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If $15/Hour Minimum Wage Is Good, Why Not $200?
IBD ^ | 08/21/2013

Posted on 08/21/2013 6:39:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 08/21/2013 6:45:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Labor: Fast-food workers are planning a one-day strike on Aug. 29 to demand an increase in wages from the $7.25 minimum to $15 an hour. But if $15 an hour is so great, why not ask for $100 or $200 an hour instead?


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fastfood; ibd; minimumwage; obamanomics; wage
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To: central_va

None of this will matter since we seem to be going the way of Rhodesia. Why argue?


61 posted on 08/21/2013 5:36:06 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
None of this will matter since we seem to be going the way of Rhodesia. Why argue?

True, at least Rhodesians had a place to go. We either start Civil War II or submit.

62 posted on 08/21/2013 5:40:06 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Rhodesia was 4% white.
I don’t think the outcomes will be comparable, especially in the flyover states.


63 posted on 08/21/2013 5:43:06 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: central_va
"If that is controversial then so be it."

It's not controversial, it's just plain ol' stupid (but I'll consider the source).

You could only get $2/hour? What a freakin' loser!

64 posted on 08/21/2013 5:47:34 PM PDT by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: safeasthebanks

Look, I have been at the bottom. I cannot go into a place that pays minimum wage. It is to depressing knowing it pays even worse than what I got way back when. So you are right, lets get rid of the while minimum wage thing. F ‘em...


65 posted on 08/21/2013 5:57:05 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Agreed. The federal government has no place dictating a company’s pay scale.


66 posted on 08/21/2013 6:57:53 PM PDT by HawkHogan
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To: central_va

That’s the whole point. Anything relying on minimum wage jobs would face price increases, and pass them on.


67 posted on 08/21/2013 7:00:12 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: ctdonath2
That’s the whole point. Anything relying on minimum wage jobs would face price increases, and pass them on.

So welfare is cheaper in the long run, right?

68 posted on 08/21/2013 7:02:00 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Have you ever worked for 2 bucks an hour?

2 dollars a day, in fact.

When everyone else started getting $2/hour, I was bumped to 5 dollars a day.
That was a big raise for me, and I was happy about it.

Once I was old enough to work ‘legally’, I managed to get a job paying $2.35/hour. Now that was money. Partly because the taxes weren't as high then, so I got to keep more of what I earned.

69 posted on 08/22/2013 4:50:35 PM PDT by fanfan ("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: central_va
I believe in work, and the minimum wage is a no brainer.

Do you believe people should be paid according to the value of their work?

Should people who do better work be paid more than people who don’t really do a good job?

Or, do you think some people deserve a certain minimum amount of money from others, whether they contribute or not?

70 posted on 08/22/2013 4:57:21 PM PDT by fanfan ("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: fanfan
Once I was old enough to work ‘legally’, I managed to get a job paying $2.35/hour. Partly because the taxes weren't as high then, so I got to keep more of what I earned.

You were dern tooten happy about the minimum wage back then, but now? Not so much. You got yours and that's all that matters.

Taxes at the lower end were much higher in the 70's then now. Heck nobody pays federal anymore, and that is bad. The lower wage earned should feel the pain of their choices.

71 posted on 08/23/2013 4:42:07 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

“Have you ever worked for minimum wage?”

Sorry for the slow reply, Yes. 1st job while still in HS was for $2.90/hr. Then I went on to get me some edumication and now I am worth more the minimum.

The minimum wage is for those who aren’t worth more.


72 posted on 08/30/2013 11:42:26 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: central_va
You were dern tooten happy about the minimum wage back then, but now? Not so much. You got yours and that's all that matters.

$2.35/hr was the min. wage back then. Yes, I worked for min. wage. Most people have.

Heck nobody (in the lower tax bracket) pays federal (taxes) anymore, and that is bad.

I agree.

The lower wage earned should feel the pain of their choices.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? It's not about pain, it's about increasing your value to others. That's how you make money.

Operative word being "make"

73 posted on 08/30/2013 5:41:50 PM PDT by fanfan ("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Here is the way to explain this the the Millenials, many of whom are stuck working in the lower end jobs due to Obama’s disastrous economy.

Raising the minimum wage by one dollar an hour has exactly the same effect as lower the wage of every other American by one dollar an hour. Why would you support Obama’s efforts to lower everyone’s wages?

The people hurt the most by this are the ones who have worked three way up to whatever the wage is being raised to. All of he time and effort that they have invested to rise to that wage would be instantly STOLEN. They are kicked back to the starting line.

I would love Obama to have an actual press conference and be asked- “Do you make more than minimum wage? Why?” Make him be the “awful mean greedy bad guy” by forcing him to explain ‘well I am worth more than minimum wage because...”


74 posted on 12/06/2013 9:55:32 AM PST by getitright (If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

“The minimum wage should be zero.”

Exactly right. Why not a minimum price for your used car?

How about this- we hear every election about precincts in Philly, Chicago, Detroit, etc where the Democrat gets 90%, 100% even 110% of the vote. Why not a minimum vote? Why not say the Republican ‘deserves’ a minimum of 20% of the vote in any precinct?


75 posted on 12/06/2013 9:59:11 AM PST by getitright (If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
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