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{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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