Yup fair point.

Yup, that’s reasonable too.

But like, that makes it a lumpy salary and not a bonus if it’s an entitlement without a reasonable low floor. Are there union contracts that actually dictate it like that?

Setting aside for a moment the understandable and reasonable belief that owners will try to fuck labor, a mandated cost divorced from the broader company financial performance metrics, sounds like a way to ensure bankruptcy. Even without this tariff nonsense there are real and honest cases where costs can skyrocket and a company has to adjust and that really does can little to nothing for the bonus pool (or other labor cost) without incurring a lot of financial risk.

Again, not an argument against unions, 100% support organized labor, but at some point math is math.

Not sure what a union would have done in this case. The problem is near term cost of inputs vs long term contracts with fixed revenue.

I’m not saying it would be bad for this to kick them into forming a union, only that it wouldn’t have solved this problem unless the union had an education campaign to explain why excessive tariffs are bad.

This!!! I don’t actually expect our K thru 12 education system to inform the average people about macro-economic policy impacts. This is about being gullible, hearing what you want to hear, refusing to listen to opposing opinions with an open mind, and hero worship.

So if there’s anything to blame on our education system (and society culture at large) it’s a lack of critical thinking education and an excess of magical thinking education that emphasizes blind agreement with authority.

no no no, you gotta inject it, directly to the forehead!

Action complete. Two more Virginian’s have voted early.

Nothing more satisfying than pulling up to the front door, walked past a LOOOONG line of people waiting to vote “in-person early” to drop my mail-in ballot into a secured drop box at the polling location, then driving off to get some grocery shopping done before the Wegman’s gets too crowded :)

We will. tomorrow is the first day to drop off our mail-in-ballot in a box close to us (the “satellite locations” in VA) but we’re busy. We’ll get it done in the next few days.

haha yeah, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_pastry

Hmmm that doesn’t look like any Danish I’ve ever had 😁

That’s a valid point too. [shrug] so there’s just no predicting anything haha

100% this happening sooner than later is better for the women of GA.

But politically speaking, I fear this will motivate a republican surge this close to the election.

But again, in no way would I put the future politics of the situation above the lives that will be impacted right now by this decision.

Meh. That’s what I have a propane grill with side burner for. I converted to induction 2y ago after being a gas-only zealot for years. I’ll never leave induction now!

#truth

Fuck it. Ship them. They still aren’t worth $100k and don’t cost more than 100c. The grift is complete.

Not just the electronics one, but the chemistry one!!! Nfw you could buy one of those now. Surprised I didn’t blow up the house, burn my eyes out, or grow a third ear!

“O’Hare has said it isn’t the county’s job to make it easier for specific groups to vote.”

Yes👏 It👏 Fucking👏 Is👏

Exactly. I like and play sports a lot, I get my competition there. I didn’t need it in my games.

what about clearing out bot accounts? no sarcasm

When were they there before? Why did they leave? ETA on completion, maybe before June 2025? I’ll be there and would love for them to be complete by then.

I know right? I mean if they colluded to lower advertising prices through collective agreement that would be something. Especially if they had an internal forcing mechanism to ensure compliance.

But um, they set out voluntary guidelines they suggested everyone follow to protect each member’s own best interests, and decided to spend zero dollars to buy nothing, which is a far far cry from trying to spend zero dollars to buy something.

What an ultra-maroon.