Unbelievably, in today's economy, when so many people are out of work and in danger of losing their homes or not being able to put food on their plates, Sykes thinks it's a bad thing that people are allowed to collect unemployment.
Of course, we all know that if WTMJ decided to start acting ethically, and put Sykes out on the streets, he'd be crying at the top of his voice how he thinks his unemployment compensation is insufficient.
Fortunately for us, I don't think his voice would make it here from Mequon.
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You read that in there? But what part of the article do you disagree with?
ReplyDeleteIf an employer is going to be hit with higher costs because of increased unemployment compensation taxes, where are they going to cut? Or do you think the compay should eat the cost? If you believe that, then you are living fantasy land.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteCompanies pay into unemployment insurance a little bit over time, like any other insurance policy. If they decide to lay off a bunch of people (making a claim on the insurance policy) it should be expected that their rates would go up. Too bad you don't want to hold the CEOs and the Boards, who already make millions, responsible for their behavior. No wonder this country went down the tubes when you guys were in control.
Well Dan, you have something next to a point there with many small business owners and some (I am one) frugal CEOs. But for the fast majority, here is what they can cut first: golden parachutes, membership at the country club, company cars, exorbidant bonus' for years of failure, seminars in Barbados, training sessions in Las Vegas, expense accounts...the list goes on.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, for most of them, if they spent as much time forward thinking as they do trying to find ways to milk the company, layoffs might not be necessary to start with.
Sykes is a little suburban rich crybaby who never has worked an honest day in his life, just like most of his bitch followers. Run a rig or be a shingle monkey all day and then tell me who deserves what pay and what insurance against layoffs. Unemployment is for people who earned it, by the way, not people looking for handouts. Dude is a freaking joke just like Hemorrhoid Dan up here. They preach responsibility, but only for others. Cheat on your wife. Become a gassy fatass. Take more than you could ever need. But, hey, some poor guy gets laid off-scream like a newborn over some welder getting $350 a week. What a bunch of selfish jerks.
ReplyDeletecapper, I really wish you knew something about business.
ReplyDeletei wish you knew something about the working man.
ReplyDeletecapper, I really wish you knew something about business.
ReplyDeleteThere's an obvious response to that sentence, but I'm not so mean as to put it in print.
Unlike Dan who thinks it funny to use the recent death of one's mother as the crux of a malicious attack, and then refuses to man up and apologize.
So Dan, where am I wrong? Or are you saying that people shouldn't be compensated for their work, just cause you and Chuckles don't want to make the poor CEOs miss a latte?
ReplyDelete"So Dan, where am I wrong?"
ReplyDeleteLike most households (not most governments), companies set a budget. If expenses increases, they have to cut other expenses. So, if taxes go up, whether it is property, unemployment, income or any number of taxes and expenses, they have to cut somewhere. And the easiest cut are employees. So, if the unemployment and other taxes go up, the number of employees goes down.
Put it another way, if your income goes down, does your spending stay the same? Probably not, unless you are filthy rich, which I doubt you are.
It really is common sense.
that is exactly whats wrong the easiest place to cut is the employees.why not executives salaries thats exactly whats wrong with business' today.but one way or another we are all in together whether they realize it or not.
ReplyDeleteAnon, the pay for an executive is usually very small compared to overall cost a company has. Yes, I know, that is the elitist comment, but again, I wish you and capper and Timothy knew something about business and the real world.
ReplyDeleteI ran my own for five years and sold it for a profit. Aren't you assuming just a bit.
ReplyDeleteAnd what real world are you referring to, Dan? The normal, healthy one where people are kind to others, or the one you apparently reside in where it is okay to use the death of ones mother as a means for exacting imaginary and childish revenge.
Dan- Projection is not your friend.
ReplyDeleteEcon 101 tells us that successful businesses keep things that produce more revenues than expenses (i.e. productive employees that, you know, make and provide things) and reduce things that aren't germane to profit (i.e. the last $250K of some CEO's seven-figure salary).