The Future Of Retail Jobs In Hilo

[Guest]

well walmart certainly has a couple useless employees that could be trimmed .. i just dont see them pulling their weight, even in the most simple task.

HomeDepo has the same.

[Guest]

Bawahah Glinda, i tried once and got sent on vacation ... Maybe i can just take my ball, cower and call u an FE since that is acceptable as an adult retort here.

[KeaauRich]

I'll stop using self-serve kiosks when the human check-out lanes provide better, more efficient, and more personal customer service than the self-serve scanners do.

[EightFingers]

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Originally posted by glinda

Perhaps the County should consider this report when passing new laws restricting vacation rentals, bottling plants, and the overconcerns of...

.... I suspect we are heading to universal basic income faster than most realize. And, yeah yeah yeah I know all those that think the answer is get off your ass and get a job will throw a sissy fit....
.....Maybe agriculture will come back into vogue. We sure have the land, and the labor, and the need.

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Just to make a point.....

[leilanidude]

Please list what someone earning less than minimum wage could purchase when they get their paycheck, after deductions. And transportation costs getting to and from work. Insurance and license for their transportation, food, work clothes. Etc...

Anything left? Anything for rent?
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At minimum wage in Hawaii, one would be getting a decent amount of EBT and very likely be getting subsidized rent. Add in the Earned Income Credit and they end up getting more back than they paid in.

However, there are very few places that actually pay minimum wage in Hawaii. It is supply and demand that sets the wage costs, not some arbitrary number made up by politicians to get poor folks to vote for them.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

EBT... likely... subsidized rent. Add in the Earned Income Credit...

So no minimum wage is OK because if a worker is paid less, they'll just get more government benefits so they can survive? Presumably until their wages are so low, we'll just give them universal basic income as glinda suggested?

Problem solved?

“Apparently this thing is such an emergency that it will immediately be followed by golf.” - Haw. Sen. Brian Schatz, 2/15/19

[kalakoa]

Now we can pay higher prices to support the new minimum wage while also paying higher taxes to support the benefits that subsidize those minimum wage workers. Sounds fair.

[terracore]

"Please list what someone earning less than minimum wage could purchase when they get their paycheck, after deductions. And transportation costs getting to and from work. Insurance and license for their transportation, food, work clothes. Etc..."

Easy: Kids in high school. The housewife looking for a few hours a week away from the home. A retiree. People need to get out of this mindset that every job needs to pay a living wage. I've worked for minimum wage and was happy to get it. My parents were putting the roof over my head, food on the table, and clothes on my back.

[knieft]

"Welcome to 1984. The age of automation and unemployment."

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Cheers,
Kirt

[glinda]

My parents were putting the roof over my head, food on the table, and clothes on my back.

Ah I see. So you suppose that is how it is for everyone else?