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I work with a lot of companies on this very topic. Almost unanimously you are right. However, in practice they don't always follow their policies. Pressure from the c-suite often causes mid-level managers to pressure people to work off the clock. Or maybe rules on compensation are changed. Companies often file bankruptcy and leave employees in the lurch. Go to twitter and search #flsa and you will uncover countless cases. Personally, I've had tens of thousands stolen from me. Usually in unpaid bonuses & commissions. But going back as far as age 16....I had a supervisor at the grocery store I worked pressure me to falsify a time card.
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I'm sure there are plenty of bad managers maybe more then plenty. I was a programmer/systems/customer trouble shooter until Peters principle kicked in with promotions. Our computer and wireroom techs hated their boss. He gave them no leash at all. They keyed his car, put gum in his office lock, took the pickup out of his phone. He would sneak in at night to check the login books, ignored them, just mean. Then I got them to manage. I was pretty well liked by my staff and I knew these folks well. First thing I did was meet with them one on one and as a group. I laid out the ground rules. Removed the leash, allowed plenty of leeway. When one crossed the line we had a chat. But that's me. I never had a negative event with my union workers. I don't believe in "It's us against them".

Then I wonder how the rest of the world treat each other. China, India, Africa and S. Or Cen America would be scary.

Capitalism is the only reason why anyone gets paid what they are worth.

Ever.

People don't get paid what they are worth under capitalism at all. They get paid a fraction deemed the least detrimental to profit while still keeping them here.

That's why wages are so high i Cuba and Venezuela ...

No, capitalism improves the lives of those living under it. The best thing to happen to poor people had been capitalism.

News flash. Cuba and Venezuela are authoritarian countries. They are also heavily sanctioned and when the embargo on Cuba was lifted the capitalist countries saw that as an excuse to loot it, making things worse.

Saying "commies can move to Venezuela/Cuba" is like saying "capitalists can move to Zambia/the DRC/Somalia/other 3rd world capitalist countries". It's a joke.

You are equating capitalism with anarchy. That's a joke.

And I'm confused: Did the embargo hurt Cuba or did lifting the embargo hurt Cuba? The amount of historical revisionism needed to support communism is mind-boggling.

And since when did communism mean freedom? It has always equaled authoritarianism, and murder, and oppression.

And investing. And taking risk. And fueling the economy.

I would!

I dunno if it helps to add shart sprinkles on the cake, but comp time still doesn't transfer amongst other agencies...

And I'm not sure if it's all agencies, but DoD comp time expires at the end of every year in which it is accrued. They did this to prevent 'stockpiling'....

Yet you drive on roads and you went to school

I came in here thinking "this is new new poll with few comments... maybe I got in before someone started spouting 'taxes as theft' nonsense."

STOP TREADING ON ME STATISTS!

You think IM a statist? Funny joke

This is all a joke to me Mystic. Its a part of my cultural heritage, and I'd appreciate you not being so racist about it.

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He also went straight to "muh roads" without wasting any time.

I really laughed out loud. Especially when he said he wasn't a statist after saying it.

I'm an anarchist you nitwit, I'm as anti state as I gets. But I'm also smart enough to know that taxes are payment for services rendered. We don't need the state to do them, but while they are we pay for it.

An anarchist for high taxes ...

Well, SoH also has communist libertarians so why not?

Raging is an AnCom. Don't let him fool you.

I'm not FOR taxes, I just know they arent theft.