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GreyLadyBast's avatar

Tie the minimum wage to inflation and productivity, too

fifthdentist's avatar

It was the political philosophy of Eastasia in "Nineteen Eighty-Four."

resource NW's avatar

My local state rep wanted to do that here with a polytech institute. The big boy State school sat on it, and sort of smeared it all over the landscape. Turns out now ednumbers say we really need the new school. Math, it is hard.

rtpoeman's avatar

Did they drop him on his head?

Did he bounce?

Kamwick's avatar

He certainly had a problem in the 'regulation' department.

runfastandwin's avatar

I dunno, they can try, but the world simply can't function without middle management to blame all the fuckups by senior management on. Now if it was the senior management that could be replaced by software they could really save some money!

Freeze Peach 🍑's avatar

Thousands of units are held off the market in Los Angeles.....Over 46,000 units are held in a state of non-market vacancy—more than one for every unhoused person in Los Angeles.https://www.acceinstitute.o...

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Actually, they finesse this by asking for graduation/degree dates.

Lascauxcaveman's avatar

I knew he wouldn't last. Those comments of his were pretty arch.

Mehmeisterjr's avatar

This looks like an opportunity for me.

I am a sedentary old white guy who used to be able to carry a tune in a bucket.

The endorsement deal line forms on the right.

harryeagar's avatar

Gotta have assets to have wealth. A renter driving a beater probably couldn't raise $65 at a pawn shop. So 1. the folks who are the poorest aren't richer now; and 2. many of the ones a bit higher cannot access that gain in wealth.

I'm not saying it isn't a good thing, but it isn't 'real' and so the Democrats are better off not wading into those weeds.

EvilHRLady's avatar

Not necessarily. I was thinking about this last night. I'm not sure if our applicant tracking system asks for DOB but I know it asks for ethnicity right off the bat. We anonymize those for reports after the recruitment to ensure we have a diverse applicant pool. Regarding the graduation/degree dates-if you're applying for a position that requires a certain number of years of professional experience, that date is needed to make sure that experience has been met. Now, all our applications are screened by humans, not machines, so we are able to review applications more holistically and not cherry pick the data.