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August 17, 2012 at 6:47 pm #604461
hooper1961Memberas a small employer the City now tells me how to provide benefits to my employees that is BS. in my case it is moot since i provide PTO; but it is very annoying for the government to tell a private business how to compensate other adults.
August 17, 2012 at 6:54 pm #767369
luckymom30ParticipantYep, it will law to provide benefits starting September 12th:
August 17, 2012 at 7:03 pm #767370
SmytheMemberBoo boo, if it’s such a problem you shouldn’t own a business. If not you shouldn’t be such a complainer.
August 17, 2012 at 7:07 pm #767371
hooper1961Membersmythe you miss the point – the government has no business in private party affairs. as an employer it is my interest to compensate my employees in a fair an equitable manner to keep them happy and productive. it is annoying when government tells me how to compensate my employees; and yes i do not support the minimum wage either!
August 17, 2012 at 7:18 pm #767372
SmytheMemberI don’t care about your politics. If this has any effect on you you are doing something wrong. If not you’re complaining about something that doesnt matter. Either way you’re wrong.
August 17, 2012 at 7:38 pm #767373
hooper1961Membersmythe you are the one who is in the wrong
August 17, 2012 at 7:51 pm #767374
SmytheMemberGood one, plenty to base your position on there. Just remember, those who are rabid about wanting government to go away such as yourself are usually the ones who rely on it the most.
August 17, 2012 at 7:54 pm #767375
hooper1961Memberi do not rely on government and it annoys me no end that so many people expect government to bail them out.
August 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm #767376
miwsParticipantSo, hoop, do you levitate the hoopmobile above Admiral Way, as you’re cruising along at a nice 40-50mph clip, so that you don’t actually use the road, thereby not relying on Government?
Mike
August 17, 2012 at 8:36 pm #767377
luckymom30ParticipantHooper1961- This law does apply to your small business, do your employees the justice they deserve. Also I sincerely hope that you verify their employment eligilibility status.
August 17, 2012 at 9:00 pm #767378
amaliaParticipantYeah, dang government! You can’t even hire 12-year-olds to work 20 hrs/day handling toxins for $.75/hr! Nanny State!!
August 17, 2012 at 10:16 pm #767379
JoBParticipantAugust 17, 2012 at 10:31 pm #767380
JanSParticipantand he’s against the minimum wage…why does that not surprise me? Probably what he pays his “employees”…let them eat cake…
August 18, 2012 at 12:00 am #767381
jwwsParticipantAugust 18, 2012 at 5:18 pm #767382
hooper1961Memberi pay one of my employees $15/hour and the other $17.25. they also accrue paid time off at the rate of 2.4 hours per 40 hours worked that far exceeds the nanny state mandate of 1 hour per 40 hours worked.
my issue is that the City has no business intruding on private business contracts.
August 18, 2012 at 5:53 pm #767383
brewParticipantI completely agree with you Hooper. This is one of the reasons why our jobs are overseas and businesses are reluctant to reinvest. The “give me give me”, “you didn’t build it”, and “you owe it all to government” attitude is downright disgusting. As we work our asses off to try to scratch out a living and put Americans to work, the government portrays us as the enemy. It’s almost as if government wants everybody to be public employees…
I am not sure of your type of business, but you may want to look at moving it outside the city limits, White Center or Burien for example. I know several, including myself, which have already done so or are considering it.
August 18, 2012 at 6:02 pm #767384
dobroParticipantBelieve it or not, you’ll find that there are laws and taxes and government in both White Center and Burien.
August 18, 2012 at 6:05 pm #767385
miwsParticipantAnd speed limits.
August 18, 2012 at 6:15 pm #767386
brewParticipantAnd no bike lanes and plastic bag bans!
August 18, 2012 at 6:26 pm #767387
JanSParticipantawww, FFS…that old “you didn’t build it” complaint, again? I suppose you’re against being licensed as a business, or paying any business taxes. You simply want to do what you want, when you want, no interference, no regulation. Let’s just do away with all laws as far as businesses are concerned. Or do we leave it up to you what regulations yu should honor? The quote above referred to infrastructure, not about you building your business. You all need to get over yourselves, and start telling the truth. Picking quotes, and then misrepresenting them is getting old…and we’re not that stupid.
August 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm #767388
dobroParticipantAugust 18, 2012 at 11:51 pm #767389
kootchmanMemberyea.. and the ones that shout “roads and bridges” forget who pays the taxes to build em’…. let’s see ya ride that money losing metro without those business taxes! Or the fuel taxes… we see where government knows so much about fair compensation… going broke doing it.
August 19, 2012 at 12:05 am #767390
Spring ChickenMemberWhat’s the name of your “business”, Hooper? How about you, Kootchman? Since you both seem so proud of your conservative principles, I’m sure you won’t mind a bit of free advertising! Then we can all admire your success! Real self-made men, raised by your own bootstraps!
Or is any of your BS ever true? lol…
August 19, 2012 at 5:30 am #767391
kootchmanMemberNope.. I don’t do retail. ..
August 19, 2012 at 2:37 pm #767392
SmytheMemberBased on the comments is this thread that have been deleted I doubt many of you would even be posting on this board if you knew how right wing the operators, who make a point of not editorializing in fear that you would notice, actually are.
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