make matters worse, some workers have lost government subsidies because the $15 wages put them in too high of an income bracket to qualify. What ever happen to letting market condition control these things instead of big government trying to fix it. They continue to screw it up. You want higher pay, educate and better yourself.
That is the typical attitude of the I-got-mine-and-screw-you crowd. Otherwise known as elitism.
So then you don't believe all those Wall Street financial institutions or GM and Chrysler should've been bailed out, right? Failed policies have placed higher education out of the reach of the majority of citizens, but screw those poor folks, right? Better they stay poor and stay on welfare, right? Lawmakers have enough things to do what with trying to raise money for campaigns, they shouldn't be burdened with legislating to create jobs or fix broken laws, right? You've had 8 wonderful years of a hands-off do-nothing "market forces" congress. You should be ecstatic that the USA has one of the highest child poverty rates of any so-called first world developed nation. How 'bout those "market forces"! All those parents must simply be lazy, right? Because we all know poverty is a lifestyle choice, right?
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by jbmass , Mass,.. N.H...Zih., Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 09:22 (3687 days ago) @ upnortnick
Are you trying to tell me they wouldn't do that anyway?
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by cd69 , Winnipeg,MB,Canada, Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 05:14 (3687 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
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by Mexalberta , Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:12 (3695 days ago) @ bob/medhat
We have many friends that work at hotels that earn about 6.50 cdn per day and that is a union wage
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Monday, October 03, 2016, 09:39 (3695 days ago) @ Mexalberta
We have many friends that work at hotels that earn about 6.50 cdn per day and that is a union wage
Usually about half their union wages go to the union. That's how their union bosses afford to live well, to travel luxuriously and to spend lavishly.
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Union is from the Latin word "lech" or in English, leach.
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Union is from the Latin word "lech" or in English, leach.
Lemme guess:
If you're from Canada, you voted Conservative.
If you're from the USA, you voted for Dubya.
You think the USA could have won the Vietnam war if the politicians hadn't tied the hands of the military.
You think climate change is a lefty hoax.
You believe All Lives Matter.
You think The Donald would be a refreshing change.
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by frostbite , Hamilton MT, Tuesday, October 04, 2016, 12:32 (3694 days ago) @ HolyMole
I've heard conservatives claim that "All Lives Matter" was progressive BS. Now I'm confused.
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by cd69 , Winnipeg,MB,Canada, Wednesday, October 05, 2016, 03:45 (3693 days ago) @ HolyMole
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by bob/medhat , medicine hat, alberta, Tuesday, October 04, 2016, 15:52 (3694 days ago) @ upnortnick
Union is from the Latin word "lech" or in English, leach.
Now why does that make Sense! Lol
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Union is from the Latin word "lech" or in English, leach.
Now why does that make Sense! Lol
Another poster just slightly to the right of Genghis Khan.
The irony, of course, is that the misguided OP clearly intended to equate unions with "leeches", not "leaches".
leach: verb
gerund or present participle: leaching
(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
"the nutrient is quickly leached away"
synonyms: drain, filter, percolate, seep, filtrate, strain
"the chemicals leach into our drinking water"
subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leaching process.
I'm sure the OP will still be able to find something nasty to say about unions that involves the word "leach".
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by bob/medhat , medicine hat, alberta, Thursday, October 06, 2016, 06:24 (3692 days ago) @ HolyMole
Union is from the Latin word "lech" or in English, leach.
Now why does that make Sense! Lol
Another poster just slightly to the right of Genghis Khan.The irony, of course, is that the misguided OP clearly intended to equate unions with "leeches", not "leaches".
leach: verb
gerund or present participle: leaching(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
"the nutrient is quickly leached away"
synonyms: drain, filter, percolate, seep, filtrate, strain
"the chemicals leach into our drinking water"
subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leaching process.I'm sure the OP will still be able to find something nasty to say about unions that involves the word "leach".
I think you hit the nail on the Head......"the nutrient (union members wages) is quickly leached, drained, filtered, strained, seeped away directly into the unions bank Accounts! 
