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cstanleytech

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2. I have said it before the way to really get companies to improve wages is via the tax system
Reply to Calista241 (Original post)
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:06 PM
Jun 2017

and make it so the businesses are rewarded with lower taxes provided at least 90% of their their employees earn x% over the poverty level.

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Seattles Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far [View all] Calista241 Jun 2017 OP
we need to address obscene CEO compensation packages at the D.C. level John_Doe80004 Jun 2017 #1
I have said it before the way to really get companies to improve wages is via the tax system cstanleytech Jun 2017 #2
So the companies are spending LESS on wages than before? Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #3
Seattle's law does apply to small businesses. It applies to all businesses. n/t pnwmom Jun 2017 #4
Yikes. That's rough. But then...Seattle has a very high cost of living. So $15/hr isn't as much Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #11
When you hear an ad on the radio around here for, example, McDonalds, there's always a disclaimer AtheistCrusader Jun 2017 #6
May be good for cities to start estimating jobs to be lost to automation over net ten years delisen Jun 2017 #5
Not so fast- James48 Jun 2017 #7
The latest RW lie n2doc Jun 2017 #8
people paid about 25 cents a minute work more efficiently, they work harder to keep the good job. Sunlei Jun 2017 #9
The way to raise wages is to make it easier to unionize . demosincebirth Jun 2017 #10
Locking... DonViejo Jun 2017 #12
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