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CltAltAcctDel t1_j68grq5 wrote

Oh do I have the spot for you…

Tanger Outlets in Hershey. There’s one tree in the area of Bed Bath and Beyond that has dozens of eggs patches. Every tree on the property has eggs. There are egg patches on the stucco everywhere. Just walk around and look up. It’s unbelievable. I doubt they’d let you get a ladder and start scraping.

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j59xpwh wrote

But you answered the OP’s question with a definite nope and used that link to support your position.

Your link and OP’s situation are different. The company in the article was intentionally fluctuating wages based on employee hours to avoid paying OT. The base wage of the employees was entirely contingent on hours worked. More hour equaled lower hourly rate.

OP’s employer is permanently reducing wages. OP’s hourly rate will be the same regardless of hours work. An employer can legally reduce your wages; no law against that. The adding of mandatory OT puts it in a legal grey area. However, the employer is still calculating OT off of a static hourly wage so may be in compliance with the law.

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j59o1hf wrote

> To avoid paying employees proper overtime, employers lowered the rate of pay for employees in weeks in which they worked more than 40 hours

That’s different than reducing their base pay across the board.

An employer can reduce your pay. What OP is describing sounds legal. Shitty, but legal

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j4wt4to wrote

>When comparing liquor prices between Washington and California across all store types, the latter’s prices were 24.1% lower for 750 mL containers and 29.6% lower for 1.75 L. Washington has the highest spirit tax rate of any U.S. state and tax differences likely explain the price differences between the two states. Researchers chose California as the comparative state as it allows liquor sales in similar store types and has the same large licensed chain stores such as BevMo, Costco, and Safeway.

https://arg.org/news/liquor_prices_continue_to_grow/

>https://www.seattletimes.com/business/in-aftermath-of-liquor-privatization-spirits-everywhere-not-cheap/

>Data posted by the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, indicates that Washington residents pay about $35.22 per gallon in spirits taxes, about $8.52 more than before privatization, even though Washington already was the state that taxed liquor the most.

It costs the business $8.52 more to sell the product than it cost the state to sell the same product. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that prices would be higher.

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j4thqb8 wrote

They are not soliciting. They are campaigning to gain access to the ballot. It is very much political speech that is protected by 1st amendment. Political speech is the most protected type of speech and gaining access to the ballot is a decidedly political act.

Here’s a SCOTUS case saying gathering of signatures is protected speech (unanimously decided)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/486/414/

Here’s an example of someone engaged in the exact same conduct successfully suing a municipal for violation of 1st amendment rights.

https://www.lp.org/conn-libertarians-receive-37k-settlement-in-petitioner-harassment-suit/

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j4s5mya wrote

State Police Liquor Enforcement got $30 million from PLCB. That solely funds the enforcement of Liquor Laws and doesn’t fund daily PSP operations. $185 million gets sent to the General Fund.

Pg 12 of pdf. https://www.lcb.pa.gov/About-Us/News-and-Reports/Documents/PLCB%20Fiscal%20Year%20Annual%20Report_2021_22_Web.pdf

State stores have zero competition and no pressure to reduce prices.

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j4rjvmt wrote

If you need written permission from the government to exercise your right, it’s not a right. According to the lawsuit they were in the park for an hour before security made first contact. The event didn’t occupy the entire park so they were within their rights to be wherever they wanted outside the ticketed area.

Here’s an on-point example

https://www.lp.org/conn-libertarians-receive-37k-settlement-in-petitioner-harassment-suit/

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CltAltAcctDel t1_j4rahtl wrote

Link it. I’ve found nothing that indicates they were being aggressive. If you’ve got something I’ll be more than happy to read. That doesn’t change the underlying point that peaceful gathering petitions is protected speech and anyone who defends free speech should be applauded for that defense

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