Most entry level positions pay $10. Or more out of competition already. Even McDonald's averages well over minimum wage.
I firmly believe government has zero place in wage mandates of private business. I agree with most safety mandates, building codes, but most regulation and mandates are originated by i***ts completely unfamiliar with the businesses they write regulations and mandates for. More often than not negative consequences are derived from government interference.
Raising min wage has diminishing returns when factoring in price increases for goods and services passed on to the min wage earner, returning the min wage earners back to where they started.
As for the links, copy and paste into the url. You state opinion, ok fair enough in part, however until a few weeks ago the Seattle metro was my home and the stair step min wage is (IS) A biz K**ler, with fallout reaching supportive businesses, drivers, warehouses, ad agencies, suppliers, construction, and on goes the list of a genuine bomb! A testament is the Seattle times new paper help wanted section. In 2007 the help wanted section comprised a dozen ++ full pages, 2012 it was down to two plus pages....now a quarter page and that would be the Sunday paper, the weekly even less. Most of the employment offered in the Seattle times offerings, are not even in Seattle but rather neighboring cities, which at times increases the size of the help wanted section.
Employer's have cut back total number of employees due to wage hikes, and in part ACA, while other businesses closed due to manageable yet narrow profit margins, other business have projected closure dates sequenced with the min wage stairstep increases.
I would not argue a needed solution, and the knee Jeri response to wage increases but it doesn't math out in most small private businesses. A better solution would be obama having a heart attack along with most of congress and the Senate. Repealing NAFTA, reorganizing corporate tax code encouraging a rebirth in domestic manufacturing and new business startup, repealing 3/4 of ridiculous regulations for a start.

Most entry level positions pay $10. Or more out of competition already. Even McDonald's averages well over minimum wage.
I firmly believe government has zero place in wage mandates of private business. I agree with most safety mandates, building codes, but most regulation and mandates are originated by i***ts completely unfamiliar with the businesses they write regulations and mandates for. More often than not negative consequences are derived from government interference.
Raising min wage has diminishing returns when factoring in price increases for goods and services passed on to the min wage earner, returning the min wage earners back to where they started.
As for the links, copy and paste into the url. You state opinion, ok fair enough in part, however until a few weeks ago the Seattle metro was my home and the stair step min wage is (IS) A biz K**ler, with fallout reaching supportive businesses, drivers, warehouses, ad agencies, suppliers, construction, and on goes the list of a genuine bomb! A testament is the Seattle times new paper help wanted section. In 2007 the help wanted section comprised a dozen ++ full pages, 2012 it was down to two plus pages....now a quarter page and that would be the Sunday paper, the weekly even less. Most of the employment offered in the Seattle times offerings, are not even in Seattle but rather neighboring cities, which at times increases the size of the help wanted section.
Employer's have cut back total number of employees due to wage hikes, and in part ACA, while other businesses closed due to manageable yet narrow profit margins, other business have projected closure dates sequenced with the min wage stairstep increases.
I would not argue a needed solution, and the knee Jeri response to wage increases but it doesn't math out in most small private businesses. A better solution would be obama having a heart attack along with most of congress and the Senate. Repealing NAFTA, reorganizing corporate tax code encouraging a rebirth in domestic manufacturing and new business startup, repealing 3/4 of ridiculous regulations for a start.

Not working so well in Seattle.

https://shiftwa.org/more-seattle-restaurants-close-doors-as-15-minimum-wage-approaches/

http://www.businessinsider.com/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour-would-hurt-millions-of-vulnerable-people-2015-4

https://cei.org/blog/seattle-minimum-wage-hike-already-hurting-businesses

What would the government use to back currency, in the event the reserve was shut down? I had read the amount of gold required to back the U.S. debt does not exist, even if combined with all the world's reserves. Would this not leave us still with fiat currency, no different than me printing money in my basement and claiming, it's good because I say it is?

I will need to read up more, his latest report of the poles shifting is alarming. I stand cautious of any one that date sets . Mathew 24:26 no man knows the day or the hour. We can guess at best, but I draw red f**gs of date setters. Again I know little of this author.

Somewhere in here the value of the dollar comes into play.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't the government earn it's income selling land?? (Which would now be the state's , disolve the B*M. Did not the churches take care of the truly needy?
In a nuclear world, and nasa, noaa, taxes are required, yet if taxed for what is required, I believe the flat tax on goods and service's would be less than a percent.
Another problem is the world learned really fast that a fiat system buys power and then there is that international trade thing, and businesses abroad, with America no longer producing much of anything. I'm fairly certain that what you speak of would collapse the world economy, even though I agree with you in principle. I believe we are on course for what has been prophesied in the good book. However...by some miracle the morale and social direction return to our nation, God would once again bless us. Unfortunately the heart of man wants evil, just look at the two time obama v**er's, and the now hillary supporters.

It's not denying, it's c*****e c****e as recorded over our Earth's history. False data to fulfilled an agenda is horrific! !!
You have been on a dozen or more c*****e c****e boards and in the face of evidence, millions will ignore holding on to false science as strong as any cultic religious beliefs.
I'm sure we agree there is only one true scientific explanation, and as we follow this investigation the t***h will reveal itself. But for millions the T***h will be disregarded, holding onto false beliefs.

It's not denying, it's c*****e c****e as recorded over our Earth's history. False data to fulfilled an agenda is horrific! !!
You have been on a dozen or more c*****e c****e boards and in the face of evidence, millions will ignore holding on to false science as strong as any cultic religious beliefs.
I'm sure we agree there is only one true scientific explanation, and as we follow this investigation the t***h will reveal itself. But for millions the T***h will be disregarded, holding onto false beliefs.

I believe we will discover NOAA was directed by the current administration to falsify numbers. That is if a gag order on the investigations results is not ordered.

Your correct in your explanation. There is a reason obama sent nearly 3.5 trillion dollars of QE to Wallstreet instead of mainstreet! . Our fiat currency with the nation's turning from the petro dollar has out lived it's time. Over thirty five nations have now signed up with china's national bank, replacing treasure notes. It's game over for the dollar

This is exactly what I believe! Only two nations in the world's history were founded on God. I believe that Israel and the United States are under the precepts of God and as Israel, the United States has been blessed and not exempt from God's judgements. One of the reasons the United States is not a player in end times, the other reason may well be of nuclear demise once economics have fallen.

 

11 Signs That We Are Entering the Next Phase of the Global Economic Crisis - By Michael Snyder - http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-signs-that-we-are-entering-the-next-phase-of-the-global-economic-crisis

 

 

Well, the Nasdaq finally did it.  It has climbed all the way back to where it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble.  Back in March 2000, the Nasdaq set an all-time record high of 5,048.62.  On Thursday, after all these years, that all-time record was finally eclipsed.  The Nasdaq closed at 5056.06, and Wall Street greatly rejoiced.  So if you invested in the Nasdaq at the peak of the dotcom bubble, you are just finally breaking even 15 years later.  Unfortunately, the t***h is that stocks have not been soaring because the U.S. economy is fundamentally strong.  Just like the last two times, what we are witnessing is an irrational financial bubble.  Sometimes these irrational bubbles can last for a surprisingly long time, but in the end they always burst.  And even now there are signs of economic trouble bubbling to the surface all around us.  The following are 11 signs that we are entering the next phase of the global economic crisis...

 

#1 It is being projected that half of all fracking companies in the United States will be "dead or sold" by the end of this year.

 

#2 The rig count just continues to fall as the U.S. oil industry implodes.  Incredibly, the number of rigs in operation in the United States has fallen for 19 weeks in a row.

 

#3 McDonald's has announced that it will be closing 700 "poor performing" restaurants in 2015.  Why would McDonald's be doing this if the economy was actually getting better?

 

#4 As I wrote about the other day, we could be right on the verge of a Greek debt default.  In fact, we learned on Thursday that the Greek government has been "running on empty" for months...

 

Greece warned it will go bankrupt next week after failing to stump up enough cash to pay millions of public sector workers and its international debts.

 

Deputy finance minister Dimitras Mardas set alarm bells ringing yesterday when he declared the country had been 'running on empty' since February.

 

With a debt repayment deadline looming on May 1, Greece faces the deeply damaging prospect of having to snub its own employees to make a €200m payment to the International Monetary Fund.

 

#5 Coal accounts for approximately 40 percent of all electrical generation on the entire planet.  When the price of coal starts to drop, that is a sign that economic activity is slowing down.  Just prior to the last financial crisis in 2008, the price of coal shot up dramatically and then crashed really hard.  Well, guess what?  The price of coal has been crashing again, and it is already lower than it was at any point during the last recession.

 

#6 The price of iron ore has been crashing as well.  It is down 35 percent in the last nine months, and David Stockman believes that this is because of a major deflationary crisis that is brewing in China...

 

There is no better measure of the true contraction underway in China than the price of iron ore. The Wall Street stock peddlers will tell you not to be troubled by the 70% plunge from the 2012 highs and the 35% drop just in the last nine months. According to them, its all the fault of the big global miners who went overboard opening up massive new iron ore pits and mining infrastructure.

 

#7 At this point, China accounts for more total global trade than anyone else in the world.  That is why it is so alarming that Chinese imports and exports are both absolutely collapsing...

 

China's monthly trade data shows exports fell in March from a year ago by 14.6% in yuan terms, compared to expectations for a rise of more than 8%.

 

Imports meanwhile fell 12.3% in yuan terms compared to forecasts for a fall of more than 11%.

 

#8 The number of publicly traded companies in the United States that filed for bankruptcy during the first quarter of 2015 was more than double the number that filed for bankruptcy during the first quarter of 2014.

 

#9 New home sales in the United States just declined at their fastest pace in almost two years.

 

#10 U.S. manufacturing data has been shockingly weak lately...

 

On the heels of weak PMIs from Europe and Asia, Markit's US Manufacturing PMI plunged to 54.2 in April (from 55.7). Against expectations of a rise to 55.6, this is the biggest miss on record. Of course, this is 'post-weather' so talking-heads will need to find another excuse as New Orders declined for the first time since Nov 2014.

 

#11 When priced according to "the average blue-collar hourly wage", U.S. stocks are the most expensive that they have ever been in history right now.  To say that this financial bubble is overdue to burst is a massive understatement.

 

For a long time, I have been pointing to 2015 as a major "turning point" for the global financial system, and I still feel that way.

 

But for the first four months of this year, things have been surprisingly quiet - at least on the surface.

 

So what is going on?

 

Well, I believe that what we are experiencing right now is the proverbial "calm before the storm".  There is all sorts of turmoil brewing just beneath the surface, but for the moment things seem like they are running along just fine to most people.  Unfortunately, this period of quiet is not going to last much longer.

 

And those that are "in the know" are already moving their money in anticipation of what is coming.  For example, consider the words of  Snapchat founder and CEO Evan Spiegel...

 

Fed has created a******l market conditions by printing money and keeping interest rates low. Investors are looking for growth anywhere they can find it and tech companies are good targets - at these values, however, all tech stocks are expensive - even looking at 5+ years of revenue growth down the road. This means that most value-driven investors have left the market and the remaining 5-10%+ increase in market value will be driven by momentum investors. At some point there won't be any momentum investors left buying at higher prices, and the market begins to tumble. May be 10-20% correction or something more significant, especially in tech stocks.

 

It may not happen next week, or even next month, but big financial trouble is coming.

 

And when it finally arrives, it is going to shock the world, even though anyone with any sense can see the coming crisis approaching from a mile away.

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Learn bible prophecies, Jesus is soon coming in the clouds, calling his saints home, the beginning of Jacob's troubles! !!
Repent and call on the Lord for forgiveness of sins.

"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On!" - A.V. Rauf - http://bibleprophecyfortoday.com/2015/04/25/whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on/

Ecclesiastes 1:9-The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

 Ecclesiastes 3:15-That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, 2015k*****g hundreds of people, destroying homes and ancient temples, and reportedly triggering at least one avalanche on Mount Everest.

 Current estimates as of Saturday evening is now at 1400 fatalities.

In addition to the above mentioned quake in Nepal, the following has occurred within the last 24 hours alone:

 
*6.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kaikoura, New Zealand

*5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Ferndale, California

*5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Atka, Alaska

*5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Buldir Island, Alaska

*5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Panguna, Papua New Guinea

*5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Molibagu, Indonesia

*5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Makubetsu, Japan

*N. Idaho shaken by two 4-plus magnitude quakes.

*Chile's Calbuco volcano erupts for first time in 4 decades.

*Colima volcano in Mexico erupts to 17,000 feet

*Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupts to 16,000 feet

*Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 13,000 feet

*Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 12,000 feet


Scientists warned last month that California, a state highly prone to tremors, had a 7 percent chance of experiencing an earthquake of magnitude 8 or larger over the next three decades. A series of minor tremors have hit Connecticut since October last year, a region were earthquakes are rarely felt. As a matter of fact,, in recent months, earthquakes of various intensity have struck in Texas, Idaho, California, and Nevada. Here in the United States, people are closely watching the supervolcano that sits under Yellowstone national park. In recent years the ground in Yellowstone has been rising, and many observers are gravely concerned that we very well may be witnessing the lead up to a full-blown eruption.

Why are earthquakes and volcanic activity on the rise? The Bible speaks of "earthquakes in various places" at the end of the age.

During the 20th century, there were a total of 3,542 volcanic eruptions globally. That equates to approximately 35 eruptions per year. That may sound like a lot, but according to Volcano Discovery, currently  there are 36 volcanoes erupting around the world RIGHT NOW and we are only 4 months into the year 2015!

All over the planet, volcanoes that have long been dormant are beginning to wake up, and scientists are being baffled by this phenomenon.  And right now, some of the biggest volcanoes in the world are starting to wake up.

I believe that the Early Church and the Church in the last days will have many characteristics in common. In Matthew 24, Jesus stated the Gospel of the Kingdom would be preached unto all nations as a witness just like the Apostles took the Gospel throughout the known world which in that time was mainly the Roman Empire in constituency. There was an uptick in seismic and volcanic activity and this same phenomenon will be recapitulated prior to return of the LORD.

Timing is everything. That being said, I am convinced that is this is all in conjunction with the nearness of the Return of the LORD and a prelude to the coming SEAL/TRUMPET/BOWL judgments as listed in the Book of Revelation.

In addition, in Matthew 24, Christ told His disciples of the signs that would precede His Second Coming. In verse 7, He stated, "and there shall be...earthquakes, in diverse places."

This meant earthquakes would take place in various places-scattered throughout the world-and would increase in frequency as the time of His Return drew near. Let me also add that not only can the earth tremble and quake at God's presence, but volcanoes erupt as well:

Nahum 1:5-The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

 Had earthquakes been as prolific throughout history as they are today, then they would not indicate that the end of the age was near. They are much more common now than at any other time in the history of the world.

 An earthquake played a prominent role at Jesus' Crucifixion:

Matthew 27:50-54-Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

 In similar fashion yet another earthquake took place at the resurrection of Jesus Christ 3 days later:

 Matthew 28:1-6-In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

I wonder if the Rapture of the church will be accompanied by what pretty much amounts to be a series of global earthquakes as the "dead in Christ," many of whom are underground buried, will rise first. Interesting speculation Indeed!!!!

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17-For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

 Interestingly enough, a major earthquake will accompany the very return of the Lord Jesus Christ at His Second Coming:

 Zechariah 14:4-9--Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. 8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

The book of Revelation foretells five specific powerful earthquakes preceding and surrounding Christ's Return. Each is unique, and occurs at a particular juncture of God's final prophetic timeline.

In the Old Testament, many of God's prophets spoke about these earthquakes, especially the final, greatest one preceding Christ's Return.

Isaiah 13:13: "I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger."

Isaiah 24:19-20: "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage..."

Ezekiel 38:20: "...all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground."

 Joel 3:16: "The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake ..."

 Haggai 2:6-7: "For thus says the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations [Jesus Christ] shall come..."

God very soon will involve Himself in the affairs of this world in a way He has never done before. Earthquakes and volcanoes will play a major role in what is coming................
 
Romans 8:19-23-For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

1 John 3:1-3-1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

As fearful and destructive as they may appear to be, God in his infinite wisdom and sovereignty will use earthquakes to reshape the earth's surface, in pr********n for the greatest time of peace and abundance that mankind has ever experienced.

This indeed is a time that the whole world can truly look forward to. And it is coming very soon! The shaking has already begun.

G****l w*****g has always been a liberal lie to meet an agenda! They will lie deceive, scare, use false advertising, anything to achieve the end game. ..MORE POWER.
Coming events in Prophecies, and judgements of God will show who really is in control of Earth's climate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11561629/Top-scientists-start-to-examine-fiddled-global-warming-figures.html

The G****l W*****g Policy Foundation has enlisted an international team of five distinguished scientists to carry out a full inquiry

Last month, we are told, the world enjoyed “its hottest March since records began in 1880”. This year, according to “US government scientists”, already bids to outrank 2014 as “the hottest ever”. The figures from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were based, like all the other three official surface temperature records on which the world’s scientists and politicians rely, on data compiled from a network of weather stations by NOAA’s Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN).

But here there is a puzzle. These temperature records are not the only ones with official status. The other two, Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) and the University of Alabama (UAH), are based on a quite different method of measuring temperature data, by satellites. And these, as they have increasingly done in recent years, give a strikingly different picture. Neither shows last month as anything like the hottest March on record, any more than they showed 2014 as “the hottest year ever”