Courtney Heard 🇨🇦Dec 23, 2022

I believe in a livable wage for everyone. It baffles me business owners argue with me, and I’ve had many do so, that paying their staff a higher wage will destroy their business. They are always white dudes who fancy themselves clever businessmen.

Until I hit them with, “wait, are you saying you didn’t budget for employee wages that afford them the basics of life? Surely you budgeted for that, right, Jimothy? I thought you understood business?”

It’s a blow to the fragile biz man fee fees.

Lord FalconisDec 23, 2022
Show threadWren Birdie

@godlessmom
I co-own a small accounting and payroll firm and we helped a LOT of clients get covid-relief money from the U.S. government, which was SUPPOSED to go to paying employees and increasing their wages because of covid lockdowns, supply chain backlog increasing inflation, etc.

Very few did. What the owners of the businesses we helped did do was increase their own salary and wages.

It was disgusting. And I’m sure it happened all over the country.

Dec 23, 2022 at 3:18pmWeb
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Dec 23, 2022
@aBirdieOnaWire shit like this is so common it doesn’t even shock me anymore. My husband and I run http://www.Porthosmedia.net and we often sit around fantasizing about having employees and profit-sharing with them, unlimited vacation time, etc.
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Show threadandurilDec 23, 2022
@aBirdieOnaWire @godlessmom not only in the US the f.ckery was big whereever you look
Show threadMinuteLRMDec 23, 2022
@aBirdieOnaWire @godlessmom Turns out, "Let Mnuchin handle it," wasn't much of a policy.
Show threadKayhrynTinkDec 23, 2022

@aBirdieOnaWire @godlessmom

Yipes- this is so egregiously Wrong!

ME had a very minor *loan* just in case bc ME could not work owing to need for surgery, then covid.
But the type ME had was Not included for "Loan-forgiveness" whereas those Huge $$$$$$$$$$ ones were forgiven for repayment.
ME did repay it bc paying interest was stupid for $ ME eventually did not need that $.
BUT why were there differences in the first place for WHO had to repay $ ?

Show threadWren BirdieDec 23, 2022

@kahyrn

Kayhryn... first I'm really sorry you had to deal with all that. It sounds like it must have been a really stressful time.

And you're right. It is wrong.
My biz partner is a really strong numbers guy. Like... savant level numbers guy. And even HE had a hard time reading through the constraints, stipulations and regulations.

It was a very complex issue with a lot of variables.

Show threadKayhrynTinkDec 23, 2022

@aBirdieOnaWire  

Well Typical of Congressional Legislation!

ME has the background to read/digest that material...but they are like wearing Cement Shoes while Surfing!

Likely as NOT to end Up drowning U in useless Verbiage!