https://freerepublic.com/tag/nopay/ en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:31:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376070/posts It's hard to say whether or not Trump is prepared to restart kinetic action against Iran, or continue his indefinite cease-fire...indefinitely. No doubt Trump likes it that way. While I hate that every time a security studies guy or gal talks about military action, they always quote Clausewitz or Sun Tzu, I have to say that Trump is the most Clausewitzian and Sun Tzu-style military leader we have had in a long while. By that I mean that Trump understands that war is an extension of politics, and that military success relies as much on deception as good tactics. I... Hotair https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376070/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:31:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392764/posts Sanders has propelled himself to the near-top of the Democrats' favorite list based on, among many things, his support for a "living wage." "The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage," the irascible senator proclaimed at a Capitol Hill rally last year, "and [it] must be raised to a living wage." That's a nice, and unrealistic, sentiment. But the problem is that Sanders doesn't think his own employees deserve that kind of pay. According to the Media Research Center, the Sanders campaign pays its interns only $12 an hour. That's a hefty sum for phone... americanthinker.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392764/posts#comment Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:00:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2894948/posts Citing a new survey by Citigroup, CNBC Reports All Work, No Pay for Some Small Business Owners. Here are some interesting highlights. Over the past few years, business owners report that they have, at one time or another, taken less profit (78 percent), worked more hours than usual (70 percent), and used their own money to help the business survive (69 percent).54 percent of respondents say they have gone without a paycheck in order to keep the business running.23 percent of owners have gone without pay for one year or more.More than one-third of owners (38 percent) said their employees... Townhall.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2894948/posts#comment Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:51:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809033/posts General Electric, one of the largest corporations in America, filed a whopping 57,000-page federal tax return earlier this year but didn't pay taxes on $14 billion in profits. The return, which was filed electronically, would have been 19 feet high if printed out and stacked. weekly standard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809033/posts#comment Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:28:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2602134/posts Tennessee house in ashes after homeowner 'forgot' to pay $75 fee Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee. Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat. "They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the family home. As it grew out of control, the... msnbc https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2602134/posts#comment Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:20:42 GMT