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Memo to Mayor Pete: The minimum wage for entrepreneurs is zero dollars
The Hill ^ | 08/11/19 | Cliff Maloney

Posted on 08/11/2019 5:32:10 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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1 posted on 08/11/2019 5:32:10 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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BTTT


2 posted on 08/11/2019 5:38:43 PM PDT by nopardons
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Buttigieg quoted the Proverbs scripture, "Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their maker."

Here's one for ya, Petey...not exactly word for word, but you get the gist:

"He who sodomizes and perverts the state of Holy Matrimony, is going straight to hell...no passing go, no 200 bucks."

Ignorant damned pervert, actually thinking I or any sensible person would take any advice from a man that thinks sex with another man is okay in the eyes of God.

3 posted on 08/11/2019 5:48:02 PM PDT by Snake Skin Sonny
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What do you expect from a pinko commie fagh? I take great offense when the Lords words are blasphemed.


4 posted on 08/11/2019 5:55:48 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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I hate minimum wage legislation for a whole host of reasons, but first and foremost, I hate it because the politician who passes it gladhands himself, and tells the low wage voter what he is doing for him...

But, he in reality, is doing nothing. The poor shopkeeper has to, in short order, do one (or some combination) of the following:

He must try to get more out of his existing workforce.
He must run the risk of alienating his customer base by raising prices.
He must be willing to accept a lower rate of return on his investment.
He may say, to hell with even trying to run a business.
He must seek ways to automate, and thus replace human beings as employees.

No politician ever gives a shot about what an business owner has to do in response to minimum wage increase. They could (obviously) care less.

5 posted on 08/11/2019 6:19:48 PM PDT by fhayek
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Another thing missing from the minimum-wage debate is the skills that previously no or low-skilled workers get locked out.

When you get your first job, what are the first things you learn? You learn the proper uniform or dress attire. You learn how to be on-time. You learn customer-service skills.

6 posted on 08/11/2019 6:41:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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RATS aren't smart enough to understand the business model of a lemonade stand...
7 posted on 08/11/2019 6:49:41 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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Freaking gel Cher is a moron.


8 posted on 08/11/2019 7:03:38 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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ABC’s hit show "Shark Tank" is overflowing with stories of entrepreneurs who chose not to pay themselves a salary in the early days of their business lives.

The Left is pleased to call this behavior “greedy.” :)

9 posted on 08/11/2019 7:07:19 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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I am for the $15 minimum wage for the whole United States. The next step would be a $20 minimum wage for Mexico. I would follow that up with a $30 minimum wage for Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. Bernie Sanders would have to love the solution and couldn’t deny it. Very soon all of our illegals will go down south for the big money. We also have to take care of Venezuela let’s give them $50 minimum Wage.

So this fantasy voodoo economics would be loved by the liberals and we would get rid of all of our illegals. /s


10 posted on 08/11/2019 7:12:06 PM PDT by DazedVet (Self esteem cannot be taught in school but comes from actual achievement.)
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I own my own business, My Minimum Wage has been ZERO for 35 years. Expenses and Employee’s always come first


11 posted on 08/11/2019 7:53:05 PM PDT by eyeamok
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Actually it’s worse than that. Entrepreneurs net income is negative for awhile. It costs money to get a biz, any biz, going. I’ve been in the process for 5 months now and have spent close to $10,000. And I’m not done yet. About another $2500 to go. And I haven’t made a dime yet because we haven’t launched yet.


12 posted on 08/11/2019 8:11:10 PM PDT by sheana
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Well, Cliff the last time I tried a start-up my minimum wage was well below zero.

Space rent, tooling, machine purchase, software, fab rental, supplies, materials, business license, outside services and so much more.

I would have loved a zero salary, it would have bought enough time to turn fully functional prototypes into a final product. (And find a new customer, as ours quite literally died on us. *sigh*

13 posted on 08/11/2019 8:35:21 PM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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Or he can shrink the business so that he and his family can run it on any pay they feel like taking instead of hiring outsiders.


14 posted on 08/11/2019 9:34:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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To: Snake Skin Sonny

Trying to teach libs economics( even 5th grade economics) is like teaching my dog algebra


15 posted on 08/12/2019 12:45:51 AM PDT by genghis
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Forget “zero dollars” - entrepreneurs also have substantial negative dollars as an option....it’s up to them to make it profitable by, gasp, working really hard and long hours....


16 posted on 08/12/2019 3:50:35 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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He must run the risk of alienating his customer base by raising prices.

LOL. What if he runs a restaurant and ground beef goes up 100% (which it has over the last decade ) what does he do? Business people commoditize everything and labor is one of the costs of business.

17 posted on 08/12/2019 4:01:49 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Republicans are on the wrong side of the issue and history. They should be FOR a minimum wage increase and take the issues off the political table. Adjusted for inflation the 1969 $1.60/hr min wage would be almost $12.00/hr.

Why should he Republican Party kowtow to the 8,000,000 small business that hire min wage workers? This wage increase will "trickle" up and don't think the 100,000,000 W-2 employees earners don't know it.

We (Patriots) want the Republican Party to be an inclusive nationalist party and stop being a Libertarian experiential party.

18 posted on 08/12/2019 4:09:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Nobody gets locked out. The work still gets done.


19 posted on 08/12/2019 4:10:09 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Look at the chart below. There is no link between the unemployment rate and increases in the minimum wage ( adjusted for inflation ). None what so ever.


20 posted on 08/12/2019 4:16:04 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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