Words and Phrases of 2006

    The Global Language Monitor  has come out with its list of the top words and phrases used the most during 2006.

    "Stay the course," was the top catchphrase and "sustainable" was the top word.

 

"In 2006 the English Language grew ever more global with some 1,300,000,000 speakers using it as their first, second, business, or technical tongue.      The List

 

Minimum Wage Rate Up In North Carolina

   The minimum wage  ($5.15) in North Carolina will be going up to $6.15 an hour effective January 1st. This is good news to the 144,000 of workers who make the minimum wage at their jobs.

    For tipped employees, the cash rate will go up from $2.13 per hour to $3.13 per hour.

    Also beginning January 1st, Nevada's  rate will increase from $5.15 per hour to $6.15 per hour. Nevada has a two-tiered system in place depending on whether the employee has insurance or not.  More

   Vermont  weighs in with a wage rate hike going from $7.25 per hour to $7.53 per hour. Cash wage for tipped employees stays at $3.65 per hour.

   It is a good thing that somebody's wages are going up in this country other than CEO's and politicians!

   Someone in North Carolina made the statement that a family living on $6.15 an hour would get more out of their money if they learned how to budget. I'm sorry, but it is kind of difficult to do a budget on pay such as this. You have no budget because after food, clothing, rent and the other necessities that one needs, you have nothing to budget with!

    If you want to make life a little easier for many people, jack that wage up by a few dollars and to hell with the corporations which are making money hand over fist and treating their people like dirt!

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