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Re: Politics Random, Random
I don't get this. You work an 8 hour day. Your employer says they need you to stay a bit longer to complete a project so your work day becomes ten hours instead of 8. He's implying that that two hours of work would not be taxed? Really? Your employer is just going to hand you the extra $50? Really? Is this a backdoor Project 2025 idea to stop funding Social Security and Medicare while getting rid of Healthcare?
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In 1987, when I was 18 and working in a factory the summer before I went to college, all the while worrying about how I was going to pay for college, I would have jumped at the opportunity to work overtime, paid at time-and-a half (e.g., at the time, minimum wage in the U.S. was $3.35/hour minus taxes, overtime pay would have been $5.025/hour untaxed under Trump's tax-free overtime promise). Imagine someone today working in skilled labor making $30/hour taxed but having the chance to make $45/hour untaxed for overtime. A lot of people would jump at that.
Of course, so far, it's just fiction. But still... That's going to resonate with working class, unsalaried people.
Of course, so far, it's just fiction. But still... That's going to resonate with working class, unsalaried people.
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Re: Politics Random, Random
Tax free overtime was part of the platform because they intend to extensively limit overtime pay.
https://www.americanprogress.org/articl ... rtime-pay/
https://www.americanprogress.org/articl ... rtime-pay/
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Re: Politics Random, Random
And if you didn't know that?skatingfan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:18 am Tax free overtime was part of the platform because they intend to extensively limit overtime pay.
https://www.americanprogress.org/articl ... rtime-pay/
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See Patrick's post upthread. You'd vote for Tiny.dryrunguy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:25 amAnd if you didn't know that?skatingfan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:18 am Tax free overtime was part of the platform because they intend to extensively limit overtime pay.
https://www.americanprogress.org/articl ... rtime-pay/
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Re: Politics Random, Random
So...what are the odds that in the next 2-3 years, Thomas and Alito retire to allow Trump to appoint 2 more 50 year olds?
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Re: Politics Random, Random
More likely nobody will work in regular time..I have seen this in government offices in India all the time
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Re: Politics Random, Random
I've heard that for a factory work in a certain company in Denmark. Slow work on weekdays, everyone eager to work on Sundays for double pay. In fact they get very angry if weekend work is not offered (shift work, so not really overtime).
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