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Question re UK tax laws[edit]

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Tevildo (talk) 09:57, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Countries with a 10-year preuniversity cycle[edit]

How many countries do have 10-year preuniversity cycle? --112.198.82.19 (talk) 07:41, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to this article, The Philippines used to have a 10-year preuniversity cycle until the enactment of The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, also known as the K-to-12 Act, and that at that time the only other countries worldwide with a 10-year preuniversity cycle were Angola and Djibouti. We have articles, Education in the Philippines, Education in Angola, & Education in Djibouti.

I am rather confused by the phrase "10-year preuniversity cycle", as this article says that the old 10-year Philippine system required "at least two years of Kindergarten, six years of elementary education, and four years of secondary education." That sounds like a a twelve year system to me. Likewise, K-12 sounds like a thirteen year system. -- ToE 23:58, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Really gross smelly poo (Does the human gut use fermentation as part of its digestive process)[edit]

Does the human gut use fermentation as part of its digestive process. Or is this activity only restricted to certain types of diets. It's hard to imagine a diet high in KFC and beef jerky. Whereas, what about someone who eats a copious amount of chickpeas and beans in their diet.— Preceding unsigned comment added by User:61.84.81.3 (talk • contribs)

Fermentation is part of the digestion process. Please read Digestion.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:25, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The mayors ball 1950 -1951[edit]

Hello im am after finding information on how to find an old photograph taken in 1950-1951..I believe it was archived in bootle town hall,this photograph,was of the mayors ball,and contains an image of my mother attending the said mayors ball.I would be grateful of any information or help in trying to find the copy of this photograph.Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.14.12.255 (talk) June 21 2015 15:54 (UTC)

Your best bet would most likely be Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council's library service (Contact details for Bootle library here). Local libraries in the UK collate records and other items related to their locality. Sefton are also building an online historical photograph repository which will go live on the 25th June 2015.[1] Nanonic (talk) 16:57, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, don't forget that this photo may have be achieved by a local news paper. Local news papers today love human interest stories. This is now June 2015 and your mother probably didn't give you her life's history. Yet today, a local journalist may say ah ; and volunteer to hunt through archives (that local journalists know how to do) to crate a human interest story. If you where to email (say) [2] giving what you remember about your mother they might realise that she did things that are of interest to its modern readers. For hints see:Tips of the trainer - human interest stories. The may even be able to link you up to people that knew your family. Discover your heritage. Don't delay - do it today. --Aspro (talk) 18:14, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Private sector[edit]

What if an employer is hiring in the private sector, yet the revenue is insuficcient to offer minimum wage, does the US government subsidize the employees income? 78.144.252.84 (talk) 17:46, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No: That would be a license to get the government to subsidize one's uneconomical, non-viable business. It would mean anyone could stet up a business to sell (say) snow to the Eskimos (Yupik, Iñupiat and Inuit) (or Coals to Newcastle for British readers). Mind you, now that you have mentioned it, I could take a leaf out of Microsoft's book and license snow that I didn't invent -complete with a End-user license agreement …. Hey, that's a brilliant idea.!!! --Aspro (talk) 18:35, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be true if 100% of the salary and benefits for the employee were paid by the government. However, a "negative payroll tax" approach, where low income worker's wages are supplemented by the government, may make sense, as the employers still don't want to waste their portion of the salary and benefits by hiring incompetent workers for boondoggles. Meanwhile, the government may actually pay less to subsidize the worker's wages than if they were on "the dole". So, this would especially make sense in bad economic times, less so when there's a boom economy and any able-bodied worker can find a job. (The recent bail-outs in the US economy were criticized for sending lots of money to bankers and auto makers, but very little to those who actually needed it.) StuRat (talk) 18:40, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fittingly, snow arises from water vapor. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:20, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If an employer does not have enough revenue to pay the minimum wage, then hiring will simply lead the business to bankruptcy. So businesses in that position generally do not hire. Marco polo (talk) 14:41, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hence the issues of loss of jobs and disemployment discussed in a few places in our article Minimum wage. -- ToE 20:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notice it's the fat cats who make that argument. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If a company is just starting and doesn't yet have much revenue, they may use seed money, venture capital, or personal savings to make payroll. If the company does well, they will hope eventually to have enough revenue to cover payroll and to pay back the loans. If a company is not doing so well, it may find it doesn't have the money to pay its employees. This is not uncommon. It may be possible to sell assets or to use the owner's savings or a loan to smooth over the temporary shortfall. If the situation proves not to be temporary, the company may have to shut down. Some information about this situation: [3]. If the company declares bankruptcy, employees may or may not end up being paid wages that they have already earned. --Amble (talk) 01:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]