In a response to the current push for a $15 minimum wage, McDonald’s is looking to further automate their customer service. After reports of McDonald’s installing automated services across the United States, Canada and elsewhere around the world, a downtown Chicago location decided to test out a self-serve kiosk. With this kiosk, you can only […]
Archives for April 2016
A billionaire exodus coming? California, New York have most billionaires in U.S.
New Jersey’s fiscal picture took a turn for the worst when it was announced that resident hedge fund billionaire David Tepper was exiting the state. This was very interesting because the state relies heavily on income taxes, and the top one percent pay for a large chunk of those taxes. Here is a snippet from […]
Ron Paul: ‘What I would like to have on all the ballots is none of the above’
Former Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul was on CNN over the weekend to discuss the 2016 presidential race. There were a couple of key points that Dr. Paul addressed, which were ignored by the news anchors. One of them was that President Obama has become a lot more militant since entering the White House, such […]
Chart: World’s highest minimum wages – Australia tops list, Mexico at the bottom
The World Economic Forum is out with a new chart that lists the world’s highest minimum wage. The data look at U.S. dollars per hour after taxes at purchasing power parities as of 2013. The top five countries are Australia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland and France. The bottom three are Mexico, Latvia and Chile. The United […]
War on Cash: Cash Banned, Freedom Gone
By: Thorsten Polleit Some politicians want to ban cash, arguing that cash is helping criminals. The first steps in that direction are the withdrawal of big denomination notes and the limits imposed on cash payments. Proponents of a ban on cash claim that this will help fight criminal transactions — involved in money laundering, terrorism, […]