tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post2576475344233018054..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Bits and Pieces: Bill Gates and UnemploymentBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-50578536847852294952015-08-12T02:31:36.241-07:002015-08-12T02:31:36.241-07:00The real time money counter of Bill Gates:
http://...The real time money counter of Bill Gates:<br />http://live-counter.com/bill-gates-money-counter/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-30523639058688008562014-01-22T18:35:40.863-08:002014-01-22T18:35:40.863-08:00Back in 1996, as a former corporate librarian, I h...Back in 1996, as a former corporate librarian, I had the chance to actually talk to Bill Gates at our SLA annual meeting in Seattle. After hearing his horse shit ideas to train India's impoverished labor force with computer skills I asked him why he wasn't concerned how this would take away American jobs. He grimaced and walked away w/o answering my question. He's an opportunist among other things. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-65909733345006139662014-01-21T06:37:34.719-08:002014-01-21T06:37:34.719-08:00If the minimum wage had grown at the same rate as ...If the minimum wage had grown at the same rate as the earnings of the top one percent of Americans the federal wage floor would be more than triple the current hourly minimum of $7.25. Instead, the minimum wage has been lower than a poverty wage ever since 1982. Bill Gates must think these people earn too much as is---or why did he waffle on the question of raising it?<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/01/3007011/minimum-wage-percent-leave-workers/Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com