Hazydat620
Well-Known Member
Boooooo. Gongggggg.
the oregon-idaho border and minimum wage
- Thread starter UncleBuck
- Start date
Harrekin
Well-Known Member
I get that, I meant if someone on the spot asked you to name a US state, no one, not even people from Idaho would say Idaho.
heckler73
Well-Known Member
Harrekin
Well-Known Member
DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN knee-grow...
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
that's true. but people who are buying stuff from stores are the one who don't pay that tax, it is not the stores getting to skip that tax.
but you bring up a good point: jobs don't seem to get created where people aren't willing to spend money. so who is the real job creator after all?
"job creator" worshipping righties should feel free to take a stab at that one.
heckler73
Well-Known Member
Is the answer Jesus?
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
about half of the radio in utah and idaho has me leaning towards yes.
WORDZofWORDZCRAFT
Well-Known Member
oregon ranks #1 in homelessness per capita in the US. retail sales per capita(2007) are $13,691 in Idaho and $13,494 in Oregon. just saying.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
irrelevant to my question of why large national businesses would set up one one side of the river where min wage is 20% higher than it is on the other side of the river.
WORDZofWORDZCRAFT
Well-Known Member
I have no idea why they would open up businesses where the population is the largest.. you gotta be kidding me.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
oregonians can't drive over the river and work at home depot in idaho, where the companies would save 20% on min wage labor?
i know it's possible to drive over that river, i've done it many times. tons of idahoans drive over that river daily to work at the correctional institution.
so why doesn't walmart or home depot set up in idaho and save 20% on labor for most of their employees?
WORDZofWORDZCRAFT
Well-Known Member
it makes more sense to have business around higher populations. otherwise all the hipsters from oregon are only gonna go to wal-mart once a week instead of 2-3 times a week.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
commercial real estate on the idaho side of the river is around the higher population. you can literally throw a rock from oregon and hit idaho.
well, i couldn't. but doer could.
WORDZofWORDZCRAFT
Well-Known Member
Why did Evel Knieval try to jump the snake river in Idaho and not from Idaho into Oregon?
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
there's a bridge that goes across the river to idaho. it would take about one minute by car to get from idaho (empty) to the walmart in oregon. it's on the very last exit, in fact.
so why would they build on the side of the river where they have to pay their employees (like 30 year old kynes) 20% more?
thump easy
Well-Known Member
dam thats funny give m
dam your lucky i wasnt spell that shit!!!
Harrekin
Well-Known Member
This is why you shouldnt own a business.
You want your storefront in the area of highest population density.
Wages in alot of companies are typically no more than 45% of net cost, that means a 20% increase is only a maximum 9% increase in overall costs, but with the higher population density pushing sales typically up to 40-50%.
You can see how 40-50%>9%
Maths and all that.
heckler73
Well-Known Member
Maybe he didn't want his failure to be associated with Oregon?
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
so moving 800 feet would mean half their business?
this is why you shouldn't speak in public. all righties for that matter.
Similar threads
