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originally posted by: MOMof3
I think the point of the article was the rate did not increase because of job losses.
originally posted by: Edumakated
So let's just bump it to $50/hr immediately and end poverty forever...
Massachusetts and Washington state will have the highest new minimum wages in the country, at $11 per hour.
California will raise its wage to $10.50 for businesses with 26 or more employees. New York state is taking a regional approach, with the wage rising to $11 in New York City, $10 in its downstate suburbs and $9.70 elsewhere.
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
30K is like the minimum you need now to live in most 1st world countries.
originally posted by: TheBulk
Well there is deception right off the bat. They give you the idea that this is a $15 an hour minimum wage hike when in fact it's only $10.
What most people took issue with is the idea of arbitrarily raising entry level jobs to a $15 or more an hour. Many people invest a lot of money to go to school and get an education so they can make that much.
originally posted by: TheBulk
Wasn't there some company that was supposedly paying all of their employees 70 grand a year and the company ended up flopping?
originally posted by: VinylTyrant
That's next to nothing for an educated poosition and yet here you have the fry guy or the delivery boy making comparable salaries.
If minimum wage is $8-9 right now and you raise it to $15 which is what they want then the business sector has to raise wages across the board. Skilled or educated positions should see a $7-8 increase to make their education worth while somewhat. I doubt that will happen.
All you do is further socialize our country by mandating workers make more than their job is worth.
originally posted by: JAY1980
Now you all wanna use it to mandate a national minimum wage of $15 an hour for everyone?!?!
If employers were free from paying erroneous taxes like the payroll and employee tax the minimum wage would parallel the cost of living and would probably be closer to $16 an hour.
I suggest we fix the inefficiencies in our federal government first.
originally posted by: VinylTyrant
a reply to: Aazadan
If unskilled labor salaries rise across the board, all salaries have to rise.
$15/hr job bachelor's requirement
15/hr add ketchup to burger
DO YOU SEE NO CONFLICT HERE??
Because this would be reality for many people, makes no sense.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: VinylTyrant
a reply to: Aazadan
If unskilled labor salaries rise across the board, all salaries have to rise.
$15/hr job bachelor's requirement
15/hr add ketchup to burger
DO YOU SEE NO CONFLICT HERE??
Because this would be reality for many people, makes no sense.
No, I don't see a conflict.
The whole point of minimum wage increases is to shrink the wealth gap, not to give everyone a raise and maintain the gap.
originally posted by: xuenchen
Why wouldn't they be ?
originally posted by: VinylTyrant
a reply to: Aazadan
You haven't got a clue. People don't go to college to make burgerboy salary.
What are you talking about??