Activists say $13 minimum wage isn't enough

WLS am ^ | 7-9-2014 | Bill Cameron

[cripplecreek]

Zingermans. Its one of the pilgrimage sites where “He” (Obama) walked and there is nothing altruistic about his desire for a $15 minimum wage. The owner knows it will put a lot of his competition out of business.

[mulligan]

Right. It is $13 too much.

[PapaBear3625]

“I can’t survive on $8.25,” Bracey said.

At your age, lady, perhaps you should have learned a skill.

[GeronL]

She could go to India, learn programming and get an H1B Visa to work for Microsoft or Google...

[Starstruck]

So you raise minimum wage 100% and Social Security 2%. Seems like there’s likely going to be a problem brewing.

[MrB]

Seems the parasite class is going to have a rude awakening during the tribulation time.

[C19fan]

“I can’t survive on $8.25,” Bracey said. “My community cannot thrive on $8.25! We are barely alive on $8.25.

$8.25 is better than $0 which is what many of Bracey's constituents will earn when this goes through.

[jmcenanly]

Those who do not remember their history are condemned to repeat it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The minimum wage is never enough! If it was, it would still be at 25 cents an hour as in 1938.

[silverleaf]

Don’t be mean, Gene
Give ‘em 15

[GeronL]

lol

[SECURE AMERICA]

“I can’t survive on $8.25,” Bracey said.

No you are kidding... Of course not you idiot. It is a beginning wage, a part time wage, a starter wage for people with no education or work experience. You want to make more get more education, learn a trade, develop a skill.
When I came back to America getting out of the Air Force as a certified Law Enforcement Specialist I was able to get a job at a County Prison for $2.65 an hour. I worked 60 hour a week for over a year to make it. Proved myself and moved up in the ranks and made higher wages. That lead to a better job and even higher wages. Sorta how life works.......

[MasterGunner01]

Why not $50 or $75 or $100 per hour? Why not a $100,000 a year guaranteed salary? Well, Why not? Not enough, eh?

[Graybeard58]

“My community cannot thrive on $8.25!

What is that supposed to mean?

Never you mind what it means, it rhymes, that makes it important......and true!

Ala, "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit".

[GeronL]

The whole community is not thriving on $8.25... who could have guessed?

[Graybeard58]

I started out at min wage at 16.. and never again..

I don't even know if we had a "minimum wage" when I was 16 (1961) but I made 50¢ an hour, working on a farm. Then I enlisted at 18 and made even less.

[DAC21]

“Higher salary put them into a higher tax bracket and cut off their bennies!!!!”

Yep, it will be great seeing all the exploding heads if this comes to pass.