MM> I know the minimum wage makes it harder for small business   
    MM> owners to hire employees, but there should be some ways to   
      
    Which is a short run problem, in the long run it helps employers   
    by increasing the market. A recession is not a failure of   
    production or work, but a failure of currency availability. With   
    no money people cannot be customers, so business cannot sell.   
    Increase the amount of money in the hands of customers and   
    business sells better.   
      
    MM> help encourage employers to help be environmentally   
    MM> conscious at the same time. Due to the high cost of gas, it   
    MM> costs more money to commute to work especially when it is a   
    MM> part time job where one gets limited pay from their wages.   
      
    Which is one of the biggets problems. OK, two of the biggest   
    problems, high transportation costs and low wages.   
      
    MM> Instead of working four three hour shifts, an employee   
    MM> should just work three four hour shifts as an example.   
    MM> Perhaps, we could charge time and a half when employees do   
    MM> this in particular when they live over five miles from   
    MM> their work place or transfer to a local branch of the   
    MM> company.   
      
    Which is a great idea, but it requires managers to think in   
    terms of employees, instead of bonuses. Few managers seem to   
    think in those terms. Note I say managers instead of employers,   
    as way too many people work for managers with the employers so   
    far removed as to have no idea what's going on.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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