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$15-An-Hour Minimum Wage Would Kill 281,000 Michigan Jobs
Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 8/29/2016 | Derek Draplin

Posted on 09/01/2016 11:18:34 AM PDT by MichCapCon

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To: spintreebob
Reward work. Don’t reward no-work.

That attitude is RACIST! < /libspeak >

21 posted on 09/01/2016 1:16:25 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: MichCapCon

I don’t know about other states, but in GA there are a great number of state jobs that pay between 13-15 hour. Raising it to $15hr min here would seriously screw up payroll budgets PLUS give a ton of people on salary an immediate raise because no one is going to stick around “making min wage with a four year degree.” Taxes would have to rise. This is dumb


22 posted on 09/01/2016 1:59:44 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Ghost of SVR4; JimRed

Your choice:
People on welfare and dont pay taxes
or
People work and dont pay taxes.

SSI “disability” has ballooned.
Bringing people into the work culture is good. Period.


23 posted on 09/01/2016 2:08:21 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: MichCapCon

The $15 per hour minimum wage isn’t about “living” wages for service workers. It’s about pay raises for highly compensated UNION workers with contracts tied to the Minimum Wage. The $15 per hour minimum wage would mean an automatic pay hike for the union members.


24 posted on 09/01/2016 2:47:08 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX:)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The wildly excessive salaries suck too much money out of circulation. Conservative rule is CEO makez no more than 7 to 10 times that of line worker (or equivelent). Someone staring their own business and taking risks does not apply. And I never said min wage does not transfer jobs to areas that pay less.


25 posted on 09/01/2016 4:55:42 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The wildly excessive salaries suck too much money out of circulation. Conservative rule is CEO makez no more than 7 to 10 times that of line worker (or equivelent). Someone staring their own business and taking risks does not apply. And I never said min wage does not transfer jobs to areas that pay less.


26 posted on 09/01/2016 4:55:44 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom

You are totally wrong. By what authority are you to decide how much a CEO is allowed to make? Those CEOs don’t take the money and stuff it into their mattresses. They spend it on things that most people can’t afford and those things are usually made by skilled craftsmen which gives them a job. Your plan would put them out of work.


27 posted on 09/01/2016 5:10:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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