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During gentle questioning under a ficus tree, he admitted that most days, he and his 66-year-old father worked for tips only.

That’s a problem?

Tell you what – I worked as a limousine driver and also worked as a valet at a casino. I can’t tell you how many times a customer from a wedding, bachelor party, bachelorette party, prom gig, or other, gave me a $150 tip or more.

That’s way more than I made hourly (even at minimum wage) working for the company.

On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips weren’t uncommon (though it didn’t happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.

That beats the S out of “minimum wage.”

Time to get the government out of private employment issues. That includes establishing a minimum wage. If they want to control egress and ingress WRT other nationalities, do it. Otherwise step back or cry in your beer when businesses flee to countries that don’t try to hamstring employers and have them do the federal government’s work on their behalf for free – particularly when they’re paying top-dollar for the “privilege.”

That’s how that’s going to work. Just watch.

8 posted on 03/21/2008 2:18:50 PM PDT by Who dat?
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To: Who dat?
On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips weren’t uncommon (though it didn’t happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.
Yea those car wash guys are knocking 'em dead with all those $500-$100-$150-$50 tips thrown at them...Isn't that what everyone tips at the Car wash?...Just like everyone at the casinos.
18 posted on 03/21/2008 8:58:07 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: Who dat?; wardaddy

Your Las Vegas life story is irrelevant.
If you read the article you’ll find they are supposed to be paid minimum wage under California law. This law was circumvented

Only question left— is the employer American or a legal Hispanic immigrant-——>>>>>

“Many of the business owners are legal immigrants from Asia and the Middle East. Kevin Kish, an attorney with Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a nonprofit agency that provides low-wage workers free legal help, said the new owners often brought from their homelands a cavalier attitude toward the law and a tendency to treat workers almost”


20 posted on 03/22/2008 1:12:58 AM PDT by dennisw (Never bet on a false prophet! <<<||>>> Never bet on Islam!)
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To: Who dat?
Time to get the government out of private employment issues. That includes establishing a minimum wage.

Just as soon as the government(ie taxpayer) gets out of the 'subsidizing' health care & educational benefits for illegal aliens.

21 posted on 03/22/2008 8:46:18 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Who dat?

Obviously people are more likely to be tossing around money like there is no tomorrow at a wedding or at a casino than at a car wash.


28 posted on 03/23/2008 9:49:04 AM PDT by wideminded
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