117th United States Congress: Insurrection 2021

[Uzor]

We should raise the minimum wage to what Sweden and Norway are.

Sweden don't have a statutory minimum wage at all, we're one of a few countries that don't. Norway's is 19,5 USD though I think, not sure, never looked into how the other Scandinavian countries do it. Almost everything in Sweden is unionized instead, and they work with companies to decide a minimum wage that should be applied for each individual sector. We also have collective bargaining agreements for people or companies not in a union.

9 out of 10 employee are covered by a union or the collective bargaining agreement, which gives the unions good leverage over companies when it comes to work benefits, salaries etc. Companies that don't fall in line tend to not find employees, at all. In fact, all 8 major political parties on each side of the spectrum in Sweden agree that minimum wage is not a good thing because it's less flexible and doesn't keep up with the changing times, circumstances etc. It's hard to find anything that everyone agrees on. Swedish politicians are actually extremely critical and worried about the proposed EU legislation that would force all member countries to pass minimum wage legislature.

One of the reasons Amazon never opened a warehouse in any of the Nordic countries is because our work benefits are too good and won't allow Amazon to abuse their employees. Or so the rumor goes anyway, no sure if it's true but makes sense, haha.

[Kaslo]

Sweden don't have a statutory minimum wage at all

that's the joke.gif

[Cail]

House passed the Covid relief bill

[Anoat]

So how is everyone gonna spend their $1400?

[Cantih]

Stick it into savings, try to weather how the rest of the year is gonna turn out.

[Day]

buying cheap plastic crap from china here

[kuronosan]

House passed the Covid relief bill

Won't it still be a couple of weeks before the bill is final?

[archibaldcrane]

Won't it still be a couple of weeks before the bill is final?

The Senate needs to pass it and Biden needs to sign it before March 14th to avoid a gap in unemployment benefits.

[Andalusian girls]

So how is everyone gonna spend their $1400?

new laptop + tires i think

[Tyrath]

3080 or 3080 TI if I can ever find one

[Roranora]

So how is everyone gonna spend their $1400?

housing and food

[Tymon]

Pay off some home improvement debt, probably save the excess.

[TsingTao]

3080 or 3080 TI if I can ever find one

Been trying for a month, no luck so far. Trying to not be desperate enough to overpay on Craigslist. :/

[NynJa]

No mention of hookers and blow, S-A-W-F-T

[Melena]

1400 back to the IRS, 1400 towards either debt or legal expenses as I now have the joy of suing my brother.

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[archibaldcrane]

I think Qal was asking - adult dependants are included in this round of checks, at least in the House bill.

https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/stat...666831876?s=19

[archibaldcrane]

$7k in checks and $10,200 in child allowance this year, not bad.

[Day]

i want my remaining 600 joe, trumps dont count smh

[archibaldcrane]

i want my remaining 600 joe, trumps dont count smh

If you knock up your wife tonight you can probably get in just under the gun for way more than $600!

[Andalusian girls]

how bout we give kids nothing and give adults twice as much