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[loudshirt]

I am by no means an expert on jobs, the economy or much of anything for that matter. Raising minimum wage screws people in the lower end of the income bracket. Wal mart and all other retailers will adjust the price of goods to continue to make the same profit. Some retailers will use that as an excuse to "over adjust" the price. So now your minimum wage job actually buys you less as a result. One thing I would like to see is an age based minimum wage scale. Your 16-18yr olds would get a way lower minimum wage than your 18+. Why does a 16 yr old need $10 an hour to bag groceries?

 

[hanson405]

Well, first of all, MW is not 5.15 an hour but that's irrelevant. If you based your opinion on facts instead of emotions and talking points then you will agree. Less that 1.5% earn MW, and many of those are earners who also earn tips, and that puts them well ahead of MW. Most MW earners don't NEED to live entirely on MW, eg. students, young people at home, etc. If you (not you specifically) fall in a group that can't live on a single MW job, then get off your butt and get another job or a marketable skill.

I'm aware that it is no longer 5.15, but I've been there. Yes as a student, no I didn't need the money. I'll have to say I agree with you. Our economy is in the shitter because we can't produce goods as cheap as anyone else, because of our high labor rate.

Off topic, but tipped employees make much less than minimum wage in most places. $2.13 an hour is what most servers in most restaurants make. But yes, it is the legal obligation of the restaurant to ensure that their employees are making at least minimum wage, including tips.

 

[Glocktogo]

See, I told you it was bad news.

We just can't compete with Elbonians making 20 cents an hour.

Perhaps we should let the Elbonians be in charge of determining minimum wage?

 

[Hobbes]

Perhaps we should let the Elbonians be in charge of determining minimum wage?

Ignorant Elbonians can't be trusted to make decisions.

Since they don't own property they aren't even entitled to vote.

They were born to be cheap labor for their masters and nothing more.

 

[HarryBear]

Why doesnt the US stop giving our money to foreign countries to open up locks and chanels in their waterways??? Hmmmmm.

 

[RickN]

I will have to see if I can find the piece online, but everyone is making less then they used to, not just the minimum wage earners.

 

[twoguns?]

They were born to be cheap labor for their masters and nothing more.
This if you dont stand up for your rights

 

[Ignored Member]

If Obama was really serious about fixing our economy he'd put an end to extended unemployment benefits and then he'd start enforcing our immigrations laws and deporting the illegals.

This^^^ but he won't do that because then he would lose a lot of voters.

 

[-Pjackso]

There will always be somebody at the bottom for whatever reason. Do you really think corporations **WOULDN'T** pay them less - if it were not illegal?
(i.e. for the only purpose of increasing profits.) I think there SHOULD be a safety-net to keep corporations from taking advantage of people with few (if any) options.
...now, should it be raised? I don't know.


Hmmm, I never thought about it - but Minimum Wage (MW), is might close to Wal-Mart (WM).
(humor!!!!)

 

[cjjtulsa]

We need to condition workers to live in efficiency apartments with a dozen other people. It works all over the world. Why can't it work here?

Because there would be no place left for the meth lab?

Actually, there is a lot of that going on in Tulsa now.