BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Here's a fun little article I found. It seems North Dakota may have found a solution




How One State Made the Minimum Wage Meaningless

Rob Port /@Watchdogorg/July 02, 2014/0 comments


During a visit to Williston, North Dakota, University of Michigan economist Mark Perry snapped this photo advertising entry-level jobs at Walmart starting at over $17 per hour.

DICKINSON, N.D.—As policymakers in Washington, D.C., debate raising the federal minimum wage, entry-level workers in North Dakota enjoy pay levels nearly twice the current federal minimum.

“Effectively, our minimum wage in town is $14 an hour,” claims Shawn Kessel, administrator for the City of Dickinson, a community in North Dakota’s booming oil fields.

Kessel isn’t basing his estimate on any official survey, but rather his own observations. He discusses wages with local business leaders and tracks the wages offered in job listings in his city. He’s convinced the number is accurate, and it is certainly in line with other data and observations in the state.

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Wages even for entry-level jobs are so high in North Dakota they sometimes go v***l.

Last month, a photo by University of Michigan economist Mark Perry of job listings at a Walmart in Williston showed cashiers commanding wages of more than $17 per hour.

North Dakota has led the nation in personal income growth in six of the past seven years.

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In March, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report showing North Dakota’s personal incomes have nearly doubled over the past decade, to more than $57,000 per year. That’s a 93 percent increase from 2003 when incomes in the state were $29,569 per capita.

More remarkable is that North Dakota’s booming incomes come at a time when income growth is slowing in the rest of the country.

Nationally, personal income growth slowed from 4.2 percent in 2012 to 2.6 percent in 2013, but North Dakota nearly tripled the national rate at 7.6 percent. The state also was double the second-ranked state, Utah, which saw 4 percent growth, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Loki Loc: Georgia

Most of this is fueled by oil on private land, that our fearless protectors in DC cannot legislate into the poorhouse. Which brings me to the Keystone. So it hasn't gone through; so what? The Federal Government could find a way to lose money on it where none previously existed. They could have the only ice water concession in the middle of the Mojave desert, and figure some way to make it unprofitable.

JetJock Loc: Texas

South Texas the same thing, the market place sets the wages not the gubberment.

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/01/why-harris-v-quinn-isnt-as-bad-for-workers-as-it-sounds/

South Dakota and North Dakota are both experiencing an economic boom with almost not unemployment and very high pay scales in relation to the rest of the country. South Dakota is doing with very low taxes and is attracting MN and WI manufacturing companies into relocating their.

Our gov and politicians know the t***h, they understand economics they simply aren't that stupid. So then the question becomes why, why do they insist on an ever larger expanding money toilet called the fed gov. Keeping economic, job growth and higher wages in the cellar.

Why Ms Pelosi why Mr Reed why Mr Obama WHY ?

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

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PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

Stupidity on the part of the 'entitlement' class of v**ers.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

They do seem to be the posterfolks of inefficiency and ineptitude.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

For the benefit of the Oligarchy and in the cause of a one-world government of course.

Kirk

This is so true. My family is from Williston North Dakota. They are experiencing a boom from oil production. Unfortunately along with the boom comes traffic, high rent etc. So the 17.00 per hour is required to live there. My family are farmers. Some of them have sold there properties and moved out taking advantage of the high priced property values. Some have oil lease agreements that pay pretty well. But some are business as usual dealing with the influx of people and higher prices in the city. Fortunately most of native farmers are self reliant people who just get to sit back and watch the madness. But this is a good example of how the free market does work and it does improve the economy.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Everything is a trade-off, but I'll take two steps forward for every one step back any day of the week. The only thing government is really good at is wasting gobs of money, and the more they're involved in any enterprise, the less likely it is to be efficient. I sure hope that Americans begin to reassert their personal sovereignty. Only through strong, independent citizens can this be a strong, independent nation. The social engineers are doing and evil thing disguised as charity and we need to do what we can to fight this trend.

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