“Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force. Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker’s productivity worth that amount—and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed.”
― Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
― Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
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“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
― The Diary of Anne Frank
― The Diary of Anne Frank
“Oamenii sunt de două feluri, unii sunt asemeni unor oglinzi, dacă îţi reflecţi iubirea în ei, o vei primi înapoi. Exact cum faci tu când te priveşti în oglindă, îi oferi o imagine şi ea te răsplăteşte cu alta la fel. Sunt însă şi oameni care nu pot oglindi, e ca şi cum ai încerca să-ţi priveşti chipul în perete. Poţi sta acolo mult şi bine, nu-ţi va oferi nimic. Doar dacă vor dori, se vor putea transforma în oglinzi.”
― Gol de timp
― Gol de timp
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