poor&unemployed

Should We Really Bail Out the Big Three Automakers with $73.20 Per Hour Labor?

Have you ever tried to get a job as a Gabage worker, Fire fighter or a cop? Unless you are 3rd generation worker in the industry, your chances are very very low.

Wake up and smell the coffee


On Nov 11 10:59 AM dealfinder500 wrote:

> That's a pretty naive statement.
>
> Most likely that guy doesn't get the $11 all to himself. It probably
> goes to the company, and he probably gets $10/hr or less.
>
> But in the unlikely event that the guy did own his own garbage company
> and drove the truck himself and was the only worker, that $11 has
> to cover the cost of maintenance on the truck, gas, a place to process
> the trash, and then unless he has his own landfill he'll have to
> pay for someplace to put it, not to mention he'd have to pay the
> full SS tax on his income.
>
> So your illustration really isn't comparable.