Isnt this something that is just absorbed over time as more employers employees make money, they spend more and then youll have to rehire. Isnt this a red herring argument . And my second question is, why dont we just increase minimum wage or do some index so were constantly increasing wages and we dont have to have this discussion. With the minimum wage l on the increase economists by and y large agree that there is a negative impact overall on the economy, particularly on like the 18 to 25 demographic where you see recordem levels of n unemployment. Thats because they do not get the entry level jobs. Employers are not hiring those low level jobs. I wo i would disagree that its a red herring. Theres a real impact on the businesses in this country. I with due respect, i completely disagree with her ngs of readings of the economic studies which have come to conclude theres no significant job loss associated with raising minimum wages. And while it is true that youth hat yout unemploymen
Its a significant step forward for us. From the kick starter edition. Its six times faster, its got double the memory, twice the usb ports, and its filled with these wonderful new creative projects. Theres make arts, which is a digital easel to learn code by painting characters and fractels. Its immediate, and the game mechanic is step by step. You learn how to type simple commands, magic spells we call them. And you see beautiful washes of color and shapes appear before your eyes. Weve also creative a narrative adventure called terminal quest, which i think some people in this audience who came up on the commodore 64 may enjoy. Terminal quest is a mystery, a narrative mystery told step by step, where you use linux command spells to unlock new powers, save your town and borrow into basically a new world. You go down the rabbit hole, you try to solve the mystery, you dont realize it, but youre learning about the linux command line spells that make a lot of the modern world work. Another
You brought toys. Yes. So you so this onto your costume and you can have it have like to fix or bluetooth to wifi. Its easy. You dont have to go to mit and spend 100,000. You can learn al all the stuff a weekend spent how much to contribute to success to your company directly to getting out there and being the visible face to this company . I think its important to have the case because for every company, the culture comes from above. Even though we have 85 people or so, what i set up 10 years ago with this company is what continues, the value i put into it i think is what people see in adafruit and also what the employees see. I think its important for the ceo to set the culture and then continued to disseminate it. Great. Lets switch gears and talk about crowdfunding. Crowdfunding has exploded over the last few years, right . Everything from buying what you guys sell to selling headphones and watches. Things people are trying to crowd fun and start. Think back to when shinola started
Discussion about a shutdown again. Why would we have a shutdown in september . If the appropriations process is still not working by september, that is a bad thing for the country. One of the things that we like as members of the government is that the proper functioning of the appropriations process is critical to the constitutional function of the government. The house and senate are supposed to use the power of the purse. When they dont do appropriations bills, our constituents voices are not heard. We hope that comes back as part of the process. We are pleased with the deal today. Thank you very much. Thank you for letting me have a shout out to my wife. Can we identify the location of that wall exactly . Sean sean. Really . No one leave. [chatter] they are not coming back . [chatter] announcer cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. This morning, republican congressman Chris Stewart of utah discusses tensions with north korea to then
Discussion about a shutdown again. Why would we have a shutdown in september . If the appropriations process is still not working by september, that is a bad thing for the country. One of the things that we like as members of the government is that the proper functioning of the appropriations process is critical to the constitutional function of the government. The house and senate are supposed to use the power of the purse. When they dont do appropriations bills, our constituents voices are not heard. We hope that comes back as part of the process. We are pleased with the deal today. Thank you very much. Thank you for letting me have a shout out to my wife. Can we identify the location of that wall exactly . Sean sean. Really . No one leave. [chatter] they are not coming back . [chatter] announcer cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. This morning, republican congressman Chris Stewart of utah discusses tensions with north korea to then