Minimum Wage (2)
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for, of course! the poor are exploited far too much in this world, and it's about time something was done to correct that.
I'm for it. People work to the bone and get little payment. Take it out of the rich, they have absolutely no use for their billions. They can donate a couple million here and there.. but hey, would people have some of the afflictions if they had to work so much, around so many ..questionable materials?
Iamforever
Banned
it depends on what kind of responsibilities are associated with the job. lets take jack in the crack for example. is flipping burgers worth over 8 dollars an hour? to some- maybe. to me - no. now, lets take custodial work for example. is it worth more than 8 dollars an hour to clean up the nasty things? i say yes.
dave_rhino
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For.
Sick of working my god damn ass off 40 hours a week and getting paid shit all.
Sick of working my god damn ass off 40 hours a week and getting paid shit all.
Minimum wage needs to be increased. Since some thinks that low wage people are worthless, here is a great idea why don't everyone making less then 10.00 an hour go on strick for a couple of week? This idea of course would wreck our economy, but what the hell these people aren't needed OR ARE THEY! BTW if these people did strick what would be open?
3 stricks and you're out!
Seriously, ask any small business owner and they're against it. I'm a huge fan of a market economy where the value of goods and services are determined by the forces of supply and demand not by an artificial number the government places on them. I know people work for shit money, we all do/did at one point or another. It was a great motivator to get smarter, work harder, and learn a few things and it made me a better person. The government never did that.
Seriously, ask any small business owner and they're against it. I'm a huge fan of a market economy where the value of goods and services are determined by the forces of supply and demand not by an artificial number the government places on them. I know people work for shit money, we all do/did at one point or another. It was a great motivator to get smarter, work harder, and learn a few things and it made me a better person. The government never did that.
It'll make EVERYTHING you buy cost more. How's that for a first lesson?
Voluptuous
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The minimum wage should definitely be increased. How ironic to witness countless wearing Che Guevara t-shirts only because they think it's cool... Renoir in his time felt that science had failed the common man by favouring mass production thus relying more on mercenary services. I'm in a philosophical mood today... Friday!
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Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said Thursday that increasing the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 would be his top priority as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
I remembered I was making $2.00 an hour in 1975 when I was a kid. 32 years later, the minimum wage still hangs around $5.15. But the worst is large companies such as Wal-mart use part-time, weekenders forcing so many workers into part-time working 20-25 hours a week.
A waitress still makes $4.00 an hour.
While GM workers makes benefits of over $54.00 an hour (counting medical benefits, retirement, pensions, etc)
It is a debate that will never go away. In the next ten years, China will become the automobile capitol of the world and the workers make less than $2.00 an hour.
As George Bush is in Hanoi today, China is actually shifting factories from Southern China to Vietnam and American business are investing in Vietnam with wages less than 40-50 cents an hours !
The people who are losing out are the American workers !
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
im EXTREMELY against it. hear me out. hear me out.
everytime the minimum wage goes up, so does everything else. burgers to cars to homes. all this does is further weaken the dollar. the dollar becomes less valuable as a whole.
years past. you could buy a piece of pie and a coffee for 5 cents. a dollar was valuable. now, youre looking at an easy 5 dollars. plus tip.
now now, i also HATE working my ass off and barely making it. and yes, if i was making minimum wage, id surely invite the raise but when you get down to it. its not changing anything. you might be making an extra 20 dollars a week (if youre lucky) but between the taxes and the cost of nessecities, youre still barely making it.
i think there should be some sort of bill passed that makes it illegal for the cost of goods and services go up along with a raise in the national minmum wage. at the very least, a probationary period.
instead of raising minimum wage, they should lower the cost of living. doing this would make the dollar worth a shit over time.
everytime the minimum wage goes up, so does everything else. burgers to cars to homes. all this does is further weaken the dollar. the dollar becomes less valuable as a whole.
years past. you could buy a piece of pie and a coffee for 5 cents. a dollar was valuable. now, youre looking at an easy 5 dollars. plus tip.
now now, i also HATE working my ass off and barely making it. and yes, if i was making minimum wage, id surely invite the raise but when you get down to it. its not changing anything. you might be making an extra 20 dollars a week (if youre lucky) but between the taxes and the cost of nessecities, youre still barely making it.
i think there should be some sort of bill passed that makes it illegal for the cost of goods and services go up along with a raise in the national minmum wage. at the very least, a probationary period.
instead of raising minimum wage, they should lower the cost of living. doing this would make the dollar worth a shit over time.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
no no no! if you have more money in your pocket...
and it takes more money to buy things...
think about it.
Iamforever
Banned
um dude, the minimum wage where i live is over $7 already. maybe he meant state minimum wage. maybe california has a different plan in place, but this doesnt make sense. it hasnt been $5 in years.
That's what politicians always say... In Germany we have no minimum wage at all - which is why people from countries like poland come here and work for i.e.2 € an hour. For them it's good money but I can't work for 2 €. It won't pay my rent. Of Course prices will rise if an existing minimum wage goes up, but not at the same rate I think... And it raises people's confidence which will help economy.
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There is no minimal wages in the Southern states.
The Blacks are paid for whatever the employers like.
We are talking about Federal minimal wages.
You will be shocked the minimal wages vary so much from states to states and Mississippi and Alabama and Lousiana don't even care about giving the Black mimimal wages !
