From $7.75 to $12 in 2 years is pretty damn good, that's a 55% increase. I have never gotten a 55% raise over two years. I agree that more is better, but this will make a massive difference.
The family farmers who raise the chickens for Purdue and Allen foods in Maryland are prospering--each full chicken house represents something like 80 grand to them. Chickens and feed are provided by the company, the only thing belonging to the farmer is the chicken shit, which they sell as fertilizer. These farmers are doing better than most of their neighbors, but they are polluting the hell out of the groundwater and the rivers with the concentration of high-nitrogen chicken manure.
I find that people who argue about fairness, when the status quo is obviously unfair, are actually more interested in doing nothing, than trying to actually come up with a definition for "fair."
"Current law provides a partial minimum wage exemption for farm laborers and employees, subjecting them only to 75% of the state minimum wage or the federal minimum wage, whichever is higher."
I suppose the difference is supposed to be made up through tips. But wait! Farm workers don't get tips. Even if they did the tips would be stolen by The Man.
You're missing that the farmer puts in the money for the capital, the structure, equipment along with the monthly expenses like utilities. That's a huge investment and the farmer is at the behest of the big corporations. In the early 90s when my dad was a grower, the structure alone was $100k. There's little security in those contracts and a farmer could get stuck with the mortgage and no cash flow.
In recent years, the contracts with farmers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland had the company, not the farmer, owning the building. In fact, Purdue was proud of "allowing" the farmers to own the manure (thus outsourcing their industrial pollution).
Fuel is the one that really pisses me off. I'm relatively ok with subsidizing food costs somewhere throughout the chain, so that poor people can eat, but I want us to tax the ever loving fuck out of gasoline - MrsBL's Prius routinely approaches a 70mpg average (yes, I know, not everyone can afford a new Prius, but there are plenty of inexpensive used cars that get 40+mpg), so the argument that gas taxes are onerous rings hollow with me.Getting a bunch of SUVs and pickup trucks off the road is just icing on the cake.Disclaimer: I drive a full-sized Mercedes sedan, but I still average over 25mpg, and if my (premium) gas cost twice what I'm paying now, I'd still drive it, because I can afford it.
What is different about police unions? I guess policemen need more defending because their actions are more public and they do more damage to the public. And the union leadership are aggressive guys who are anxious to hit back after not being able to hit back all the times they felt like it when they were in uniform. It's wrong tho. To hell with them. Let cities decide things-- why not? A nice mixture of citizens.
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The high price of cheap food. I'm for paying everyone fairly, and taxing the billionaires fairly as well.
Yes, that is why changes like these would raise the income of people like you.
From $7.75 to $12 in 2 years is pretty damn good, that's a 55% increase. I have never gotten a 55% raise over two years. I agree that more is better, but this will make a massive difference.
Ditto!
The family farmers who raise the chickens for Purdue and Allen foods in Maryland are prospering--each full chicken house represents something like 80 grand to them. Chickens and feed are provided by the company, the only thing belonging to the farmer is the chicken shit, which they sell as fertilizer. These farmers are doing better than most of their neighbors, but they are polluting the hell out of the groundwater and the rivers with the concentration of high-nitrogen chicken manure.
I'm not crying my eyes out for them.
Pedantically speaking, Wisconsin's neighbor to the south is Illinois, not Iowa. Iowa and Wisconsin kind of kiss corners.
Cost of living adjustment is the one I like best. People can relate to it. Even fair wage would lead people to argue about what is fair.
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I find that people who argue about fairness, when the status quo is obviously unfair, are actually more interested in doing nothing, than trying to actually come up with a definition for "fair."
"Current law provides a partial minimum wage exemption for farm laborers and employees, subjecting them only to 75% of the state minimum wage or the federal minimum wage, whichever is higher."
I suppose the difference is supposed to be made up through tips. But wait! Farm workers don't get tips. Even if they did the tips would be stolen by The Man.
You're missing that the farmer puts in the money for the capital, the structure, equipment along with the monthly expenses like utilities. That's a huge investment and the farmer is at the behest of the big corporations. In the early 90s when my dad was a grower, the structure alone was $100k. There's little security in those contracts and a farmer could get stuck with the mortgage and no cash flow.
In recent years, the contracts with farmers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland had the company, not the farmer, owning the building. In fact, Purdue was proud of "allowing" the farmers to own the manure (thus outsourcing their industrial pollution).
Fuel is the one that really pisses me off. I'm relatively ok with subsidizing food costs somewhere throughout the chain, so that poor people can eat, but I want us to tax the ever loving fuck out of gasoline - MrsBL's Prius routinely approaches a 70mpg average (yes, I know, not everyone can afford a new Prius, but there are plenty of inexpensive used cars that get 40+mpg), so the argument that gas taxes are onerous rings hollow with me.Getting a bunch of SUVs and pickup trucks off the road is just icing on the cake.Disclaimer: I drive a full-sized Mercedes sedan, but I still average over 25mpg, and if my (premium) gas cost twice what I'm paying now, I'd still drive it, because I can afford it.
I've been out of it for a few years, the rents left for Florida. And they were in western Virginia and with Tyson. So maybe different?
What is different about police unions? I guess policemen need more defending because their actions are more public and they do more damage to the public. And the union leadership are aggressive guys who are anxious to hit back after not being able to hit back all the times they felt like it when they were in uniform. It's wrong tho. To hell with them. Let cities decide things-- why not? A nice mixture of citizens.