Making the minimum wage a living wage

[L Gilbert]

Small bussiness has always been the backbone of community, the biggest enemy of community in general are the transnationals and thier supporters who centralize and concentrate rather than expand. All the lip service that's been paid to the small bussiness core has been just that small bissiness will never be helped by those who serve multinationals or elitism. I would vote for tax incentives and help of all kinds to support the small bussiness person, this would build employment at the grass roots community and regional levels where it serves the economy best. Small bussiness will never get a break from the rich, it just dosn't work that way. Take care of your community and it will take care of you.:wave:

Yup. Unfortunately, small business cannot afford to offer products at the same prices as the States' Walmart, Kmart, etc. and Canada's Zeller's, GCWCs, etc. There is no way small business can compete with those large chains in many areas of business.
Here on Nelson, for instance, the City has made parking in town ridiculously difficult (it doesn't help when they plow snow into the parking spaces either), they still allow left hand turns off and onto the downtown core streets so people have to wait a full light to move ahead one carlength; but that's where the bulk of the small businesses are. Down by the lake is the mall where there's tons of parking, Walmart, a supermarket, a half dozen small chain type stores, and nearby is one of those club type stores that carries a huge variety of stuff at bulk prices. Guess where most people shop?
Bear is dead right, the deck is stacked against small biz.

 

[L Gilbert]

That leaves things pretty open. Around the world may be in your cards.

Or at least around the country. BC still needs major help with getting farms to operate conscientiously and resposibly.

 

[L Gilbert]

I'm actually planning on going to the Armed forces after I graduate. Preferably RCAF. I think having some fish ponds would be good for retirement.

Pick your area carefully. For instance, I have a friend here who had about 4 or 5 ponds and he was constantly being raided by, herons, ospreys, eagles, etc. I think he's down to 2 ponds now or has maybe quit altogether. He's into small mining projects now.

 

[Tonington]

Mmm, site selection is everything, unfortuantely most people don't consider all those variables before they start. You can put nets up over the pond, but they always seem to find a way.

 

[L Gilbert]

Really! Do you think it is a good pratice to value employees with low wages? Don't you think these people budget already? Look at the success of chains like Value Village! But what do you do if you have a few kids, no mate, and you make around 8$ an hour, rent is well over 6-700..I mean, we have to understand that people deserve to be paid fairly for the work they do.

Small business can only pay so much or else they go under, too, though. Like perhaps a small biz can only afford to pay minwage because if it paid more, it would have to cut back somewhere else, perhaps in quality of product or variety of products, lay off an employee, or something.