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Minimum wage threatens Germany’s fave pickles
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| 21 May 2015 14:32 CET
Posted on 05/21/2015 6:46:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:46:16 PM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:51:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(In a world where lies and propaganda masquerade freely as truth, communication is everything.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:56:16 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
To: Olog-hai; null and void
More than 200 years of tradition will come to an end if consumers dont carry on buying our gherkinsIt's called the market.
To: Olog-hai; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris
It can be so hard to open a pickle jar.
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:57:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: aposiopetic
I don’t think the gherkins were subsidized, but I could be wrong. The minimum wage is anti-market after all.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:02:02 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Fortunately, Soylent Green is still cheap to manufacture because the factories are fully automated and the raw materials are extremely cheap. Soylent Green prices should therefore remain stable in the face of even the most excessive minimum wage laws.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:03:22 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:05:21 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
To: aposiopetic
A government-imposed minimum wage increase is not “the market”.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:06:45 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: Olog-hai
Sure. But all risk is priced, and the pickle-maker is responsible for managing its own risks, including the risk that overbearing legislators will raise the minimum wage.
Consumer demand cannot be ignored. If consumers don't want to buy at the price the producer wants to charge, the producer can either lower its price, make something else instead, or throw in the towel. But the market speaks volumes.
To: aposiopetic
No it is not the market when the Govt decides what are the wages.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:08:16 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: Bob
I was speaking to the producer’s response to the government mandate. All risk is priced.
To: aposiopetic
There’s nothing market driven about this at all.
L
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:09:33 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: manc
I agree. All risk is priced. The producer has no choice about the government mandate. What it can do is set the price or enter a new market, or quit.
To: Lurker
I disagree. The firm wants to sell to households. The government imposes higher costs on the firm. The firm must decide whether to raise prices, produce a different product, or quit.
To: Olog-hai
A current 5 an hour minimum wage? That’s a surprise, I would have guessed that their MW was already higher than ours.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:12:17 PM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: Olog-hai
The farmers should just stop producing for one year, grow alternative crops and tell the socialists to stick it when the shortage hits them. FU socialists.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:13:05 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:13:53 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Is Ted Cruz himself as mean-spirited as the FR 'Click-it or Tick-it' Cruz Contingent?)
To: Gamecock
It’s all about the pressure. Take a spoon and gently pry under the lid until you hear a pop. That is the air rushing in and equalizing the pressure. Then the lid will easily turn.
To: Olog-hai
Imagine the price of Cornishons!!!
Gee this is a dilly of a pickle of a problem.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:16:53 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
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