For any EU citizen I can recommend to sign the official petition to the European Commission — so that billionaires can finally contribute their fair share to society: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu
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Meanwhile CEO pay rose 1460% since 1978 https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/
The execs use those untaxed resources to lobby and keep things in their favor, and so the cycle continues
Math is objective use math
I still have people telling me that 15/hr is too generous.
People gotta start getting angry enough to organize with other angry people.
So it has been with all political carrots in the United States my entire adult life, regardless of who is in charge, which is why I don't believe in nations or electoralism anymore
This is the primary reason that inflation exists—so that business/corporations (the owner class) can steal more of your hard-earned money.
Uh, no, the primary reason inflation exists is so that there is an economy, lol.
If there was deflation, the 'optimal' thing to do with your extra cash would literally be to stuff it under a mattress.
Too much inflation is obviously bad, but deflation is also really bad. A tiny amount of inflation is optimal long-term.
I might need an ELIF on this, but why any type of -flation? Why not have a dollar today be equal in purchasing power to a dollar 40 years ago, or 40 years in the future?
Short answer is: to incentivize investment/entrepreneurship etc., which is good for the economy as a whole.
And yet a local Domino's Pizza around here is still offering the same $12 an hour rate and advertising a manager salary of $25k a year! Corporations never learn and people wonder why customer service is so crappy.
Huh, according to Indeed, the range for Domino's delivery drivers around me is $18-$25 an hour. How far over minimum wage is your $12?
Drivers heavily rely on tips. That is the estimated price range with tips. The base pay for Domino's drivers in my area is $10/hr.
They are likely including tips in that range.
I realize that, and mainly considered the bottom of the range as a result; $18 is still a far cry from $12, after all.
But on slow days, they are still only getting minimum wage ($7.25)... tips are part of the culture, but not guaranteed and can't be counted on for budgeting living expenses.
I can't speak for domino's, but when I worked at pizza hut as a driver they advertised a similar pay. The reality is I got $4 and change an hour on the road and my states minimum wage in store plus tips. The listed pay range was what they guess you'll make with tips.
Saw similiar shit here. "Delivery person needed!". And whne it comes to pay, it's sudden;y "up to xx/h". God forbit they pay you normally.
At least dominoes is still hiring their own drivers! Papa John's uses DoorDash, aka when the driver steals your food everyone points fingers at the other and the customer always loses.
It's NC, so it's bottom of the barrel what is legally required minimum wage. 7.25
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