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by tchaffee 4y ago
Gates has given away about $60 billion so far. His net worth today is about $103 billion. So he's given away over half. How is that a scam? Especially for the charities that benefited and presumably are doing good work for those who ne
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Another alternative is to give it away quietly on a regular basis and not seek recognition. Which is what Cook has been doing.
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How would you give away that much money so it has a lasting impact? Lump sum would be risky. You would diversify and do it over time. And he is indeed giving it away. Just quietly. MacRumors reveals that Cook last week donated 10,715 share
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Or don't shop at all and use that extra time to walk with friends in nature. Or when you really do need to shop, avoid the commute and use that extra time to spend with friends in nature. Being forced to be around strangers to get chor
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You avoided this question: What tactics do businesses use? Can you name any that you are against?
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Solar is going up all over northern Europe and is profitable without government subsidies. Cloudy is just fine for today's solar panels. The technology improves on an almost yearly basis.
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How could you possibly be getting paid minimum wage when you claim to be such a good negotiator? Union jobs almost always pay more than minimum wage. They pay more because collective negotiation works better at negotiation than you did at &
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You avoided the question of whether you've worked for a large employer like Amazon or Target. Pay packages are not a change to the wording of an employment contract. What I'm talking about is a change to the contract that would ha
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> Allow me to repeat: Children are not freely consenting adults, which is why they get special legal protection. You avoided the question about why businesses were fine using child labor before the laws. Your claim seems to be that busin
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> and the first elected socialist government in France. So that's the missing piece I was looking for. I think you'll find something similar in Italy. The big difference in the US is that Americans have never elected a truly la
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Yes, they have always done that. What's your point?
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Are you sure that unions are responsible for the EU laws? Can you give any sources for that? I'm truly curious about it because the EU comes up with a lot of good consumer protection and worker laws and it's not obvious what motiv
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It's in their annual and quarterly reports where their profit comes from. They run highly profitable coffee stores around the world.
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That's always been part of their business model. What they didn't do - because it's illegal - is close shops because they unionized.
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The shops are obviously highly profitable. Which is my point. More of that profit could be shared with the workers who generate it. And they would still be profitable. Your scary "unprofitable" is not in sight even after significa
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Starbucks profit for 2022 was $22 billion. A 7% increase over the prior year. That leaves loads of room for unions to negotiate higher salaries and better benefits before there is any risk of that happening. And unions tend to not drive com
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> I see no reason ever why you would remove right to work in that situation instead of just legislating proper worker rights, except to feed unions. The massive wealth gaps in the US tell the actual story. Corporations have a huge influ
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You need the strong labor laws first which the US does not have. Right to work in the US is popular in states with the worst labor laws and mostly the poor states. Right to work could be good under the right conditions. Which the EU already
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There's a lot more to it than that. EU legislation establishes individual rights for all workers, with a maximum working week of 48 hours, paid annual leave of at least four weeks per year , rest periods and rules on night work, shift
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So have I. At which companies? Amazon? Google? Target? UPS? It's the massive employers with huge legal teams where you need a union so you can fairly negotiate with their massive legal team. The subject that started this is unions at
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You're disingenuously leaving out the massive role unions played in the 1940s and 1950s in negotiating far better healthcare benefits. Please explain how you would negotiate as an individual to get better healthcare benefits from Amazo
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I negotiate all the time and am quite successful at it. What kind of long term employment contract do you have with your doctor, dentist, department store, or car dealer? You seem to have lost focus on the topic.
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That's just not true. The most recent large scale solar plants in the UK are being built without subsidies and by for-profit businesses. The technology is improving so rapidly you can't use stats from last year.
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You're far more likely to get what you want by having a well written contract. You may have gotten contract wording changed with a small company, but the Amazons of the world will not do that. And these are exactly the companies where
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If a union is a business that sells labor how is it not win-win for companies to be able to buy labor? That's also a reductive view of unions. The 40 hour work week, weekends off, healthcare, and banning child labor wouldn't have
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> Consider how businesses negotiate With a highly trained management team and an HR department that is the friendly face to a highly trained legal department. You're either naive or full of hubris to think you're actually endin
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They are putting solar all over the UK. Today's panels are so efficient that cloudy weather is fine.
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This is one of the less obvious reasons solar will dominate. No grid or government to rely on. Russian gas and foreign wars no longer matter. And as battery technology improves it will be 24x7 independence.
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More efficient only if you ignore cleanup costs. Fixing climate change isn't a freebie.
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Then you've completely misread my comments. Where did you get the idea that I'm interested in anything other than what actually works in reducing harm? Can you quote me? Pumping money into education about the pros and cons of recr

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