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California - Because it needs its own thread
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:35 am
by TheCatt
Percentages tell vetter what the numbers are doing.
5000 people losing their jobs is meaningless. 5000 out of how many?
2% tells us the magnitude of the job loss.
California - Because it needs its own thread
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 5:34 pm
by Leisher
I don't give two shits about what Eddie Vetter thinks about the numbers!
It's 2.7%, which is 3% and it was 18K jobs. Why change the numbers if they're meaningless?
Also, why avoid discussing all the negatives? These wages didn't increase in a vacuum. All those people lost jobs. Are they all now employed elsewhere or are they on the government teat costing everyone more? Prices went up over 13%. That's going to push up the COL for everyone in a time when the COL is unaffordable for most. Bonus: The people who eat at fast food places and are most likely to be negatively affected by the 13% price hike are the working class, which includes fast food workers. Plus, the people who kept their jobs saw an average of two months worth of hours lost, which completely negates the wage increase.
The big picture is more than just x lost their jobs while x got a pay raise.
Agree to disagree.
California - Because it needs its own thread
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 8:03 pm
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Jan 03, 2026 5:34 pm
I don't give two shits about what Eddie Vetter thinks about the numbers!
Dude had a PHD in Math before stating Pearl Jam!
Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Jan 03, 2026 5:34 pm
Prices went up over 13%.
Which is odd since wages only went up 25%, and are about 25% of fast food costs, iirc.
California - Because it needs its own thread
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:20 pm
by Leisher
TheCatt wrote: ↑Sat Jan 03, 2026 8:03 pm
Which is odd since wages only went up 25%, and are about 25% of fast food costs, iirc.
Never discount corps raising prices more than they need to when given a chance.