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1 posted on 09/01/2016 11:18:34 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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The purpose of the “minimum wage” (government-mandated hourly pay rate) is to take as much money as possible from businesses. If the business goes under, that is no concern to the left which just raises taxes on someone else.


2 posted on 09/01/2016 11:22:17 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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When do we address multi-million salaries that do far more to kill jobs than does a raise in the minimum wage.


3 posted on 09/01/2016 11:23:29 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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Repeal and Replace with NO TAX on working poor wages.
Working poor collect their entire gross, including both EMPLOYEE and EMPLOYER share of FICA, SS, Medicare, etc.
At same time eliminate fraud heavy EITC. Cut back eligibility for SSI, UI, SNAP, EBT, Medicaid, Sec 8 and all welfare.

Reward work. Don’t reward no-work.

Win-Win for employees, employers, customers as no increase in cost of the product.
Losers are those with a phobia to work.


4 posted on 09/01/2016 11:24:02 AM PDT by spintreebob
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Do away with minimum wage. We don’t need it. Let the business pay what it thinks you’re worth. If you don’t like your pay, go find someone who pays more or get off your backside and learn some skills. Too many don’t want to learn skills which is why they’re stuck in min wage jobs.

Raising the min wage will only cause everything else to go up in price. It also decreases the value of any savings people have. It’s a lose lose situation for everyone.


5 posted on 09/01/2016 11:28:25 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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$15 an hour minimum wage would kill 281,000 jobs.
AND THAT’S A GOOD THING!
Every $7 an hour job means taxpayers are subsidizing another $13 an hour in low-income benefits... PLUS importing another illegal alien.
WAGES BELOW SUBSTINENCE ONLY FEED THE BEAST!
You don’t believe in minimum wages? Fine. End massive immigration, welfare, cuckholded taxpayers, etc. FIRST. Until then, you’re not ending minimum wages, you’re subsidizing taxpayers being ripped off.


8 posted on 09/01/2016 11:34:23 AM PDT by dangus
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Liberals want equality, even if it means we are all equally poor.


9 posted on 09/01/2016 11:37:47 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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How about just $10/hour as a happy compromise?


10 posted on 09/01/2016 11:41:52 AM PDT by MarMema
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put the muzzies on minimum wage Dearborn is full of them


11 posted on 09/01/2016 11:44:51 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (Karl Marx Treatment Center- -"We will tell you what to think")
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“A recent study by a conservative think tank found that raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost Michigan the equivalent of 281,000 full-time jobs in 2021.

The wage raise would directly affect 37.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Michigan, said the study, which was conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation. “

Sounds like a lot of businesses barely hanging on. If those numbers are right, nearly 1 in 3 is only earns the minimum...well, glad I don’t live there.


13 posted on 09/01/2016 12:01:36 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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Job losses in 2021? That’s five years from now - does the Heritage Foundation think ANY politician cares about what may or may not happen 5 years down the road?

They don’t look past the next election.


14 posted on 09/01/2016 12:02:21 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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How about a career as a Senior Culinary Operations Technician or a Product Packaging Coordinator? Think of how many smiles you’ll be helping to put on other people’s faces!


18 posted on 09/01/2016 12:36:20 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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Re: “An estimated 9 million jobs would be lost nationally due to state minimum-wage hikes...”

What percentage of that 9 million are illegal immigrants, or legal immigrants, or hold some kind of work visa?

I see this issue through the other end of the telescope.

Maybe the business owners are overstaffed because there is so much cheap labor available in the USA?

Maybe the business owners don’t invest in labor saving machines and software so they can pocket more profits?

Maybe the business owners are only working 40 hours a week when they should be working 70 hours a week?


19 posted on 09/01/2016 1:02:20 PM PDT by zeestephen
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$15-An-Hour Minimum Wage Would Kill 281,000 Michigan Jobs

Which would render 281,000 more people wards of the government and likely to vote RAT for the free stuff. Part of the plan!

20 posted on 09/01/2016 1:14:54 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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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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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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