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[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Whole story is problematic, as they play far too many tournaments...where everyone is technically "away"

As it states home court is less likely to effect the outcome comparatively to baseball and football which are played outside and on different services.

It was mostly about underdogs/favorites not home/away.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Ruth's Chris Cliffs:

Got hair did

Went to Ruth's

Ate bomb as steak

Steak even made two Guiness' taste better if you can believe that

Smoked

Home

I have never been to a steak house that was able to improve on the taste of a fine brew. WAY worth the $180 bucks. Mrs. Monkey even said it was better than Morton's! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

Wonder how this would compare to Flemings?

May have to check it out....

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

I see.
I only read the 1st couple pages...I am reading this article on labor rates/minimum wage now...turns out, I may have had something wrong...

I used to always be against the minimum wage increasing, but it seems as if there is a minimum wage "floor"...where prices do not decrease with less labor costs.

In basic economics it is taught that it is a bad thing as it eliminates jobs but in real life it is necessary due to inflation.

Yes profit in turn goes up as oppose to consumer costs.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

that post count thread gets deleted @ midnight on March 1, 2008

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Actually, inflation is a monetary phenomenon. It has nothing to do with increase/decrease in wages. (well, not directly)

I didnt mean to imply they were directly related. I meant with inflation going up it is necessary to make more money.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Are you saying if there was a guarentee of no inflation you would not want a raise?

Of course I would but a raise implies good service/experiance so that is moot in relation to the minimum wage.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Unless you go by the economics definition that dictates a raise of 2% yearly (or whatever) for inflation. Personally I have never gotten less than a 5% raise yearly. Otherwise I would seek new employment.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

Why would you?
Are you arguing if there were no inflation, there would be no reason for a minimum wage?

Depends on the scenario. The minimum wage wasnt put into effect until this previous century (at least in America), so I see no reason for us to have one under the barter system or back in the day. But with the dollar being where it is than yes it is necessary.

You know better than anyone that its not black and white.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

But thousands and thousands have lost their job this year, have been replaced with lower paid workers (ie circuit city)...
I have never heard of this economics definition.

The 2% raise implies 2% inflation...only maintians purchasing power...

That seems to imply the basis for wages increases is so the employee can maintain purchasing power.

And thousands more will continue to lose their jobs. But also take into effect how much smaller our workforce will be in 10-15 even 20 years from now. Outsourcing is not all bad as otherwise we wouldnt have the labor force to meet our needs.

That is exactly what it implies. And maybe economics definition isnt the correct term but its all I could come up with //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

But outsourcing leads to overpopulation. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

How? In excess it is bad without a doubt. But as the baby boomers retire there are a lot less gen x'ers and y'ers out there to take there place so it is a neccesary evil.

 

[pimpin buck 10+ year member]

I do not think raises are given to maintain purchasing power. I, for one, would never invest in a company that gave cost of living raises.

I agree totally. So what point were you trying to make about raises in relation to minimum wage? I may have missed it.