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2016-AUG-08; Op-Ed article Low Minimum Wage Means Taxes Subsidize Wealthy Corporations by Mark Bauer in the Star Telegram..
Special to the Star-Telegram.
The CEO of McDonalds got a 69 percent raise last year. Steve Easterbrook made $1.1 million base salary with a bonus up to $1.7 million. Even if you have never purchased a McDonalds product, your tax dollars are a portion of these increases going to Easterbrook and every other CEO in the service industry. I?m picking on McDonalds but, like all of the U.S. corporations, there is little pressure to pay a living wage to the service industry workers..
Right now, Americans are working full time, sometimes two or more jobs, and they are still falling below the poverty level. These full-time workers are eligible to receive food stamps, welfare checks and other community assistance..
My wife works for our local church and manages the benevolent fund. She is very good steward of the church?s money, and she is stringent about the rules and requirements for those requesting assistance from our church. She checks things out. After the need is verified, the money goes directly to the rental property or gas station ? she doesn?t just hand out cash. A common scenario is that a husband is sick and can?t work. But a new phenomenon is occurring more frequently ? adults in McDonald?s uniforms are crossing the street on their break and showing up at our church for help. .
The average ? not lowest ? hourly pay for an employee at McDonalds is $8.50. They are living in poverty. If they get sick, they can?t pay the rent. If their car breaks down, they can?t get to work. We know how it is supposed to work in a capitalist society: workers leave the low-paying job and move to a new employer that pays a higher wage. In the perfect capitalistic world, corporations compete among themselves by increasing pay to obtain these workers..
But the system is broken. Corporations are taking advantage of our decency and letting their workers live in ?tolerable? poverty due to the safety nets provided by our government and charitable institutions..
There?s another remedy other than raising the minimum wage: Allow workers to collectively bargain, through a union. Corporations have spent decades and millions of dollars to dismantle unions, using political influence including supporting anti-union politicians who approve more stringent anti-union state laws and appoint more conservative judges who have ruled against unions. These efforts have been very successful. Union membership has gone from 33 percent of workers to only 10 percent today in less than 50 years. Conservatives who whine for the ?good old days? rarely mention that is the time when unions were at their peak, creating a large and robust middle class through collective bargaining. Corporations have no incentive to raise the minimum wage without pressure from a union. And now they hope that no one will notice that our tax money and charitable giving is subsidizing their worker pay..
TCU economics professor John Harvey showed that the historical records prove that increasing the minimum wage has no serious lasting impact to the unemployment rate. Microsoft executive George Santino published recently that raising the minimum wage doesn?t really matter since employers would pass the cost on to the consumer. It is a better economy when consumers pay the true cost of goods rather than having products subsidized by taxes and charitable contributions. Americans are a decent people. Raise the minimum hourly pay and we?ll gladly pay the true cost of our neighbors? wages..
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Mark Bauer is president of the Northeast Tarrant Democrats..
www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voi...
"Towns Rush to Make Low-Carbon Transition"
More and more neighborhoods are making the transition to a climate-friendly community. Has yours?
by Tara Lohan, posted Dec 01, 2009
The coastal town of Lincoln City, Oregon, has a lot to lose if nothing is done about climate change. The town sits 11 feet above sea level, and unchecked climate change could erode its beaches or flood the town.
Residents are taking matters into their own hands. “We could ignore it, let the federal government deal with it,” Mayor Lori Hollingsworth says. “We’re not willing to do that.” Last year Lincoln City committed to becoming carbon neutral through renewable energy, energy efficiency, and offsets.
Article on scholarships provided by the Remington Outdoor Foundation to the National Archery in the Scholls Program (NASP). Article is a website article in Junior Shooters magazine at www.juniorshooters.net. Photos & graphics provided by the Remington Outdoor Foundation.
It's #NationalDayofReason—and we could all use a little reason these days. t.co/Yg75qDkd5b (via Twitter twitter.com/iqcomm1/status/992176992278728704)
티아라 은정이 29일 오전 서울 여의도 Kbs2 음악프로그램 '뮤직뱅크'(이하 뮤뱅) 리허설을 위해 방송국으로 들어서고 있다. 이날 '뮤뱅'에는 티아라를 비롯해 슈퍼주니어, 카라, 시크릿, 2pm, 틴탑, 왁스, 베스티, 써니힐, 방탄소년단, 네스티네스티, 라붐, 에이코어, 김종민, 스피카.S, exid, 로열 파이럿츠, 레드벨벳 등이 출연한다.
A newspaper 'Nostalgia' article about Wally Shimmin and the Karina.
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This article about a distant relative of mine has no date. I know nothing of the organisation mentioned and any clues would be welcome! New England is a district in the town of Peterborough, UK
I was asked by a wedding magazine called "A Grand Wedding" If they could write an article about my cookies. How could I say no. This magazine is published for the Jackson Hole Wy. and Teton Valley, Id area. What a honor to be sought out by them to be featured in their magazine!
“Elvis has left the building!” But he didn’t exit alone. This loveable, one-year-old cat was joined by Rutabaga (now nicknamed “Rudy”), his new sibling with whom he shares a special bond. Through Penn Vet’s Feline Renal Transplant Program, Rudy donated one of his kidneys in order to save Elvis’ life. It was one lick of a lily that set in motion Elvis’ roller coaster ride. For Valentine’s Day, Bob Armstrong bought a lovely bouquet of flowers for his wife, Paula. Among the beautiful blooms were a handful of lilies. What Bob and Paula didn’t know is that lilies are highly toxic to cats. After merely licking one of the lilies, Elvis fell ill. “Elvis was throwing up; he just wasn’t himself,” explained Bob. “We knew something was wrong when he didn’t want his nightly treat.” The Armstrongs brought Elvis to their local veterinarian in Glasgow, DE. Initially, he thought Elvis might have anobstruction, but an ultrasound ruled out that possibility. Upon discovering that the Armstrongs had a bouquet containing lilies in the house, he ordered blood work, which showed that Elvis’ kidney values were extremely elevated. When Elvis’ condition worsened, even after receiving fluids, he was sent to Penn Vet on February 27.
“While all of this was happening, I went online to learn more about lily toxicity in cats,” said Paula. “I did some research on dialysis and learned that very few veterinary hospitals offer dialysis for cats. When we saw that Penn Vet was listed, we brought Elvis right away.”
In fact, Penn Vet is the only veterinary hospital in the Philadelphia area offering hemodialysis, and one of only four established hemodialysis centers along the East Coast.
Putting an article in front of a publication’s title seems to be en vogue.
In German language, there are as many as three definite articles: the masculine form ‘der’, as in ‘Der Freitag’ [The Friday], the feminine one ‘die’, as in ‘Die Tageszeitung’ [The Daily News], and the neuter ‘das’, as in ‘Das Magazin’. Don’t ask why a day of the week is considered to be male.
We really should introduce a fourth form so that ‘Zitty Berlin’ can have a unique definite article, too.
The picture used to illustrate this article is one of my Flickr shots: www.flickr.com/photos/12915906@N00/396169640/
The full article is available online at: downtowner
my first article... mark this day 3rd of may, the day i will tell a crush that i have a crush on him.. and i will use my celebration excuse of my first article :D