120k a year isn’t enough

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#576
NorthDallas40 said:
It’s like all the idiots paying $150k for an idiotic wake boat.
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Wake/surf boats may have gone the craziest of all. I doubt most people know that the higher end Supra, Mastercraft, etc models are now in the $200-300k range. MC has a limited edition X- star that retails for $340, IIRC.
 
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turbovol said:
Most wage workers in America are grossly underpaid--and of course, that was the reason unions were first started, terrible pay along with long hours, little vacation, no benefits, dangerous jobs, etc. American companies have a rich history of not wanting to pay people. The Wal-Mart Waltons are became billionaires on the backs of employees making little money and lousy benefits. All retail employees are underpaid; management would rather deal with high turnover than pay more to keep employees, and they can dumb the endless hiring and paperwork that goes with it on lower- and middle-managers.

And we all know why a lot of multinationals have opened plants in the South.
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There are 2,300,000 walmart employees.
Jim Walton is the current richest Walton at $69,000,000,000 at 75 years old.

you could take that entire networth and give each employee a $0.26 an hour raise over his life time of "stealing" from the common worker.

looks like there are 5 other billionaire Waltons.
Alice, $66,000,000,000, 73yo = $0.26 per year
S. Robson $65,000,000,000, 78yo = $0.23 per year
Lukas $17,000,000,000, 37 yo = $0.20 per year
Ann $9,000,000,000, 74 yo = $0.03 per year
Nancy $8,000,000,000, 72 yo = $0.03 per year

So if none of the Waltons had ever gotten any money from Walmart and ALL of their total NET worth, was divided amongst their employees equally over the entire history of Walmart you could give each employee today a $1.01 per hour raise.

is a dollar an hour enough of a raise to consider Walmart treating their employees correctly?
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Wake/surf boats may have gone the craziest of all. I doubt most people know that the higher end Supra, Mastercraft, etc models are now in the $200-300k range. MC has a limited edition X- star that retails for $340, IIRC.
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It's insane and I know several people with those boats. I'm glad they brought them because I do like to surf, they have amazing sound systems and I don't have to burn my gas, kill my batteries or make those payments to enjoy them.
 
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gcbvol said:
It's already here. The next 5 years are going to be very transformative in the corporate world. AI will be taking gray and white collar jobs at an increasing clip.
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what I am going to find funny, is when they realize the biggest bang for their buck will be to replace themselves. How many issues start at the top and work their way down?
 
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hog88 said:
It's insane and I know several people with those boats. I'm glad they brought them because I do like to surf, they have amazing sound systems and I don't have to burn my gas, kill my batteries or make those payments to enjoy them.
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hog’s boat just so he can get in on the fun

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kiddiedoc said:
Wake/surf boats may have gone the craziest of all. I doubt most people know that the higher end Supra, Mastercraft, etc models are now in the $200-300k range. MC has a limited edition X- star that retails for $340, IIRC.
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F’n ridiculous. I skied behind Nautiques, Supremes , and Master Crafts in the early 80’s and can’t understand the price inflation. It damn sure doesn’t track the boat technology advances.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
F’n ridiculous. I skied behind Nautiques, Supremes , and Master Crafts in the early 80’s and can’t understand the price inflation. It damn sure doesn’t track the boat technology advances.
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Actually the technology is amazing on the upper end wake boats. You can program in surf control for individual riders that controls launch, ballast, speed wake size. Some have wrist bands that lets the rider control most all of that and the stereo while their surfing. But yeah still not worth 200k+ but people are lining up to buy them.
 
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hog88 said:
Actually the technology is amazing on the upper end wake boats. You can program in surf control for individual riders that controls launch, ballast, speed wake size. Some have wrist bands that lets the rider control most all of that and the stereo while their surfing. But yeah still not worth 200k+ but people are lining up to buy them.
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Oh sure it’s greatly improved I agree. But it isn’t 20x improved is all.

And bass boats are in the same situation. No bass boat ever built is worth $90k
 
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hog88 said:
Holy crap, I've never heard of that and looked it up. Pretty badass tech.
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I’ve seen a big fish on the scope, thrown my lure and watched it hit the water and fall, and watched the fish strike. We call it fishing porn.
 
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#590
kiddiedoc said:
Wake/surf boats may have gone the craziest of all. I doubt most people know that the higher end Supra, Mastercraft, etc models are now in the $200-300k range. MC has a limited edition X- star that retails for $340, IIRC.
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$340 sounds like a relativity good deal.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I’ve seen a big fish on the scope, thrown my lure and watched it hit the water and fall, and watched the fish strike. We call it fishing porn.
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It's hard to drink beer and devote that much concentration so not for me.
 
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hog88 said:
It's hard to drink beer and devote that much concentration so not for me.
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Yep. My fishing buddy has it on his boat. He spends too much time looking down and not out enjoying the day. But it’s a serious advantage to have it. There’s off and on talks of banning it on the pro fishing circuits.
 
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hog88 said:
It's insane and I know several people with those boats. I'm glad they brought them because I do like to surf, they have amazing sound systems and I don't have to burn my gas, kill my batteries or make those payments to enjoy them.
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Same. Love to surf. I retired from wakeboarding several years ago after a concussion.

We had a Sea Ray deck boat when the kids were little (custom Pantone 151). Now, I have the best boat: friends with expensive boats.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Same. Love to surf. I retired from wakeboarding several years ago after a concussion.

We had a Sea Ray deck boat when the kids were little (custom Pantone 151). Now, I have the best boat: friends with expensive boats.
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Just remember their boats don’t run on thanks.

We trade off, long runs to eat dinner/lunch we’ll take ours and then play on theirs.
 
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https://kunstler.com/cluster****-nation/desperation-creeps-in/


Consider: a 27.4 percent drop in goods of all kinds “roaded-in” on semi-trucks to the northeast USA this summer. That’s everything from auto parts to lumber, clothing, and food. What else do you think sent the Yellow Corp trucking company, one hundred years old, spinning into sudden bankruptcy this week? Yellow won’t be bought and reorganized, either. It owes three quarters of a billion dollars in loans to the federal government (i.e., to us taxpayers) and untold pension obligations. Next, 22,000 Yellow Corp workers will hit the unemployment rolls. Yellow Corp had a special role in the supply chain: the LTL (less-than-truckload) niche, often the final journey of a product to the customer. It was also the cheapest. Whoever picks up the work — FedEx, ABF Freight? — will cost more, and so will everything you have to buy.
 
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Orangeburst said:
Consider: a 27.4 percent drop in goods of all kinds “roaded-in” on semi-trucks to the northeast USA this summer. That’s everything from auto parts to lumber, clothing, and food. What else do you think sent the Yellow Corp trucking company, one hundred years old, spinning into sudden bankruptcy this week? Yellow won’t be bought and reorganized, either. It owes three quarters of a billion dollars in loans to the federal government (i.e., to us taxpayers) and untold pension obligations. Next, 22,000 Yellow Corp workers will hit the unemployment rolls. Yellow Corp had a special role in the supply chain: the LTL (less-than-truckload) niche, often the final journey of a product to the customer. It was also the cheapest. Whoever picks up the work — FedEx, ABF Freight? — will cost more, and so will everything you have to buy.
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Meh... a lot of trucks and dispatch stations I'm sure.
 
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