You can’t even live on 15 an hour now days, I don’t know what the solution is, but people need a reasonable wage.
A “reasonable wage” across the board will only increase inflation. The answer is to reduce the cost of living by reducing taxes and regulations.
Two comments:
I seldom eat at a McDonald’s. I am NOT going to pay $10.00 - $15.00 for two hamburgers, fries and a small coke when I could get a HEALTHY meal for less at some other place.
We raised two son’s. When it came time for them to get a job (any job) we told them, “When you take a job for what the employer offers you, you work just as hard at that job as if he paid you double for what you are getting.
You committed to the job, do it! If you DON’T like the job, find another that pays you more. End of story!”
There is no right to a ‘reasonable’ wage.
Who gets to decide what is a reasonable wage?
You do realize that what you are proposing is socialism?
You think you should be paid based on what it takes to live? What new form of economic system are you proposing when paying you what it takes to live causes the cost of what you produce or deliver to become more than what people think it’s worth, and what should you do for work when the owner closes shop permanently?
They don’t teach economics in college anymore do they? I’ve see some of the strangest economic contortions right here on a conservative board and conservatives are way more astute economically than the no nothing liberals.
It seems the media has done its job spreading lies because so many people have fallen for the need for a “living” wage.
Most employers pay far more than minimum wage, why is that?
The inverse is true of those making minimum wage. I've hired many of them, and I'll tell you that they aren't worth minimum wage.
Not every job is worth a wage that you can support a family on. If you deam that every job must be, then all you will achieve is the elimination of those jobs.
If I had to house and feed children and couldn't do it on $15/hr, I'll tell you what I would be doing:
1. Working more than 40/hr a week.
2. Making myself the best worker my employer ever had, so that I could sucessfully ask for a raise.
3. Looking for a better paying job, while continuing to work the one I'm in.
4. Cutting expenses to the bone.
Entry level jobs are not intended to be careers, nor are they suitable career choices for those who are seeking greater compensation.
I’ll make a deal with you.
You get to choose the wage I pay you, I get to choose how you spend the wages you earn.
You can’t even live on 15 an hour now days
First off $15 per hour is over $30,000 a year more than new teachers start at in some states.
Next look at people on minimum wage claiming poverty.
Do they have.
1) running water yep
2) housing yep
3) car yep
4) computer yep
5) game machine yep
6) hungry NO
You call what they live in poverty. Most of the world would call it living pretty good.
We as a country need to understand how well we have it.
To repeat my question above: What extra work or extra value or extra contribution are these “people” going to do to make their “living wage” worth more TO THE COMPANY? What are they doing that is WORTH raising their wages up from 8.00 or 9.00 or 10.00 or 12.00 dollars an hours to 15.00 dollars or 25.00 or 30.00 an hour to their employer?