[Vision2020] Sub-minimum wage

[g. crabtree]

posted 10/16/2007 @ 3:33 P.M.



"Mr. Arnold -

 

Let's quit dilly-dallying, ok?

 

No money involved.

 

The loser must refrain from posting to V2020 for thirty days

 

That's it.  Straight up.  Done deal.

 

Enough said.

 

Ready.

 

Set.

 

Start!"



Almost nine days! You did better then I thought you would. Now I'm sure that you're

 going to wiggle and squirm and try and make the claim that there's no insult 

in the post I'm responding to but really, we both know better don't we?



g

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: 'Donovan Arnold' ; 'Bev Bafus' ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:00 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sub-minimum wage


  Arnold stated:

   

  "I think . . . probably . . . "

   

  Wow!  Now, does anybody need any more certainty than that?

   

  And the wheels keep on turnin' . . . *squeak . . . squeak . . . squeak*

   

  Seeya round town, Moscow.

  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho

  "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

  - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 


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  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
  Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:08 PM
  To: Bev Bafus; vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sub-minimum wage

   

  I think waitresses probably do better than $3.35 an hour. If they didn't, they wouldn't stay doing the job, they could go work at Wal-Mart for $8-$10 an hour. And I think few people would be unable to qualify for Wal-mart work. 

   

  If you raise the mandatory wage for waitresses, food prices will rise, and then less people will afford to dine out creating less jobs in the industry. Wages, not food, is the highest cost of running most restaurants. 

   

  I do agree, people must be pretty hard up for work to work for that wage when so many other jobs that pay a greater amount are available to them. 

   

  I would concentrate more on safety and health conditions for workers, rather than mandatory wages. 

   

  Regardless, Bev, you are paying a portion of the waitresses wage, either in the cost of the food, or in the tip. The nice thing about the tips is that it will, over the course of the long run, weed out the waitresses that are rude or uncaring to their customers. How nice it would be to weed out some of those people when I visit other certain places.

   

  There are many people that make substandard wages, truck divers, cab drivers, hair-cutters, newspaper deliverers, painters, artists, actors, and even lawyers. If they are good, they will do well, if not, they will seek employment better suited for them. 

   

  Best,

   

  Donovan 



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