Is this the right way to get to $15 an hour? | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Tuesdayâs letters to the editor.
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Demonstrators rally at the Capitol in support of McDonald s workers on strike to be paid $15 per hour in 15 cities on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) [ JOSE LUIS MAGANA | AP ]
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How do you get to a desired $15 per hour federal minimum wage without legislation? Step 1: Use a pandemic-caused recession to give people who are out of work the equivalent of nearly $15 per hour in unemployment benefits. Step 2: Continue to offer those benefits even after there are more job openings than people looking for work, thereby incentivizing the unemployed not to work for less than $15 per hour. Step 3: When employers canât fill positions, tell them to âpay more.â Totally brilliant strategy. In the interim, consumers only have to deal with poor service from understaff
Data from InvestmentNews Research and an annuities webcast show that more advisers are interested in the products.
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The past year provided some scares for people nearing retirement, and financial advisers are addressing concerns about future income in part with annuities, new data from InvestmentNews Research show.
It’s a product category that registered investment advisers shunned for years, but there are good reasons why they are increasingly receptive to annuities. The insurance products have become much more compatible with RIAs’ compensation models, and they can provide some financial security that their clients are seeking, panelists at the
InvestmentNews Annuities in 2021 webcast said.
Traffic devices canât cure Florida drivers âmassive stupidityâ | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Saturdayâs letters to the editor.
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Unfortunately, the high rate of wrong way crashes (and killed and injured pedestrians) can be put squarely at the feet of bad, inebriated or distracted drivers. Every day I see poor decisions by drivers, weaving in and out, trying to turn left from the far right lane, texting and talking, all of them ignoring the rules of the road. I, with many others, was stuck on Interstate 275 waiting for the road to clear following Tuesdayâs very tragic wrong-way crash involving a Tampa police officer. While I was stopped, I saw at least two vehicles pull out of the right lane and turn to go down an on-ramp against traffic. No traffic control devices are going to cure massive stupidity, and people like Tampa police Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen are going to continue to be killed. My sincerest condolences to Officer